Energy/Utilities Engineer 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 529K
- Class code
- 529K
- Salary range
- 67
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Energy/Utilities Engineer 3 is $84,528 to $113,736 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 529K.
- 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 67 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 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 |
| Monthly | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 |
| Hourly | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 |
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
Positions at this level are typically licensed professional engineers. Positions may provide technical engineering assistance to schools, State facilities, and local government facilities. Some positions participate as agents of the Federal Office of Pipeline Safety and, as federally certified pipeline inspectors, conduct or lead inspections of intra-state and interstate pipeline accidents for the Utilities and Transportation Commission. Positions review the work of engineers who have not achieved registration as a licensed professional engineer. Some positions plan, direct and conduct radiological safety evaluations of the design, construction, operation and decommissioning of nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities operated and licensed by the Federal government.
Examples of the work
Makes field inspections and submits oral or written reports; Analyzes proposed construction plans for economic, service, and engineering feasibility; Analyzes and make depreciation, valuation, and cost studies; prepare or analyze exhibits and data for formal hearings; assist at hearings or court as technical consultant or expert witness; Investigates procedures for compliance with laws and regulations; Conducts different kinds of inspections of the operations of intra-state or interstate pipeline operators.
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a Bachelor’s degree with a major study in engineering and two years of professional level experience performing energy or utilities related work.
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.