Vehicle Identification Number Officer pay range
State of Washington · class code 454E
- Class code
- 454E
- Salary range
- 44
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Vehicle Identification Number Officer is $48,048 to $64,512 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 454E.
- 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 44 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 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 |
| Monthly | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 |
| Hourly | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 |
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
Performs inspections of confidential vehicle identification numbers (VINs) to confirm vehicle identity and the authenticity of public VINs. Performs chemical or heat processing to restore altered or obliterated VINs, and imprints the state logo into VIN plates.
Examples of the work
Maintains control of prenumbered VIN plates assigned and imprints state logo on VIN plates as needed; maintains local files on all inspections as required; Examines assembled vehicles, glider kits, homemade motor vehicles rebuilt/salvage vehicles, homemade trailers with an empty scale weight of 3,000 pounds or more, and affixes prenumbered VIN plates; Ensures compliance with the laws, regulations, and administrative codes enforced; Provides technical assistance to inspectors in the field by researching origination of vehicles and locations of confidential VINs; Plans, coordinates, and conducts in-service training to VIN inspectors; provides updated training materials as information becomes a ...
Minimum qualifications
Three years’ experience as a peace officer, with at least one year of experience in VIN inspections or auto theft. OR Three years’ experience as a Vehicle Identification Number Inspector. 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.