Tax Policy Specialist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 175E
- Class code
- 175E
- Salary range
- 54
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Tax Policy Specialist 1 is $61,332 to $82,440 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 175E.
- 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 54 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 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 |
| Monthly | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 |
| Hourly | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 |
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
This is the in-training level of the series. Under general supervision, researches, develops, analyzes, implements, or interprets tax policy.
Examples of the work
Assists in the coordinating, integrating, and monitoring of complex tax policy analysis and tax program implementation; Assists in planning, integrating, and monitoring results of tax administration among functional sections; Assists in establishing and maintaining records of tax program workflow costs and production statistics; Assists in the development of proposed policy options and evaluates existing policies by means of statistical, survey, mathematical, and other scientific methods of analysis; Assists in the design and implementation of tax incidence, econometric, forecasting, and simulation models; Analyzes Washington State tax research and other economic databases; oversees collecti ...
Minimum qualifications
For Legislation and Policy positions: 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 tax program/policy analysis. 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. For Research positions: A Bachelor's degree in economics, public finance or closely allied field. AND Three years of professional experience in economic analysis or tax program/policy analysis. A Master's degree or equivalent in a Ph.D.
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.