Construction Project Coordinator 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 537K
- Class code
- 537K
- Salary range
- 67
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Construction Project Coordinator 3 is $84,528 to $113,736 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 537K.
- 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
This is the senior, specialist, or lead-worker level of the series. Positions at this level coordinate, direct, and review the development of designs and specifications by private design firms for the construction of state buildings and/or vessels. Positions coordinate and direct the planning, scheduling, project and cost control of complex building and/or vessel construction projects. Positions develop cost estimates and cost analysis required for budget forecasts, facilities planning, conceptual studies, and bid comparison of projects for design and construction of buildings and/or vessels.
Examples of the work
Provide cost engineering expertise on construction contract administration, scheduling, contract disputes, and long-range cost and escalation forecasting; Evaluate contract disputes or potential disputes, and provides guidance to project managers and agency staff for documentation, analyzing damages, establishing causation and recommending corrective action; Provide evaluation of contract damages related to delays, impacts on scheduling by change order work and inefficiency costs due to labor productivity loss; Provide long-range cost and escalation forecasts; Prepare cost estimates for facilities planning based on planning or conceptual studies; prepares contract bid comparison estimates.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in architecture, engineering, or closely allied field; and four years' experience in real property construction as a cost estimator involving the preparation of cost estimates for major real property development; and certification as a Cost Engineer based on certification by a recognized national association 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.