Bridge Engineer 6 pay range
State of Washington · class code 531J
- Class code
- 531J
- Salary range
- 79
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Bridge Engineer 6 is $113,736 to $152,904 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 531J.
- 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 79 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 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 | $128,688 | $131,868 | $135,192 | $138,552 | $142,020 | $145,548 | $149,244 | $152,904 |
| Monthly | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 | $10,724 | $10,989 | $11,266 | $11,546 | $11,835 | $12,129 | $12,437 | $12,742 |
| Hourly | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 | $61.63 | $63.16 | $64.75 | $66.36 | $68.02 | $69.71 | $71.48 | $73.23 |
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
In the Washington State Department of Transportation, Bridge and Structures Office Design Section, or Washington State Ferries working as a registered structural engineer • Serves as a project manager or Bridge and Structures Office management level representative for a monumental bridge (such as a main span length exceeding 500 feet, or a suspension and cable-stayed bridge, or cast in place concrete segmental, or movable bridge); OR • Serves as a Quality Assurance Bridge Engineer, performs quality assurance reviews of structural designs and structural contract plans to assure design quality, economy, and constructability; OR • Serves as a Preliminary Bridge Plans Engineer, manages the preparation of all preliminary bridge plans for WSDOT transportation structures while supervising a work unit of bridge engineers/bridge technicians OR In the Bridge Preservation Office supervises a work u ...
Examples of the work
Manages the development of plans, specifications, and engineering packages for the rehabilitation of the states’ movable bridges and other special structures; Provides technical support to Project Engineer Offices relating to electrical rehabilitation projects; provides technical and engineering services including electrical installation inspections, shop drawing reviews, acceptance testing and problem resolution; Schedules, coordinates, equips and verifies the accurate completion of all routine, fracture critical, underwater, special, and short span inspections for all WSDOT owned bridges and all “high cost” local agency bridges in accordance with FHWA and WSDOT requirements; Serves as Seni ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor of Science degree involving major study in civil, mechanical, electrical or structural engineering and two years as a Bridge Engineer 5 or equivalent AND In the Bridge Design Section: • Registration as a professional engineer in the branch of structural engineering in the state of Washington or another state, based on registration requirements equivalent to those in Washington. OR In the Bridge Preservation Office: • Registration as a professional engineer in the branch of civil, mechanical, or electrical engineering in the state of Washington or another state, based on registration requirements equivalent to those in Washington.
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.