Youth Academy Counseling & Coordinator Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 355U
- Class code
- 355U
- Salary range
- 54
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Youth Academy Counseling & Coordinator Specialist 3 is $61,332 to $82,440 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 355U.
- 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 54 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 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 |
| Monthly | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 |
| Hourly | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 |
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
Positions in this classification provide professional level guidance counseling to at-risk youth participating in the Washington Youth Academy. Guidance counseling includes individual counseling, career and academic counseling, and group guidance addressing social subjects such as drug/alcohol awareness, cultural diversity and anger management. Counselors assist Academy participants to adhere to the program’s Life Plan upon entry into the 52-week post-residential phase of the Washington Youth Academy.
Examples of the work
Assists in the development, planning, and administration of a behavioral, academic, and life skills counseling program that will help Academy participants succeed in the program and give them the knowledge and tools to become mature young adults, socially responsible citizens, and productive members of society; Conducts individual and group counseling sessions that help Academy participants develop personal discipline, self esteem, life coping skills, drug and alcohol education, career/vocational planning, etc.; Participates in screening and interviewing applicants to the WYA and assists in selecting candidates who have the best chance of success in meeting their individual and program goals ...
Minimum qualifications
A Master’s degree with a major in counseling and an Educational Staff Associate certification School Counselor from the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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.