Tax Information Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 172F
- Class code
- 172F
- Salary range
- 43
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Tax Information Specialist 2 is $47,004 to $62,880 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 172F.
- 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 43 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 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 |
| Monthly | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 |
| Hourly | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 |
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
In the Taxpayer Services Division, Department of Revenue, serves as the designated lead over three or more professional Tax Information Specialist 1s within the Telephone Information Center. Provides telephone assistance to taxpayers, tax practitioners, and the public and serves as a consultant to lower-level professional staff to resolve unique tax inquiries.
Examples of the work
Serves as the lead for Tax Information Specialist 1s who provide telephone tax assistance within the Telephone Information Center; Develops daily employee work schedules; Assists supervisors with monitoring staff work performance to ensure performance measures are met; Develops and presents technical and customer service training for department staff; Assists staff to solve unique tax-related questions and inquiries; Provides technical consultation and assistance on laws, rules, agency systems, policies, and procedures to staff and other agency employees; Trains lower-level staff in laws, rules, and procedures relative to specific or varied types of laws; Conducts research on complex tax iss ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as a Tax Information Specialist 1. OR A Bachelor’s degree in business or public administration, accounting, public finance or closely allied field AND two years of professional experience in tax administration, tax auditing or tax collection. Additional qualifying experience may substitute, year for year, for education.
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.