Vocational Services Specialist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 353V
- Class code
- 353V
- Salary range
- 48
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Vocational Services Specialist 1 is $52,872 to $71,136 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 353V.
- 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 48 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 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 |
| Monthly | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 |
| Hourly | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 |
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 Labor and Industries, in a training capacity, assists higher level Vocational Services Specialists in providing return to work services or regulatory oversight of vocational services provided to injured workers, providers, employers, and claims management staff.
Examples of the work
Conducts reviews of proposed vocational services to ensure compliance with RCW’s, WAC’s and department policy; Assist injured workers and employers with return to work services; Assist in the development of comprehensive company return to work programs with employers, determination of light duty return to work options, coordination with medical providers and documentation requirements; May assist in the coordination of return to work efforts including evaluation of worksites to complete job analyses and/or make recommendations for job modifications; Reviews re-training plans developed by vocational rehabilitation counselors of injured workers and makes recommendations to journey/senior-level ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s Degree in social science or closely related field.
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.