Youth Academy Counseling & Coordinator Specialist 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 355V
- Class code
- 355V
- Salary range
- 58
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Youth Academy Counseling & Coordinator Specialist 4 is $67,704 to $91,104 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 355V.
- 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 supervisory level of the series. Positions in this classification provide supervision and leadership to subordinate Youth Academy Counseling and Coordination Specialist positions which focus on either guidance counseling services for Academy participants or case management/recruitment and assessment functions of the Washington Youth Academy (WYA). Guidance Counseling: These positions supervise and oversee guidance counseling programs offered to Academy participants. These positions also provide professional level guidance counseling to at-risk youth, who are participants in the WYA. Guidance counseling includes individual counseling, academic and career counseling, and group guidance addressing social subjects such as drug/alcohol awareness, cultural diversity, and anger management.
Examples of the work
Develops, plans, and administers a behavioral, academic, and life skills counseling program that will help Academy participants succeed in the WYA program and give them the knowledge and tools to become mature young adults, socially responsible citizens, and productive members of society; Supervises staff of guidance counselors who are primarily responsible for conducting 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.; Supervises and manages the recruiting/admissions staff and case managers who are primarily responsible for developing/maintaining ...
Minimum qualifications
For Counseling positions : A Master’s degree with a major in counseling and an Educational Staff Associate (E.S.A.) School Counselor certification from the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (O.S.P.I); AND Two years of professional experience in planning, administering, developing, or delivering social, financial, educational, vocational or health related programs.
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.