WSR 25-20-087
PROPOSED RULES
OFFICE OF
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
[Filed September 30, 2025, 10:01 a.m.]
Original Notice.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: WAC 357-16-017 When must an employer disclose the salary range, management band, or fixed wage amount, and other compensation and a description of benefits for a position?
Hearing Location(s): On November 13, 2025, at 8:30 a.m., via Zoom at https://ofm-wa-gov.zoom.us/j/81811350765?pwd=UjHOAyLqQ0dmF2sp7x5aG0KCG0ggY3.1, Passcode 903984, ID 818 1135 0765; or Call in 253-215-8782.
Date of Intended Adoption: November 20, 2025.
Submit Written Comments to: Brandy Chinn, Office of Financial Management (OFM), 1500 Jefferson Street S.E., P.O. Box 47500, Olympia, WA 98504, email brandy.chinn@ofm.wa.gov, by 11:59 p.m., November 6, 2025.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact OFM, TTY 711 or 1-800-833-6384, by 11:59 p.m., November 6, 2025.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The proposed 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.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: To align the civil service rules, Title 357 WAC, with the requirements of the law. SSB 5408, chapter 383, Laws of 2025, passed during the 2025 legislative session and took effect on 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.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW
41.06.150.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: OFM, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation, and Enforcement: Brandy Chinn, 1500 Jefferson Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504, 360-878-2901.
A school district fiscal impact statement is not required under RCW
28A.305.135.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW
34.05.328. Rules are related to internal government operations and are not subject to violation by a nongovernmental party. See RCW
34.05.328 (5)(b)(ii) for exemption.
This rule proposal, or portions of the proposal, is exempt from requirements of the Regulatory Fairness Act because the proposal:
Is exempt under RCW
19.85.025(3) as the rules relate only to internal governmental operations that are not subject to violation by a nongovernment party.
Scope of exemption for rule proposal:
Is fully exempt.
September 30, 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.