Assistant Facilities Designer pay range
State of Washington · class code 540L
- Class code
- 540L
- Salary range
- 50
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Assistant Facilities Designer is $55,596 to $74,748 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 540L.
- 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 50 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 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 |
| Monthly | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 |
| Hourly | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 |
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
Assist professional architects with technical detailing and field liaison work.
Examples of the work
Obtain field measurements and prepare sketches, preliminary and final working drawings; perform calculations and make detailed technical descriptions including material to be used; write specifications; Assist and coordinate with architectural, mechanical, and electrical designers in the preparation of drawings and specifications; Confer with representatives of college departments regarding architectural work; assess existing conditions and scope of requested work to alter or improve buildings; Advise clients on feasibility of projects in terms of architectural, technical, and aesthetic features, within a given cost; Occasionally inspect jobs in progress and direct the work of drafting techn ...
Minimum qualifications
Degree in Architecture or Architectural Engineering. Registration as an Architect in the state of Washington may be substituted for educational requirements; OR Experience as an architect aide or equivalent may substitute for educational requirements on a year-for-year basis. Examination Requirements: A job element examination (including written, E & T and oral components) scored on the basis of job related experience, training, skill, ability and other elements which are established through job analysis.
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.