Electrical and Electronic Systems Specialist 3 - Transportation pay range
State of Washington · class code 594P
- Class code
- 594P
- Salary range
- 63E
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Electrical and Electronic Systems Specialist 3 - Transportation is $84,528 to $102,996 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 594P.
- 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 63E in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 9 steps, and this class starts at step E rather than at the bottom of the range; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | 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 |
| Monthly | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 |
| Hourly | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 |
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
Leads and trains lower level Electrical and Electronic Systems Specialists or serves as a senior-level technical specialist performing work that requires application of advanced electrical and electronics technical knowledge.
Examples of the work
Assigns, instructs and check the work of lower-level specialists performing electrical and electronics maintenance, testing, installation, and repair on transportation and highway infrastructure; Trains lower-level specialists in equipment usage, safety protocols, maintenance, installation, and repair of electrical and electronics equipment, components and systems; Provides input for scheduling and planning of crews. Plans and prepares schedules; estimate of labor, materials and required equipment to accomplish assigned project work; Conducts inspection of newly constructed electrical components to ensure compliance with applicable legal code requirements.
Minimum qualifications
High school graduation or GED. AND Five (5) years (approximately 10,000 hours) of relevant professional experience performing technical electrical, fire system and/or electronic work; OR Completion of equivalent, relevant professional formal training through an electrical apprenticeship program, or accredited electrical or electronics training program, or vocational or technical school, military-based electrical/electronics training; agency-specific in-training plan; OR A Bachelor’s degree in electrical or electronics technology and two (2) years of relevant professional experience performing technical electrical, fire system and/or electronic work.
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.