Environmental Planner 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 542U
- Class code
- 542U
- Salary range
- 63
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Environmental Planner 4 is $76,608 to $102,996 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 542U.
- 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 63 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 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 |
| Monthly | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 |
| Hourly | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 |
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 a senior level environmental planner responsible for a specifically defined program need as designated in writing by a program manager, equivalent or above.
Examples of the work
Serves as senior planner of significant new policy initiatives which involve coordination and liaison with other state agencies, federal agencies, and/or local governments; Serves as senior planner for development of significant new directions for existing policy which involve coordination and liaison with other state agencies, federal agencies, and/or local governments; Serves as the senior planner for a significant program initiative requiring policy level coordination and liaison with other state agencies, federal agencies, and/or local governments; Performs other work as required.
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 Three 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 3.
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.