Social Work Assistant 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 343H
- Class code
- 343H
- Salary range
- 41
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Social Work Assistant 1 is $44,856 to $59,760 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 343H.
- 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 41 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 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 |
| Monthly | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 |
| Hourly | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 |
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
As a member of the social services team, assist Social Worker(s) in providing task-oriented social work services, such as arranging nursing home placement and ordering patient equipment for clients/patients, families, and others.
Examples of the work
Assist a social worker in providing discharge planning for clients/patients and client/patient families; Provide client/patient advocacy; act as liaison with community agencies/resources; Provide task-oriented assessment for purpose of limited intervention; Model task-oriented training for students and new employees; assist with educational activities provided to clients/patients and the community; Assist clients/patients, families, and others with specific planning needs; coordinate with other staff members; Assist in information gathering from clients/patients, groups, and agencies; Promote optimal use of social service and health care resources; Assist clients/patients and their families ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in a behavioral science OR Associate of Arts Degree AND two years of experience in the social work field. 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.