Environmental Planner 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 542T
- Class code
- 542T
- Salary range
- 59
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Environmental Planner 3 is $69,348 to $93,288 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 542T.
- 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 59 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 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 |
| Monthly | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 |
| Hourly | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 |
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
Serves as an independent project manager responsible for guiding the development of environmental resource plans, programs, policies or regulations.
Examples of the work
Supervises planning specialists in the planning, development and coordination of the environmental planning processes related to activities of land, air and water programs; Develops, plans and coordinates major environmental program-budget planning activities as a senior analyst; Plans, directs and coordinates major environmental policy and/or resource planning efforts as a project manager; as project manager directs the functions and duties of technical staff assigned on a project basis; Supervises the preparation of plans, reports, documents, administrative regulations, and other informational material designed to implement the planning objectives of the agency; Develops policies, procedur ...
Minimum qualifications
A Master's degree or above with major emphasis in land use, urban, regional, environmental, or natural resource planning, landscape architecture, geography, land use or environmental law, public administration with an environmental emphasis, or closely related field, AND Two years of professional experience in land use, urban, regional, environmental, or natural resource planning, and/or program development. OR One year of experience as an Environmental Planner 2.
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.