Tax Policy Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 175G
- Class code
- 175G
- Salary range
- 66
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Tax Policy Specialist 3 is $82,440 to $110,952 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 175G.
- 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 66 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 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 |
| Monthly | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 |
| Hourly | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 |
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
Develops, interprets, and advises executive management on, highly complex and sensitive tax policies and issues having industry-wide, statewide and national significance.
Examples of the work
Analyzes, reviews, and drafts proposed legislation and analyzes and reviews initiatives on matters relating to taxation; Drafts rules to be adopted as part of the Washington Administrative Code for all revenue acts administered by the agency; Provides formal and informal technical legal and policy advice to agency management, staff, and the taxpaying public; Conducts public hearings and receives testimony regarding proposed rule changes; Develops and recommends policy options and evaluates existing policies at the request of the Governor, legislators and executive branch agencies by means of statistical, survey, mathematical, and other scientific methods of analysis; advises on advantages an ...
Minimum qualifications
For Research positions: A Bachelor's degree in economics, public finance or closely allied field AND Five years of professional experience in economic analysis or tax program/policy analysis. A Master's degree or equivalent in a Ph.D. program in economics, public finance or closely allied field will substitute for two years of experience. A Ph.D. degree in economics, public finance or closely allied field will substitute for three 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.