Social Service Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 351P
- Class code
- 351P
- Salary range
- 57
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Social Service Specialist 2 is $66,072 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 351P.
- 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
This is the journey level of the series. Positions provide professional level social services to children and/or families in which risk of child abuse or neglect are minimal, performs intakes, assessment, case management and/or investigations of abandonment, abuse, neglect, financial/personal exploitation, and self-neglect for vulnerable adults resulting from varying degrees of incapacity, or vocational, social, cultural or health impairments that hinder economic or residential independence or abuse and neglect of children.
Examples of the work
Interviews individuals, family members and community collateral to assess degree of risk, services needed, ascertain facts of abuse/neglect, gather social history, complete psychosocial or other assessments to determine need, extent, and direction of intervention; Assesses need for out-of-home placement; prepares and counsels family members regarding the need for placement; Interviews clients to assess vocational and social history; Assesses need and arranges for residential placement services for individuals living in the community or discharged from a hospital; Prepare case file documentation and/or reports; Provides formal and informal referral service to community resources; case managem ...
Minimum qualifications
Twelve months as a Social Service Specialist 1; AND Completion of the agency’s Social Service Specialist training program. OR A Master's degree in social services, human services, behavioral sciences, criminal law/justice or an allied field, and one year as a Social Service Specialist 1 or equivalent paid social service experience. OR A Bachelor's degree in social services, human services, behavioral sciences, criminal law/justice or an allied field, and two years of paid social service experience performing functions equivalent to a Social Service Specialist 1.
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.