Equipment Technician 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 600K
- Class code
- 600K
- Salary range
- 50G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Equipment Technician 3 is $64,512 to $74,748 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 600K.
- 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 50G 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 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 |
| Monthly | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 |
| Hourly | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 |
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
Performs journey-level inspection, troubleshooting, diagnosing, servicing, and makes major and minor mechanical repairs on all types of light and medium duty vehicles and equipment, motorized farm or related equipment or emergency response vehicles and related emergency response equipment. Performs preventative maintenance. Operates shop equipment in the performance of duties. May order, requisition, and maintain inventory of parts; OR, working directly for an Equipment Technician Supervisor analyze needs and draft purchase requisitions for procurement of new and replacement commercial industrial and agency specialized parts and equipment. Analyze and authorize vendors; meet with sales personnel, representative and vendors to discuss equipment component requirement and product availability.
Examples of the work
Inspects, diagnoses, and makes repairs to industrial/commercial equipment, emergency response vehicles, emergency response equipment, and medium duty vehicles such as: pumps, generators, farm implements, including major engine overhauls, tune-ups, relining and adjusting brakes, wheel alignments, transmission and differential replacement and repair, and electrical replacement and repair; Operates such shop equipment as grinders, vacuum gauge, voltage and regulator tester, wheel balancer, drill press, wheel pullers, lathes, jacks, air tools, OBD diagnostic scanner, digital volt meters, computerized diagnostic devices and software, and various hand tools and other equipment used in industrial/c ...
Minimum qualifications
High school graduation or equivalent and three years of experience in the performance of preventative maintenance and repairs assisting a journey level mechanic. Successful completion of vocational technical training in industrial/commercial equipment repair, including welding may substitute year for year for up to two years of experience, or journey-level standing as an industrial/commercial mechanic as demonstrated by completion of a recognized apprenticeship; or by journey-level standing as recognized by a labor union.
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.