Fish Hatchery Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 520G
- Class code
- 520G
- Salary range
- 44
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Fish Hatchery Specialist 2 is $48,048 to $64,512 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 520G.
- 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 44 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 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 |
| Monthly | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 |
| Hourly | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 |
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 technical and scientific fish culture duties and performs hatchery related maintenance.
Examples of the work
Performs fish marking techniques for identification and recovery of species; identifies, sorts and processes marked broodfish; compiles and records data for biological analysis; Administers the correct dose of drugs and anesthteics to fish by injection or immersion; calibrates, cleans, and sterilizes inoculation equipment; calculates, applies, monitors, evaluates, and records therapeutant levels to control pathogens; Identifies and sorts for spawning individual adult fish according to species, gender, condition of maturity, or other defined characteristics; removes and collects eggs and sperm to ensure viable, uncontaminated gametes and genetic variability; Identifies and removes weak or dea ...
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as a Fish Hatchery Specialist 1 and successful completion of agency supervised training program. OR Associate’s degree in fisheries technology, biology or closely allied field and one year of experience performing fish culture duties in a hatchery. OR Two years of education towards a Bachelor’s degree in fisheries, biology or closely allied field and one year of experience performing fish culture duties in a hatchery. OR Successful completion of a fish culture program from a vocational school and one year of experience performing fish culture duties in a hatchery.
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.