Forest Crafts Supervisor pay range
State of Washington · class code 518H
- Class code
- 518H
- Salary range
- 46E
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Forest Crafts Supervisor is $55,596 to $67,704 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 518H.
- 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 46E 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 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 |
| Monthly | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 |
| Hourly | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 |
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 and works with a crew performing arboricultural and tree maintenance work within the Washington State Parks.
Examples of the work
Conducts initial tree evaluation and prepares tree map; Identifies suitability of trees for preservation and recommends modifications to preliminary land use plan to preserve suitable trees; Evaluates impacts to tree health and recommends specific design techniques for preservation; Performs skilled journey-level tree service work in technical tree climbing, controlled topping, and directional falling of large trees and snags, ornamental tree pruning and debris removal (chipping or stump removal); Develops and implements safety practices, procedures and leads work unit safety meetings; Maintains records on project work and summarizes into reports; Operates manlift, log skidder, d-4 dozer, se ...
Minimum qualifications
Four years of journey-level experience using technical tree climbing skills which includes at least one year of experience in operation of motorized construction or logging equipment. AND International Society of Arboriculturists (ISA) certification, or a two-year technical degree in forestry, horticulture or arboriculture. An additional two years of experience performing journey-level arboricultural work may be substituted for the certification or technical degree.
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.