Community Outreach & Environmental Educational Specialist 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 208D
- Class code
- 208D
- Salary range
- 55
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Community Outreach & Environmental Educational Specialist 4 is $62,880 to $84,528 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 208D.
- 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 55 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 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 |
| Monthly | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 |
| Hourly | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 |
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 have supervisory and/or statewide program responsibility. Duties include administrative responsibilities for all environmental/conservation education or community outreach activities such as planning, directing, and evaluating activities; and developing policies and budget requests. Positions typically handle precedent-setting issues or those with the potential for broad impact.
Examples of the work
Manages administrative functions including recruiting, hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating staff; Consults with educators, youth groups, outside organizations and departmental personnel to plan environmental/conservation education media, activities, programs, curriculum and study areas; Creates and develops learning packages, teaching and training aids; researches, selects, writes and photographs material for media production; serves as media production leader; Organizes and conducts meetings, presentations, and workshops to promote services; serves as liaison with other agencies, local government, and the general public in matters relating to program activities; Advises top manage ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a Bachelor’s degree involving major study in environmental, physical, or natural science, education, communications or related field AND four 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.