Toxicologist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 303G
- Class code
- 303G
- Salary range
- 69
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Toxicologist 3 is $88,788 to $119,460 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 303G.
- 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
Evaluates research studies and other technical information related to experimental and regulatory toxicology, toxicokinetics, environmental fate, and environmental transport to determine potential adverse health and/or ecological effects of exposure to environmental chemicals.
Examples of the work
Employs applied toxicology and public health experience to address broad health impact issues resulting from human exposure to environmental contaminants, knows agency mission, policies and legal contexts of DOH, and those agencies with which DOH interacts; has knowledge of state and federal laws that impact DOH and applies them to public health issues; Raises issues of public health import independently and as spokesperson for toxicology group as requested, to supervisor and to DOH management; Articulates broad public health/toxicological issues on behalf of the Office and DOH and acts as spokesperson in interaction with other offices, agencies the public and the press; Routinely prepares t ...
Minimum qualifications
A Ph.D. degree in toxicology or in a health or ecological related science with a major emphasis in toxicology and three years of toxicological experience. OR A Master's of Science degree in toxicology or in a health or ecological related science with a major emphasis in toxicology and four years of experience as a toxicologist.
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.