Sex Offender Treatment Specialist pay range
State of Washington · class code 354K
- Class code
- 354K
- Salary range
- 57
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Sex Offender Treatment Specialist is $66,072 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 354K.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Step progression
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 57 in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 13 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 |
| Monthly | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 |
| Hourly | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 |
Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.
Class specification
The OFM classified job specification for this class is published by Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications.
What the state says the job is
Within the Department of Correction’s Sex Offender Treatment Program, evaluates the crimeogenic needs of a caseload of sex offenders and provides specialized sexual deviancy treatment using cognitive behavioral and relapse prevention models as provided in the Association or Treatment of Sexual Abuser (ATSA) guidelines. May serve as an expert witness in court hearings specific to offender’s participation in treatment and potential for re-offending.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree with major study in a social or behavioral science. AND One year of experience providing individual or group therapy to juvenile or adult offenders, the mentally ill, or sex offender; or three years of mental health, criminal justice or social service experience which shall include six months of experience providing mental health treatment to groups and/or individuals.
Quoted from the OFM classified job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) publishes this figure in Classified Job Listing joined to the OFM salary schedules effective July 1, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The dollar figures come from the salary schedule the listing assigns this range to.