Energy/Utilities Engineer 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 529L
- Class code
- 529L
- Salary range
- 71
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Energy/Utilities Engineer 4 is $93,288 to $125,544 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 529L.
- 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 71 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 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 |
| Monthly | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 |
| Hourly | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 |
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 plan, develop and direct statewide engineering projects and programs. Positions provide technical engineering consulting services to schools, State facilities, and local government facilities for the Department of General Administration. Supervises engineers.
Examples of the work
Designs and present management and resource project proposals which defines problems and specifies methodology and resource expenditures required for solution; coordinates and directs all necessary resources of the office in carrying out assigned project; Manages a statewide project or program. Conducts in-depth engineering and financial investigations and analysis of the projects and prepares a realistic appraisal of costs and benefits realized or anticipated from successful completion; Develops a detailed schedule of tasks to be performed; identifies and assigns resource responsibility for each task; Prepares project progress reports to apprise top management (the Governor, the legislature ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a Bachelor’s degree with a major study in engineering, registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of Washington and four years of professional level experience performing energy or utilities related work. Some positions at this level may require an advanced degree in an engineer discipline, which may substitute for the registration as a Professional Engineer 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.