Electronics Technician 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 592M
- Class code
- 592M
- Salary range
- 52G
- Pay unit
- Year
- Alternate ranges
- 2
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Electronics Technician 4 is $67,704 to $82,440 per year, spanning every alternate range the plan defines.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 592M.
- The plan defines 2 alternate ranges for this class, so the rate depends on which bargaining unit covers the position.
- 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 52G 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 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 |
| Monthly | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 |
| Hourly | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 |
Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.
Alternate ranges
| Bargaining unit | Minimum | Maximum | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| As listed | $67,704 | $78,504 | per year |
| Teamsters | $71,136 | $82,440 | per year |
The listing prints a separate range for classes covered by a bargaining agreement. Which one applies depends on the employee's unit.
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 lead or senior level technician and performs work in layout, construction and installation of electronic and safety equipment. Troubleshoots, maintains, repairs and tests, analog, and/or digital electronic equipment. Delivers and installs equipment, calibrates test equipment. Assembles scientific instruments or electronic air monitoring systems. Implements and evaluates workflow priorities. Develops and disseminates instructions and information to unit personnel. OR Serves as lead or senior level technician for installing, maintaining, repairing and testing analog or electrical and electronic systems used in security and alarm surveillance on a 24/7 basis.
Examples of the work
Directs daily assignments of lower level technicians in installation, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, adjustment and repair functions for the air monitoring network; Performs shop or field testing, adjustment, troubleshooting and repair (replaces integrated circuits, transistors, resistors, capacitors, etc.) of electronic systems, equipment and devices; constructs, calibrates, designs, develops and/or modifies electronic instrumentation; Fabricates and tests air flow connectors and electronic circuitry in accordance with schematics and diagrams; improvises as the job requires; Checks, adjusts, calibrates and repairs a wide variety of recording and indicating devices and equipment su ...
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as an Electronic Technician 3 OR Five years experience as an electronics technician in installation, operation, maintenance, repair and use of industrial or scientific electronic and measurement equipment. Full-time training in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, chemistry or closely related field may be substituted, year for year, for up to two years of the required experience.
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.