Tort Claims Investigator 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 430F
- Class code
- 430F
- Salary range
- 55
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Tort Claims Investigator 2 is $62,880 to $84,528 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 430F.
- 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 55 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 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 |
| Monthly | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 |
| Hourly | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 |
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
Supervises one or more Tort Claims Investigators 1 and investigates complex cases a majority of the time; or, within the Department of Transportation, serves as the area representative responsible for all tort claims investigations for one or more transportation districts requiring conduct of at least 300 investigations per year of complex cases. NOTE: For the purposes of this specification, complex cases are defined as those involving three or more of the following criteria: Multiple claimants. Large dollar amounts (those cases in which the claim is unreasonably large in relation to the actual injury). Serious injuries requiring experience and familiarity with medical causes and terminology. Extensive property damage involving total loss and/or loss of use of property. Multiple liability issues.
Examples of the work
Plans, assigns, supervises and instructs staff on recovery procedures; adjusts and compromises the more complex incidents involving damage to departmental equipment or facilities; Prepares statements of fact relating to damage; Coordinates and submits documentary evidence to the Claims Administrator; Directs and participates in the processing of claims for reimbursement of damages to state property including damages occasioned by accident to include all state-owned vehicles; Adjusts or negotiates the more complex incidents involving multiple liability issues and/or claimants or large dollar amounts; Interrogates persons directly or indirectly involved with accidents causing bodily injury or ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in business or public administration or allied field. AND Five years of experience in the adjustment and investigation of claims to determine liability for personal injury and property damages. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted, year for year, for education. Possession of a valid driver's license may be required.
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.