Civil Engineer 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 530H
- Class code
- 530H
- Salary range
- 67
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Civil Engineer 4 is $84,528 to $113,736 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 530H.
- 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
Directs and supervises major civil engineering section in engineering division.
Examples of the work
Assigns engineering projects to sub-units; plans and directs location and legal descriptions of State-owned lands, hatcheries, game farms, and parks; Trains, directs, instructs professional and sub-professional engineers in office procedures, specific laws, rules and regulations, field surveys, drafting of maps, plans, designs, and working drawings; Directs preparation of sketches, designs, working plans, specifications, bid invitations, contract letting, change orders, and reviews and approves contract payments; Reviews, checks and approves or disapproves applications of local political jurisdictions to build dikes, improve streams, or change channels; recommends approval or rejection of ap ...
Minimum qualifications
Registration as a professional engineer, in the branch of civil engineering including any of the specialties such as hydraulics, structures or sanitation, in the State of Washington or another state based on registration requirements equivalent to those in Washington. AND Two years of experience in above fields. NOTE: Requirements for professional registration as an engineer in the State of Washington are eight years of professional experience (which may include up to four years of college-level engineering education) and successful completion of sixteen hours of professional licensing exams.
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.