Sign Language Interpreter 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 257G
- Class code
- 257G
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Sign Language Interpreter 3 is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 257G.
- 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 56 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 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 |
| Monthly | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 |
| Hourly | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 |
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
Positions provide impartial and accurate interpretation by relaying American Sign Language, Sign Systems, and Spoken English for hearing, hard-of-hearing, and blind-deaf individuals. Positions serve as a liaison between deaf or hard-of-hearing persons and hearing persons.
Examples of the work
Coordinates and leads other interpreters and/or services or projects to ensure that quality interpreting services are being provided; Designs, develops, and provides training to sign language interpreters or consumers; Arranges and/or provides in-service training workshops; Schedules interpreting services for classes, meetings, and other special events/situations requiring interpreting services; Participates in the maintenance of current records pertaining to support services offered to deaf and hard-of-hearing persons; May assist in creating interpreter schedules to cover all service needs; Performs the duties of the lower levels in the series; Performs other duties as required.
Minimum qualifications
Five years of experience facilitating communication between deaf, deaf-blind, hard of hearing persons, and hearing persons in a variety of settings; Current valid certification issued by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and demonstrated skill for application of the RID Code of Professional Conduct; For interpreters serving in K-12 educational settings, Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment performance score of 4.5 or higher; Two-year college degree from an accredited Interpreter Training Program; OR Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
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.