Electronics Technician 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 592J
- Class code
- 592J
- Salary range
- 37G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Electronics Technician 1 is $47,004 to $54,204 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 592J.
- 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 37G 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 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 |
| Monthly | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 |
| Hourly | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 |
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
Under general supervision, performs entry-level work in construction and installation of electronic air monitoring systems and devices, or troubleshoots, maintains, repairs and tests media equipment, analog, and/or digital electronic equipment.
Examples of the work
Assists upper level technicians in installation, operation, and routine servicing of instrumentation or electronic systems; Assists higher level technicians in shop or field testing, adjusting, troubleshooting, and repairing (replaces integrated circuits, transistors, capacitors, resistors, etc.), electronic systems, equipment, and devices; Assists higher level technicians in construction, design, and modification of electronic instrumentation; Operates hand tools, power tools, and a variety of electronic test equipment, such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and signal generators; keeps work records; Maintain, troubleshoot, repair, calibrate and test mechanical, electro-mechanical, or electron ...
Minimum qualifications
Graduation from high school or GED equivalent and two years experience or training as an electronics technician or experience in the installation and removal of radio systems, sirens, citizen band or other electronic equipment.
Special requirements
A valid Federal Communications Commission General Radiotelephone Operator may substitute for the experience. Persons legally authorized to work in the U.S.
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.