Engineering Aide 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 538M
- Class code
- 538M
- Salary range
- 42
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Engineering Aide 1 is $45,924 to $61,332 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 538M.
- 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 42 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 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 |
| Monthly | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 |
| Hourly | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 |
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 beginning‑level sub‑professional engineering work in field or office.
Examples of the work
In field, serves as surveying party assistant; acts as rear chainman; holds stadia rod for instrument‑men; drives and marks stakes; cuts brush; records survey data, either on land surveying or on such projects as stream measurements or other engineering research; inspects parks, streams, structures, etc., in order to obtain specifically assigned information; In office, performs various drafting and computing tasks under direct supervision; prepares drawings, details, and plans from old drawings, tracings, and fairly complete sketches; computes yardages and other quantities, subject to check by engineers or skilled aides; drafts rudimentary maps; calculates and plots graphs, profiles, and oth ...
Minimum qualifications
Graduation from high school or GED certificate. OR One year of experience as an Engineering Aide Trainee.
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.