Support Enforcement Officer 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 178F
- Class code
- 178F
- Salary range
- 49
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Support Enforcement Officer 1 is $54,204 to $72,900 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 178F.
- 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 49 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 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 |
| Monthly | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 |
| Hourly | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 |
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
Performs entry-level professional child support enforcement activities. Responsibilities include establishment, collection, distribution, and/or modification and enforcement of financial, medical, interstate and other child support obligations.
Examples of the work
Receives close supervision for planned, progressive, assignment based experiences and performs child support services while receiving formal classroom instruction and/or on-the-job training; Reviews and recommends actions on applications for non-assistance services, electronic public assistance and foster care referrals, requests from out-of-state child support agencies and other specialized applications, including cases with domestic violence issues, to identify appropriate levels of services and enforcement actions; Provides direct service to customers and partners through: agency interpretation on complex policies, procedures, and laws; explanations on forms, pamphlets, and other material ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of college level coursework, AND Two years of experience in child support enforcement and/or debt collection related functions. OR Two years of experience as a child Support Enforcement Technician. Note: Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute year for year.
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.