Tax Information Specialist 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 172H
- Class code
- 172H
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Tax Information Specialist 4 is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 172H.
- 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 56 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 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 |
| Monthly | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 |
| Hourly | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 |
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
In the Taxpayer Services Division of the Department of Revenue, serves as the senior technical information specialist. Analyzes and interprets laws on complex issues providing a written binding opinion on future tax liabilities. Develops and presents taxpayer educational programs for business, industry trade groups and associations. Creates and updates departmental brochures, special notices and other publications. Provides assistance to Taxpayer Rights Advocate in the resolution of disputes between department staff and taxpayers.
Examples of the work
Responds to taxpayers, practitioners, and the general public's requests for tax information, providing written binding opinion of future tax liability, as well as other nonbinding responses over the Internet and telephone; Drafts executive level correspondence (governor, director, deputy director, and assistant director) Develops and presents tax workshops for general business and industry specific groups; Drafts and updates sales and excise tax educational information, prepares manuals and guides discussing both basic and intricate areas of tax law for internal and external use; Through presentations and written responses, assists Department of Community Trade and Economic Development in pr ...
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Tax Information Specialist 3. OR A Bachelor's degree in business or public administration, accounting, public finance or closely allied field AND three years of professional experience in tax administration, tax auditing, tax collection or program/policy analysis which includes two years of excise tax experience. NOTE: CPA certification, a Master's degree or equivalent in a Ph.D. program in business or public administration, accounting, public finance, or closely allied field will substitute for two years of 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.