Vision Rehabilitation Specialist - Entry pay range
State of Washington · class code 357E
- Class code
- 357E
- Salary range
- 43
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Vision Rehabilitation Specialist - Entry is $47,004 to $62,880 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 357E.
- 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 43 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 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 |
| Monthly | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 |
| Hourly | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 |
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
In the Department of Services for the Blind, this level of the series serves in either an itinerant field appointment within an assigned geographic area or in a center-based appointment within the Orientation and Training Center. The Vision Rehabilitation Specialist - Entry position is intended to be utilized in coordination with a training plan for hire at the Vision Rehabilitation Specialist - Journey level.
Examples of the work
Provides assessment, analysis, recommendations, referral and instruction in vision rehabilitation, adaptive skills, and adaptive tools for blind, low vision, or deaf blind participants in an itinerant or center-based capacity (such as the Orientation and Training Center); Provides assessment, analysis, recommendations and training services to businesses as a dual customer of the agency; Engages with businesses to address accessibility and other needs that assist businesses to increase hiring and retention of individuals with disabilities; Provides coaching to persons who are blind, low vision or deaf blind and to their families toward developing, practicing, and implementing self-advocacy sk ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major field of study in blind or vision rehabilitation, or closely related program in rehabilitation, special education, family and consumer science education, or adaptive technology. Two years of experience in social services or providing services to individuals who are blind, low vision or deaf blind will substitute for two years of the required education. For those positions performing Orientation and Mobility functions, current certification and a minimum of 30 semester or 45 quarter hours in an accredited orientation and mobility program is 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.