Vocational Services Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 353Y
- Class code
- 353Y
- Salary range
- 58
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Vocational Services Specialist 3 is $67,704 to $91,104 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 353Y.
- 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 58 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 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 |
| Monthly | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 |
| Hourly | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 |
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 the senior, specialist, or lead-worker level of the series. In the Department of Labor and Industries, performs senior-level mentoring and specialty work regarding vocational return to work services provided to injured workers, providers, employers, claims management staff, and lower level vocational services specialists.
Examples of the work
As a Lead: Assigned direct oversight of trainee work products and on-the-job training; independently leads, mentors, coaches, and monitors trainee work performance; As a specialist: Performs complex consultative services, unique audit, or regulatory oversight of return to work vocational services in the program areas of Private Sector Rehabilitation Services (PSRS), Vocational Dispute Resolution Office (VDRO), or Early Return to Work (ERTW) and WorkSource: Conducts audits of private vocational providers to determine compliance with customer expectations of the Department, RCWs, WACs, policy, and procedures; educates providers through the audit process; conducts entrance and exit conferences ...
Minimum qualifications
A Master’s Degree AND a CRC, CDMS, or ABVE certification AND TWO years of full time industrial insurance, disability management, or related field experience; OR A Bachelor’s Degree AND a CRC or CDMS certification AND THREE years full time industrial insurance, disability management, or related experience; OR One year of experience as a Vocational Services Specialist 2.
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.