Community Outreach & Environmental Educational Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 208C
- Class code
- 208C
- Salary range
- 49
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Community Outreach & Environmental Educational Specialist 3 is $54,204 to $72,900 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 208C.
- 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 49 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 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 |
| Monthly | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 |
| Hourly | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 |
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
Positions at this level independently plan, prioritize, develop, and implement environmental/conservation education or community outreach activities for a specific program. Positions may serve as a coordinator or lead in establishing educational priorities and ensuring their accomplishment. Positions resolve complex problems or issues and have latitude to determine methods and procedures to complete their work. Duties include more complex activities such as planning and/or teaching workshops attended by professional educators, administering contracts, overseeing development of all educational/outreach materials for specific program, preparing public involvement plans, resolving and establishing a community outreach strategy, and developing policies and procedures.
Examples of the work
Develops, promotes, and implements school educational programs within a region which includes private and public schools and institutions of higher education; Oversees the development and implementation of a program’s public education plan and community outreach strategy including the preparation of all the program’s educational/outreach materials; Develops environmental/conservation education policies, regulations and guidelines for a specific program; reviews the program and policies to ensure consistent application; Acts as the program’s education representative and advocate; Provides training to educators; May supervise lower level staff.
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a Bachelor’s degree involving major study in environmental, physical, or natural science, education, communications or closely related field AND three years of professional experience involving environmental analysis or control, environmental planning, environmental education, community outreach, or communications activities; 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.