These fully remote jobs with the state of WA pay $80K and up. See positions, new listings
More than a dozen vacant positions with the state of Washington offer compensation of $80,000 a year or more. Applicants who accept any of the following positions have the option to work from home full time.
The following positions include paid sick leave and paid time off, as well as health benefits. Those interested in applying must submit their application material through Washington state’s online application portal. You can email careershelp@des.wa.gov or call 360-664-1960 with questions.
Candidates can also sign up for job alerts on specific types of jobs. They can also search the state’s listings of positions at colleges and universities.
Although there are many more open positions with the state currently, we curated 12 jobs across nine state departments for this list. To view the full list of the state’s remote jobs, visit the State of Washington Job Opportunities web page. Some deadlines to apply are fast approaching, while others will remain open throughout August and beyond.
Department of Corrections
Salary: $6,368 - $8,564 monthly
Type: Remote optional
Location: Tumwater, Thurston County
Summary: The investigator conducts interviews with incarcerated individuals, completes investigations of alleged WAC violations, supervises the Investigator 2 and provides training regarding security and investigative issues.
Deadline: Aug. 8 at 11:59 p.m.
Department of Enterprise Services
Salary: $87,000 - $95,000 annually
Type: Remote optional
Location: Multiple locations
Summary: This leadership position is responsible for helping state agencies and political subdivisions access effective commercial solutions, using state buying power to improve the value of every dollar spent and making it easy to do business with the state. The strategist coaches and mentors internal agency staff and external statewide government entities on procurement strategy and execution.
Deadline: Aug. 16 at 11:59 p.m.
Department of Health
Data Engineering Supervisor (Epidemiologist 3)
Salary: $7,184 - $9,668 monthly
Type: Remote only
Summary: This supervisor position leads the Data Engineering team to create and maintain data pipelines that drive public health analysis and action. The person in this role also collaborates with internal and external partners to establish governance frameworks and standards.
Deadline: Aug. 13 at 11:59 p.m.
IT Architecture – Senior/Specialist
Salary: $96,396 - $129,624 annually
Type: Remote optional
Location: Olympia, Thurston County
Summary: The architect specialist works with business and technical teams to design and implement cloud-based solutions. The specialist creates emerging technologies and processes that support agency strategic goals and improves operational performance, efficiencies and risk mitigation.
Deadline: Continuous
Department of Labor & Industries
L&I IT Sr Architect (Data Architect)
Salary: $96,396 - $129,624 annually
Type: Remote only
Summary: The data architect develops, designs and maintains new architecture as required for systems maintained by the Strategic Utilization of Information Technology Team. The person in this role also ensures compliance of existing architecture and documentation aligns with IT standards.
Deadline: Aug. 27 at 11:59 p.m.
Department of Retirement Systems
Lead Web Developer (IT Application Development - Senior)
Salary: $88,248 - $118,716 annually
Type: Remote optional
Location: Tumwater, Thurston County
Summary: The web developer provides the highest level of technical consulting. This role provides application development for core document imaging systems, customer-facing and employer applications, as well as integrating new technologies into the document imaging and web/client server architecture.
Deadline:Continuous
Department of Transportation
Innovative Partnerships - Finance and Budget Manager
Salary: $86,736 - $111,240 annually
Type: Remote optional
Location: Olympia, Thurston County
Summary: This manager operates within WSDOT’s Innovative Partnerships Office and is responsible for budget development, monitoring budget building and spending to ensure proper management of department funds.
Deadline: Aug. 9 at 11:59 p.m.
Employment Security Department
Salary: $87,432 - $117,588 annually
Type: Remote optional
Location: Olympia, Thurston County
Summary: The person in this position serves as a lead on large-scale database systems and projects that have agency-wide impact. They also monitor and manage database environments like performance management, capacity planning, establishing performance baselines and monitoring trends in resource utilization.
Deadline: Aug. 10 at 11:59 p.m.
Director of Contracts, Asset Management & Procurement
Salary: $90,067 - $125,988 annually
Type: Remote optional
Location: Olympia, Thurston County
Summary: The director is responsible for the administration and oversight of enterprise contracting, procurement and asset management activities for the department. This role provides ethical consultation to department executive leadership and manages professional contracts, procurement and asset management staff that provide consultation and technical assistance.
Deadline: Continuous
Salary: $105,089.04 - $141,294.96 annually
Type: Remote only
Summary: This position is being offered in both a full- and part-time capacity. The ideal candidate serves as a technical expert of actuarial methodologies pricing, reserving and analytics to forecast the financial implication of a given insurance program.
Deadline: Continuous
Health Care Authority
Health Information Technology Enterprise Data Application Manager
Salary: $83,268 - $111,984 annually
Type: Remote optional
Location: Olympia, Thurston County
Summary: This data application manager position is responsible for managing IT and data interfaces, extracts, quality measurement, participation monitoring, regulatory compliance for IT systems and performing data management for internal and external data sources.
Deadline: Continuous
Washington State Institute for Public Policy
Salary: $8,103 - $10,532 monthly
Type: Remote optional
Location: Olympia, Thurston County
Summary: This position serves as the institute’s central resource for programming expertise, including maintaining and improving the agency’s custom applications, developing new applications and maintaining the agency’s website.
Deadline: Aug. 22 at 11:59 p.m.
