Aircraft Pilot 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 654G
- Class code
- 654G
- Salary range
- 67
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Aircraft Pilot 3 is $84,528 to $113,736 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 654G.
- 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 67 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 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 |
| Monthly | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 |
| Hourly | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 |
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
This is the trainer/instructor and maintenance test pilot for aircraft pilots within an agency using single engine or multi-engine aircraft for agency operations, national resource missions and supporting firefighting operations.
Examples of the work
Assists the Chief Pilot(s) in the development, planning, and execution of the agency training standards agency policy, OAS/USFS standards, and Federal Aviation Administration requirements for pilot qualifications; Establishes curriculum and requirements for the training programs; Develops individual and group training plans; Provides supervisors with performance information/results; Evaluates and recommends tactical direction, agency policy, procedures and guidelines with respect to pilot program training and safety needs; Represents the agency on state and federal aviation task forces, trainings and groups; Trains and certifies agency pilots annually for operations in state assigned aircraf ...
Minimum qualifications
Fixed Wing Option: 2,000 hours of turbine, turbo-prop and/or reciprocating engine logged flight time, including low level flight, below 500 feet, with 1500 hours Pilot-In-Command Airplane (PIC); dual rated pilots 100 and a minimum of 100 hours of actual/simulated instrument time. 200 hours of Airplane, 25 dual rated, mountain flight time; Mountainous area as defined by 14 CFR 95 Subpart B - Designated Mountainous Areas, 2 years’ experience with Aviation Safety Management Systems, 2 years experience operating Electronic Flight bags, Basic Microsoft Office knowledge to include: Outlook and Word, 2 years experience operating Electronic Flight bags, A current, valid FAA Commercial Certificate wi ...
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.