Forest Check Cruiser 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 518L
- Class code
- 518L
- Salary range
- 55
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Forest Check Cruiser 2 is $62,880 to $84,528 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 518L.
- 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 55 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 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 |
| Monthly | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 |
| Hourly | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 |
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
Supervises Pre-sales check cruising staff; check cruises Forest Check Cruiser 1's, Forest Cruisers and others to maintain high standards of cruising accuracy; inspects all aspects of on-the-ground timber sales preparation; resolves disputes on contested or conflicting cruises.
Examples of the work
Prepares cruising action plans for each fiscal year, assigns proposed timber sale cruising jobs to check cruisers and forest cruisers; reviews timber cruises made by area personnel and others; checks sales proposals; cruises proposed sale areas to resolve technical disagreements over value of standing timber under State control; Holds formal and informal cruise training sessions; performs routine check cruises of Area timber sales to verify optimum sales, layout, road location, volume and grade estimation; checks environmental and stream protection considerations; reports any differences of opinions to proper authority or to immediate supervisor; Sets up and maintains cruising plots for trai ...
Minimum qualifications
Three (3) years of experience as a Forest Check Cruiser 1. 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.