Fish & Wildlife Biologist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 523Y
- Class code
- 523Y
- Salary range
- 43
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Fish & Wildlife Biologist 1 is $47,004 to $62,880 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 523Y.
- 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 43 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 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 |
| Monthly | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 |
| Hourly | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 |
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
Is an entry level professional biologist working under direct or close supervision that conducts professional biological studies or projects, follows prescribed procedures to collect, organize and analyze data. Provides analysis and assessment of fish, wildlife, lands or habitat management data using common and established scientific principles and techniques for review by senior staff.
Examples of the work
Conducts fish, wildlife, lands, or habitat monitoring, restoration, management, or research under the supervision of a higher level professional position involved in Fish and Wildlife biological studies, research, or field reviews. Conducts biological studies, research, or field reviews using established procedures for which precedence and patterns have been established. Summarizes biological data, drafts summaries using established data conversion and statistical procedures, prepares reports or report segments.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree in fisheries, wildlife management, natural resource science, or environmental science. Twelve semester hours or eighteen quarter hours of specific course work may be required for certain positions. OR 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.