Civil Engineer 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 530F
- Class code
- 530F
- Salary range
- 57
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Civil Engineer 2 is $66,072 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 530F.
- 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 57 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 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 |
| Monthly | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 |
| Hourly | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 |
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 independent professional civil engineering work in office or field
Examples of the work
Prepares rough sketches, designs, specifications, and isometric, perspective working drawings for minor and major projects including roads, bridges, dams, building, towers, fishways, stream improvements, holding ponds, hatcheries, or game pens; Drafts planimetric and topographic maps, as well as other special-use maps; Acts as chief-of-party on surveying crew; makes third-order locations and traverses of property lines, right-of-way, section and sub-section lines; calculates plane coordinates and curve points and plots those in plats; Conducts surveys of streams for amount of flow, quality of spawning beds, purity of water, and scouring under bridges and fills; Supervises engineering aides, ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree with major study in civil engineering; provided that registration as an engineer-in-training may be substituted for college degree. AND One year of professional civil engineering work, subsequent to required graduation or registration. 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 2 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | $67,314 | $104,338 | $67,314 to $104,338 |
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.