Ui Tax Administrator pay range
State of Washington · class code 164K
- Class code
- 164K
- Salary range
- 53
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Ui Tax Administrator is $59,760 to $80,496 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 164K.
- 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 53 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 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 |
| Monthly | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 |
| Hourly | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 |
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
Administers unemployment insurance tax programs within a designated district supporting a medium sized employer population and/or labor market area and manages the operation of a field tax office of the Employment Security Department; serves as the principal assistant to an Unemployment Insurance Tax Administrator 4. In the central office of the headquarters, supervises a unit that includes a staff of three or more professional employees; serves as an audit coordinator for at least six districts; or serves as a program specialist, under the administrative direction of an Unemployment Insurance Tax Administrator 4, to conduct research and analysis and develop technical procedures and methods for the administration of unemployment insurance tax programs.
Examples of the work
Supervises and is responsible for all activities of a medium size Tax Office of the Employment Security Department; Plans and organizes work of field auditors and reviews their reports for completeness and accuracy; Explains agency policies and procedures to staff and trains new employees; Disseminates information regarding agency's programs and policies to employers and public; assists employers in solving problems relating to their liability under provisions of the Employment Security Act; Makes necessary reports to Tax Division Chief; Makes suggestions to Tax Division Chief to aid in formulation of contributions procedures, especially as relating to collection and processing of employer c ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in business administration or closely allied field including a minimum of 12 semester (or 18 quarter) hours of college-level accounting and three years of experience in the employer tax field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted, year for year, for the degree.
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.