Agricultural Research Technologist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 570F
- Class code
- 570F
- Salary range
- 40
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Agricultural Research Technologist 2 is $43,836 to $58,392 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 570F.
- 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 40 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 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 |
| Monthly | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 |
| Hourly | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 |
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
Serves as a skilled technical specialist supporting natural resource research or a practicing scientist. Performs journey-level research and investigative duties under technical direction to support studies concerning biological, chemical and physical sciences as applied to agriculture.
Examples of the work
Locates, installs, maintains and measures research plots applying techniques and methods outlined by the supervising scientist; Operates and maintains instruments and equipment in order to perform precise measurements in laboratory greenhouse, field or nursery; samples, surveys and reports on field or greenhouse conditions; Directs and accepts full responsibility for a significant operational and/or technical phase of a major project; Computes, compiles, and summarizes data involving several variables; edits and prepares data for analysis by computer programs; prepares final data summaries for analysis by scientist; Collects and prepares specimens in order to perform laboratory analysis; Act ...
Minimum qualifications
Baccalaureate Degree in the applied, biological, chemical, physical or agri¬cultural sciences AND one year of experience as an Agricultural Research Technologist 1 OR Equivalent education/experience
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.