Vision Rehabilitation Specialist - Journey pay range
State of Washington · class code 357F
- Class code
- 357F
- Salary range
- 49
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Vision Rehabilitation Specialist - Journey is $54,204 to $72,900 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 357F.
- 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 49 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 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 |
| Monthly | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 |
| Hourly | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 |
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, the journey-level Vision Rehabilitation Specialist serves in either an itinerant field appointment within an assigned geographic area or in a center-based appointment within the Orientation and Training Center.
Examples of the work
Develops and modifies assessment, evaluation, and curriculum and instructional materials and methods; Manages low vision labs and lab budget; administers vendor contracts; hires and supervises vendor compliance with contracts; Performs the duties of the Vision Rehabilitation Specialist - Entry; Performs other work as required.
Minimum qualifications
A master’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. OR A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major field of study in blind or vision rehabilitation, or a closely related program in rehabilitation, special education, family and consumer science education, or adaptive technology. AND Two years of paid professional experience providing services that teach adaptive skill of blindness to the blind, low vision, or deaf blind individuals.
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.