Electrical Engineer 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 532F
- Class code
- 532F
- Salary range
- 72
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Electrical Engineer 4 is $95,676 to $128,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 532F.
- 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 72 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 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 | $128,688 |
| Monthly | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 | $10,724 |
| Hourly | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 | $61.63 |
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
Directs an Electrical Engineering Unit which is staffed by at least one senior-level registered professional engineer or performs as the senior-level Electrical Engineering specialist designing electrical systems for buildings or other transportation structures and operations or vessel marine systems and equipment for the Washington State Ferry System; or performs as a consultant on electrical systems design, and may supervise other engineers.
Examples of the work
As a senior-level engineering specialist, determines design and prepares bid documents consisting of drawings and specifications for building communications, power, heating, interior and exterior lighting, and general electrification systems; Coordinates an interface as the Agency representative for power and communications requirements with applicable utility suppliers; Supervises engineering personnel in the preparation of drawings, specifications and estimates; Provides review of equipment specifications and submits data and observes construction in the field for compliance with contract documents; Performs as the Agency Electrical Service System Consultant and provides expert consultatio ...
Minimum qualifications
Registration as a professional engineer in the branch of electrical engineering in the State of Washington or another state based on registration requirements equivalent to those in Washington. AND Two years of professional electrical engineering experience as a registered engineer in electric distribution and building and structures services systems design and application, or marine vessel systems design applying A.B.S. and U.S.C.G. standards.
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.