Civil Engineer 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 530E
- Class code
- 530E
- Salary range
- 51
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Civil Engineer 1 is $56,952 to $76,608 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 530E.
- 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 51 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 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 |
| Monthly | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 |
| Hourly | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 |
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
Performs entrance level professional civil engineering work in office or field on assigned portions of projects, under relatively close supervision.
Examples of the work
Draws preliminary designs and finished working drawings of assigned portions of various projects, such as roads, bridges, dams, holding ponds, park improvements, boat launching ramps, parking sites, drainage fields, buildings, and other structures, fish ways or stream improvements, water and sewerage systems; drafts isometric, perspective, and working drawings; drafts planimetric and topographic maps; Takes off quantities for construction; prepares maps from own field data; In the field, locates, roads, bridges, grades, building corners, and property lines, making field notations for office computation; examines obstructions in streams; sets gauges; performs physical surveys of spawning grou ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree with major emphasis in civil engineering. OR Possession of an Engineer-in-Training Certificate. 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.
Nearby classes in Washington
Civil Engineer 1 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | $75,010 | $123,812 | $75,010 to $123,812 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.