Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 353M
- Class code
- 353M
- Salary range
- 53
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor 3 is $59,760 to $80,496 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 353M.
- 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
This is a fully qualified journey level. Independently provides vocational rehabilitation counseling and case management to a client caseload consisting of individuals with varying degrees of disabling conditions to assist them in achieving a competitive employment outcome. Incumbents determine their own work methods within Federal and agency policies to provide needed vocational rehabilitation services under direct supervision of a Vocational Rehabilitation Supervisor and guidance of a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor 4.
Examples of the work
Provides vocational rehabilitation counseling and devises own work methods to provide vocational rehabilitation services to a caseload; Determines client eligibility for DVR services by obtaining and analyzing relevant medical information, identifying the disability-related barriers to employment that require VR services, and, when necessary, conducting Trial Work Experiences, to determine is an individual’s disability is too significant to achieve and employment outcome; Provides vocational rehabilitation counseling to support, guide and foster clients’ insight and understanding of their strengths, capabilities and disability-related barriers to employment, promote their self-reliance and i ...
Minimum qualifications
A Master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling, psychology, counseling, or a field related to vocational rehabilitation (such as one that promotes the physical, psychosocial, or vocational well-being of individuals with disabilities), * The following Master’s degrees will qualify: 1. Rehabilitation Counseling 2. Psychology with an emphasis/major concentration of coursework in one of the following areas: • Clinical Psychology • Counseling Psychology • Educational Psychology • School Psychology 3. Social Work 4. Marriage and Family Therapy 5. Marriage, Family and Child Counseling 6. Counseling, regardless of emphasis 7.
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.