Energy Facility Site Specialist pay range
State of Washington · class code 542W
- Class code
- 542W
- Salary range
- 60
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Energy Facility Site Specialist is $71,136 to $95,676 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 542W.
- 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 60 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 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 |
| Monthly | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 |
| Hourly | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 |
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
Performs independent, professional analysis of the engineering, environmental or socio‑economic aspects of energy facility applications submitted to the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council.
Examples of the work
Participates in the processing of applications for site certification and land‑use compatibility as a subject‑matter specialist on a multi‑disciplinary team of Energy Facility Site Specialists; Makes recommendations for the preparation of Requests for Proposals and the evaluation and selection of independent consultants; Briefs issues and provides information for deliberations by the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council; Leads team activities in the consideration of project information sources, schedules, alternatives, mitigations, aesthetics and safety as they pertain to the position's field of specialty, i.e., socio‑economic and cultural values or type, size, design and engineering of t ...
Minimum qualifications
A Master's degree in engineering, in natural or physical science, in urban or environmental planning or a closely allied field and three years of professional experience in engineering, or as an environmentalist or wildlife biologist, or in urban or regional planning, or a closely allied field. Two years of professional experience in the appropriate field may be substituted for the Master's degree, provided a Bachelor's degree has been attained in one of the above disciplines. Selective certification may be approved for specific positions. Equivalent education/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.