Electrical Engineer 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 532E
- Class code
- 532E
- Salary range
- 65
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Electrical Engineer 3 is $80,496 to $108,228 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 532E.
- 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 65 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 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 |
| Monthly | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 |
| Hourly | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 |
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
Serves as a senior-level Electrical Engineering Specialist who may direct other professional engineers.
Examples of the work
Lays out, assigns and supervises such design, engineering, construction and maintenance projects as fish migration facilities at hydroelectric power facilities on lower Columbia River; supervises professional and sub-professional engineers in gathering initial design data, preparation of plans, and specifications, and coordination of engineering work with Research, Hatcheries and Reimbursable Contracts Divisions; furnishes engineering advice to construction personnel on such projects; Acts as electrical and mechanical expert in furnishing advice to professional and sub-professional engineers, fisheries biologist, and other personnel in design problems, operations difficulties, and wide varie ...
Minimum qualifications
Registration as a professional engineer in the branch of either electrical or mechanical engineering in the State of Washington or another state based on registration requirements equivalent to those in Washington. NOTE: Requirements for professional registration as an engineer in the State of Washington are eight years of professional experience (which may include up to four years of college-level engineering education) and successful completion of sixteen hours of professional licensing exams.
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.