WSR 25-24-062
PERMANENT RULES
OFFICE OF
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
[Filed December 1, 2025, 9:33 a.m., effective January 1, 2026]
Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2026.
Purpose: To align WAC 357-16-017 with the requirements of the law. SSB 5408, chapter 383, Laws of 2025, passed during the 2025 legislative session and became effective July 27, 2025. This bill amends RCW
49.58.110 to require employers to disclose a fixed wage amount rather than a scale or range if the employer is offering only a fixed wage amount. The amendment to WAC 357-16-017 is to add that an employer must disclose a fixed wage amount rather than a salary range or management band when an employer offers only a fixed wage amount.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 357-16-017.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW
41.06.150.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 25-20-087 on September 30, 2025.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: December 1, 2025.
Nathan Sherrard
Legal Affairs Counsel
RDS-6635.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 23-24-024, filed 11/28/23, effective 1/1/24)
WAC 357-16-017When must an employer disclose the salary range ((or)), management band, or fixed wage, and other compensation and a description of benefits for a position?
In accordance with RCW
49.58.110, an employer must disclose the salary range or management band
, except where the employer is offering only a fixed wage amount, the employer must disclose the fixed wage amount rather than a salary range or management band, in the following circumstances:
(1) In each job posting which includes a general description of all the benefits and other compensation; and
(2) Upon request of a current employee who is offered an appointment to another position.
(3) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Employer" also includes those employers with fewer than 15 employees;
(b) "Salary range" includes Step M; and
(c) "Management band" is the most reasonable and genuinely expected range that an agency has identified within their salary administration policy for Washington management services.