Environmental Health & Safety Technician pay range
State of Washington · class code 392I
- Class code
- 392I
- Salary range
- 42
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Environmental Health & Safety Technician is $45,924 to $61,332 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 392I.
- 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
Single class - no series. Under general supervision, perform routine, entry level professional duties in one or more major areas of an institution's environmental health and safety program. Assignments are typically less complex in nature than the duties assigned to experienced professional health and safety staff; work is reviewed by experienced personnel to verify compliance with applicable policies and procedures.
Examples of the work
Investigate health and safety hazards in existing facilities and proposed building programs; Determine applicability of various governmental codes and regulations to the construction, operation, and maintenance of existing and proposed facilities; Assist in inservice training and instructional programs related to environmental health and safety for academic, staff, and/or student personnel; Review program planning guides for new construction and remodeling and make recommendations to institution and contract architects and engineers for methods and designs for controlling health and safety hazards and ways to comply with governmental codes and regulations; Maintain external relationships, a ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's Degree in biological or physical science, or an appropriate engineering or public health field. Work experience in an environmental health and safety field may substitute, year for year, for required education.
Special requirements
Some positions may require certification as a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) granted by the Board of Certified Safety Professional and/or Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) granted by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Persons legally authorized to work in the U.S.
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.