Environmental Control Technician 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 395C
- Class code
- 395C
- Salary range
- 42
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Environmental Control Technician 3 is $45,924 to $61,332 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 395C.
- 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
This is the senior, specialist, or leadworker level of the series. Coordinates projects related to environmental technical work in office, laboratory, or campus in a variety of job areas. Coordinates established programs; e.g., collection of hazardous chemical waste, vector control, sample collection, and routine field measurements.
Examples of the work
Conducts assigned investigations involving hazardous chemicals, radiation safety, fire protection, general safety, vector control, and environmental sanitation; Develops and drafts plans and specifications for projects; Computes data; Operates direct service programs related to hazardous chemical disposal, radiation safety, fire protection and general safety, and environmental sanitation; assists in surveys and inspections of sources; Examines and analyzes campus environmental problems; May direct the work of assigned personnel; May supervise lower level staff.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or related field and one year of experience as an Environmental Control Technician or equivalent, OR Two years of experience as an Environmental Control Technician. Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
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.