Engineering Aide 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 538N
- Class code
- 538N
- Salary range
- 48
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Engineering Aide 2 is $52,872 to $71,136 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 538N.
- 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 48 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 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 |
| Monthly | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 |
| Hourly | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 |
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 semi‑skilled engineering work in field or office.
Examples of the work
(Civil, Field) Serves as surveying party assistant; acts as head chainman; instructs and provides minor supervision over rear chainmen; holds stadia rod for instrument; drives marks and stakes; records survey data, either on land surveying or on such protects as stream measurements or other engineering research; may occasionally operate transit, dumpy level, theodolite, or other surveying instruments on fifth-order accuracy work; inspects parks, streams, structures, etc., for need of improvements; (Civil, Office) Performs various drafting and computing tasks under direct supervision; prepares drawings; details, and plans from old drawings, tracings, and fairly complete sketches, as assigned; ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience comparable to Engineering Aide 1. College level course work with major emphasis in engineering may be substituted, year for year, for 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.