Equipment Operator Supervisor pay range
State of Washington · class code 618U
- Class code
- 618U
- Salary range
- 52G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Equipment Operator Supervisor is $67,704 to $78,504 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 618U.
- 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 52G in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 7 steps, and this class starts at step G rather than at the bottom of the range; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 |
| Monthly | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 |
| Hourly | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 |
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
Supervise heavy equipment operators, utility/maintenance workers, and other employees in the operation and maintenance of construction and earth moving equipment and the installation, maintenance, and alteration of plant facilities.
Examples of the work
Supervise heavy equipment operators, utility workers, and others engaged in the operation of trucks, tractors, powered cranes, shovels, bulldozers, snow plows, graders and similar equipment; Read plans and blueprints; inspect maintenance and installation projects; determine scope of work, materials needed, and their cost and availability; assist in the development of departmental budget; Select, train, and evaluate employees; participate in employee discipline; enforce safety rules and regulations; Plan work, assign tasks, maintain efficiency of construction crew; Operate heavy equipment and train residents in operation and maintenance of this equipment; Use explosives to blow stumps, rocks, ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require two years of full-time experience as a journey heavy equipment operator or equivalent work in street and road construction, maintenance, and repair; including one year of full-time experience as a lead, or equivalent; or, two years of experience as a supervisor on heavy construction projects; or, four years of experience in the operation of a variety of heavy construction equipment including heavy bulldozers, power shovels, drag lines or similar equipment. Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator's license may be required.
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.