Tax Policy Specialist 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 175H
- Class code
- 175H
- Salary range
- 69
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Tax Policy Specialist 4 is $88,788 to $119,460 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 175H.
- 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 69 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 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 |
| Monthly | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 |
| Hourly | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 |
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
Reporting to an Assistant Director, provides advice, analysis and policy recommendations to Assistant Directors and executives within the department on issues of industry-wide, statewide and national significance, such as federal legislation and national tax initiatives. Must be designated in writing by the Director to represent the agency on politically sensitive state and national issues having significant impact on the agency; OR Serves as the principle revenue forecaster for the agency and is responsible for publications and website information and statistics for state and local tax programs, history, collections and intra-state comparisons; OR Supervises Tax Policy Specialist 3’s.
Examples of the work
Drafts administrative rules to implement legislation related to major tax or issue assignment areas; Develops policy alternatives, identifies relative strengths and weaknesses of each alternative, and drafts tax related legislation to be presented to executives and/or the legislature; Analyzes proposed legislation to identify potential legal problems, administrative costs, policy implications and recommend changes or alternatives to the proposal; Works with interest groups, businesses, industries, or other state agencies to analyze tax or finance issues and recommends resolutions to identified problems; Analyzes, reviews, and makes policy recommendations regarding national tax policy issues; ...
Minimum qualifications
Admission to practice law in the State of Washington, or graduation from a school of law and current admission to practice before the highest court of a state, and five years of experience as a Tax Policy Specialist or comparable experience as a government attorney or private attorney practicing in Washington State excise and/or property taxes; OR A Master’s degree in economics, taxation, public administration, public finance, accounting or closely allied field and five years of professional experience in economic analysis or tax policy analysis. 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.