Environmental Planner 5 pay range
State of Washington · class code 542V
- Class code
- 542V
- Salary range
- 67
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Environmental Planner 5 is $84,528 to $113,736 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 542V.
- 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 67 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 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 |
| Monthly | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 |
| Hourly | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 |
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 planning consultant to a program manager, assistant director, or higher level manager. Coordinates the development of, and/or implements highly complex environmental resource plans, programs, policies and regulations.
Examples of the work
Develops and implements strategic and operational planning systems of the department; Facilitates resolution of pertinent management issues arising from planning activities which are complex or sensitive, involve multiple programs, and deal with major environmental issues facing the department; Manages the Comprehensive Planning Section and provides guidance on policy and planning to other planning and technical staff within the department; Provides consultation to management and interstate, interagency and intra-agency coordination on highly complex policies, legal issues and proposed legislation; Assembles, organizes and provides oversight of multi-disciplinary teams assigned to resolve ma ...
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 Five years of professional experience in land use, urban, regional, environmental, or natural resource planning, and/or program development. Equivalent education/experience.
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.