Engineering Aide Trainee pay range
State of Washington · class code 538L
- Class code
- 538L
- Salary range
- 37
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Engineering Aide Trainee is $40,836 to $54,204 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 538L.
- 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 37 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 | $40,836 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 |
| Monthly | $3,403 | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 |
| Hourly | $19.56 | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 |
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
Under close supervision, learns and performs field and office engineering tasks.
Examples of the work
Under close supervision receives training in beginning level engineering tasks, such as chaining, locating established points on the ground, using a hand level, taking field notes, tracing from hard copy to cloth or paper in ink or pencil, lettering and computing from field notes; Sets chaining points and gives backsights; Cuts brush with a machete, axe or other tools; Loads and unloads survey party trucks and helps transport equipment; Performs other work as assigned.
Minimum qualifications
18 years of age. OR Equivalent education/experience. Note: Employees who have completed one year of satisfactory State service in this class will be automatically advanced to the class of Engineering Aide I.
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.