Drafting Technician 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 540F
- Class code
- 540F
- Salary range
- 45
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Drafting Technician 3 is $49,296 to $66,072 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 540F.
- 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 45 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 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 |
| Monthly | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 |
| Hourly | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 |
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
Lead work of assigned drafting personnel and assist in drafting office management. Prepare complex scale maps, detailed plans and working drawings from sketches, field notes, or general instructions.
Examples of the work
Lead and train drafting technicians in a drafting section; Schedule, assign and review work of drafting personnel; Lead the preparation of design detail and assembly drawings for use in construction of various equipment and buildings; Establish and supervise the maintenance of engineering specification and drawing files; Adopt and implement new drafting techniques and processes; Confer with professional and technical personnel on drafting requirements and procedures; Assist in engineering design and layout problems; Coordinate, print and document reproduction operations; Lead other drafting technicians in highly complex engineering and drafting projects; perform all of the duties of a Drafti ...
Minimum qualifications
Three years of full-time experience or training as a Drafting Technician, or equivalent. Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. Examination Requirements: A job element examination (including written, E & T and oral components) scored on the basis of job related experience, training, skill, ability and other elements which are established through job analysis.
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.