Ferry Operator, Senior pay range
State of Washington · class code 652Q
- Class code
- 652Q
- Salary range
- 51E
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Ferry Operator, Senior is $62,880 to $76,608 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 652Q.
- 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 51E in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 9 steps, and this class starts at step E rather than at the bottom of the range; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 |
| Monthly | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 |
| Hourly | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 |
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
Responsible for the supervision, scheduling, operation, maintenance and repair of the Keller Ferry, ferry slips, landings, and out buildings used for housing personnel, storage, and repair facilities.
Examples of the work
Devises and maintains ferry schedules and sees that they are properly posted; assigns ferry personnel to shifts so as to equalize their workload and days off; Makes periodic inspections of the Keller Ferry and oversees its servicing and maintenance, including such items as seals, gaskets, fuel lines, alternators, pumps, and drive belts, heat exchangers, strainers, clutches, tachometer angle adaptors, batteries, gear boxes, cables, quadrants, sheaves, rudder and propeller shafts, fenders, wheel and hand rails, navigational aids and lifesaving and fire extinguishing equipment; Moves ferry landings when the lake level changes more than six inches; changes mooring lines to new anchors when the l ...
Minimum qualifications
A valid U.S. Coast Guard license for Master of inland steam or motor vessels of not more than 100 gross tons valid on Lake Roosevelt between Grand Coulee Dam and the Canadian Border. AND One year of experience as the operator of a ferry carrying vehicles, passengers, and cargo.
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.