Facilities Engineer 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 528C
- Class code
- 528C
- Salary range
- 62
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Facilities Engineer 3 is $74,748 to $100,488 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 528C.
- 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 62 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 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 |
| Monthly | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 |
| Hourly | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 |
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
This is the senior level of the series. Positions at this level plan a variety of engineering project activities and direct and coordinate the work of engineering and architectural personnel on a variety of engineering activities. Under general direction, positions at this level exercise primary responsibility for execution of engineering activities related to major construction, remodeling or plant operations engineering projects or a number of such minor projects with many complex features.
Examples of the work
Independently defines the scope of the engineering problem and develop appropriate engineering resolution; Performs highly complex engineering tasks, e.g. analyzing entire utility distribution systems, preparing engineering technical programs for design and development by consultants and/or staff engineers, approving system submittals and reconciling conflicting design philosophies, and design, space and interface requirements; Assignments require extensive engineering research and analysis of engineering systems, facts, principles and practices, and development of engineering procedures and/or techniques; Plans, direct and coordinate major engineering project or a number of small complex pr ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and three years of applicable experience. Some positions require registration as a Professional Engineer with the State of Washington.
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.