Speech Pathologist/Audiologist Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 308F
- Class code
- 308F
- Salary range
- 65
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Speech Pathologist/Audiologist Specialist 3 is $80,496 to $108,228 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 308F.
- 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 65 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 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 |
| Monthly | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 |
| Hourly | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 |
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
Independently manages complex patient caseload, which includes planning, evaluating, and treating patients. Plans, administers and/or participates in specialized programs in speech, language, and hearing services such as maintaining certification for the institution as a training site, coordinating clinical internships and practicums, maintaining grant-funded areas, evaluation and treatment of individuals, or serving as a lead clinician which includes regularly assigning and checking the work of at least 1 FTE.
Examples of the work
Assumes responsibility for a specialized program(s) as assigned by the department chair, manager, and/or clinic director; Administers, monitors, and evaluates assigned program(s) and reports information to the department chair, manager, and/or clinic director as appropriate; Directs and/or participates in the screening of residents or patients to identify individuals requiring more extensive evaluation of speech, language, cognitive, swallowing, or hearing disabilities; Manages complex patient caseload, which includes planning, evaluating, and treating patients; Coordinates/confers with other program(s) director(s) or clinical personnel regarding progress and training procedures, or in speec ...
Minimum qualifications
In addition to the identified legal requirements above: A Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association AND Four years of experience as a speech pathologist, audiologist, or equivalent. Equivalent education/experience.
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.