Want to make more than $80K a year working for a WA state agency? Here are 6 remote jobs

If you’re looking for a job, Washington state has many protections in place for its workers. This is especially true for state employees. On top of health insurance, retirement contributions and paid time off, state workers also have access to an employee assistance program and dependent care assistance program, student loan forgiveness options and a flexible spending account.

Whether you work from home, in the office or a mixture of both, working for the state guarantees perks and protections you might not see in other jobs.

Here are some jobs across Washington’s agencies currently accepting applications. These listings are full-time, permanent positions with remote options offering more than $80,000 per year.

Remote WA agency jobs

Grant Design and Development Manager - Employment Security Department

• Salary: $83,032-$116,232/year
• Description: Lead grant application efforts, track success and provide performance analysis while working with other teams.
• Requirements: A bachelor’s degree in public administration, business administration or related field OR relevant experience, plus two years of relevant management and planning experience, five years in workforce development, two years of experience with grant proposals, and experience with multi-agency relationships, organizational transformation and standard computer software programs.
• Deadline: July 7

Lead Software Developer - Department of Health

• Salary: $91,776-$123,468/year
• Description: Design, develop and maintain web-enabled information systems to provide health information services while positively mentoring team members.
• Requirements: Ten years of experience in IT disciplines (or equivalent combination of education and experience), including six years of application solution development and five years in software development.
• Deadline: June 30

Senior Project Manager - Health Care Authority

• Salary: $87,732-$122,844/year
• Description: Act as primary manager for priority projects, support customers and achieve goals while leading staff members.
• Requirements: Seven years of experience in managing projects (or relevant combination of education and experience), plus an ability to maintain high ethics, completion of a PMP certification and a demonstrated commitment to quality, diversity and public service values.

Cost Board Senior Data Analyst - Health Care Authority

• Salary: $81,708-$114,396/year
• Description: Serve as the technical expert on the transparency board and lead complex technical and analytical projects, make policy recommendations based on evidence and data, and mentor junior analysts.
• Requirements: Master’s degree is economics, mathematics, statistics, public health, health services research or a related field, plus three years of experience in a forecasting field leading major analytical projects, two years of experience with SQL and R, SAS or Python, and experience leading teams.
• Deadline: July 9

IT Business Analyst Manager - Department of Health

• Salary: $96,396-$129,624
• Description: Lead team of IT professionals while aligning agency programs with innovative solutions. Develop operational plans, set goals and establish standards across the Office of Business Analysis.
• Requirements: A bachelor’s degree OR four years of IT experience directly involved in developing and maintaining systems, plus seven years of progressive IT experience, including five years with managerial experience and three years in software development.
• Deadline: July 1

Complete Streets Planning Engineer - Department of Transportation

• Salary: $86,637-$116,487/year
• Description: Facilitate planning, engineering and implementation of the Complete Streets Program consistent with the department’s vision for the multimodal transportation system.
• Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, transportation planning or related field OR Engineer in Training Certificate, plus valid driver’s license, experience with web-based software programs, knowledge of multi-modal transportation principles and engineering principles, and the ability to community professionally, assess priorities and adapt to emergent issues.
• Deadline: July 16

This story was originally published June 24, 2024 at 1:14 PM.