Control Technician pay range
State of Washington · class code 607F
- Class code
- 607F
- Salary range
- 46G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Control Technician is $58,392 to $67,704 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 607F.
- 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 46G in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 7 steps, and this class starts at step G rather than at the bottom of the range; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 |
| Monthly | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 |
| Hourly | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 |
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 journey level of the series. Independently installs, inspects, tests, services, maintains and repairs various mechanical, electronic, pneumatic, and electrical control systems. Exercises independent judgment to make decisions concerning operations and safety. Works calls for fully qualified technical skills and thorough knowledge of standard methods, procedures, and protocols. Consults with higher-level staff to resolve complex problems.
Examples of the work
Inspects, tests, services, maintains and repairs various mechanical, electronic, pneumatic, and electrical control systems on apparatus such as heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or refrigeration systems; uninterruptible power systems, fire alarm systems, clock systems, low voltage lighting, and irrigation systems; Installs, maintains, calibrates and operates equipment to monitor temperatures, energy usage, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, refrigeration, security, fire, water flow, and equipment status in various buildings, facilities or grounds; Operates and maintains fluid and electronic testing and measuring instruments such as manometers, air flow meters, volt meters, ammeter ...
Minimum qualifications
Completion of a two-year approved institution course as a Control Technician Trainee, or four years of applicable experience in installation, repair, and maintenance of electrical and pneumatic control systems. V ocational or trade school training in control mechanisms may be substituted, year-for-year, for work experience up to a maximum of two years. Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator's license may be required.
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.