Farmer 6 pay range
State of Washington · class code 565N
- Class code
- 565N
- Salary range
- 53
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Farmer 6 is $59,760 to $80,496 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 565N.
- 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 53 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 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 |
| Monthly | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 |
| Hourly | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 |
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 supervisory or expert level of the series. Supervises assigned personnel and performs a variety of assignments in general farming work which may include assisting in the management of a game farm or leading the work of creamery operators and assistants in dairy product processing. Develops, implements, and monitors training. Implements and evaluates workflow priorities. Develops and disseminates instructions and information to unit personnel. Organizes, conducts, and facilitates staff meetings.
Examples of the work
Maintains work, time, and cost records; assists in the collection of research data, observations, etc., and provides summaries or reports; Supervises subordinates in breeding, egg taking, hatching, raising and caring for pheasants, and other game birds; Decides number of eggs to be set each season to achieve required quota of birds; Operates incubators and prescribes brooder management methods and types and amounts of feed to be used; Detects, diagnoses and treats common poultry diseases; debeaks and brails birds; selects broodstock; Arranges farming schedules; supervises and participates in soil preparation and planting and cultivation of feed and cover crops; Supervises construction; maint ...
Minimum qualifications
Four years’ experience in game farm operation or three years’ experience in a creamery or dairy processing work. College or vocational training in agriculture may be substituted for the work experience. Some positions require the ability to obtain a food handler’s permit and appropriate state licenses. 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.