Forest Nursery Lead pay range
State of Washington · class code 521K
- Class code
- 521K
- Salary range
- 36
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Forest Nursery Lead is $39,924 to $52,872 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 521K.
- 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 36 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 | $39,924 | $40,836 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 |
| Monthly | $3,327 | $3,403 | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 |
| Hourly | $19.12 | $19.56 | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 |
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
Leads two or more forest nursery laborers and participates in the work of caring for seedlings, equipment and facilities at a forest nursery.
Examples of the work
Directs and participates in a variety of general nursery labor involving use of established repetitive procedures; Checks and oversees the process of sorting, counting, and culling seedlings; checks bundles for accuracy of count and sort; places seedlings in bags/boxes, and transfers to cold storage; Loads and unloads seedling bags/boxes in and out of refrigerated warehouse; operates pallet jacks, hand trucks, and other loading and moving equipment used in warehouse activities; Places seedling stock in proper storage locations; loads and unloads truck shipments; Engages in greenhouse operations work such as filling blocks, sowing, hand thinning, weeding, moving seedling blocks from one area ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a high school diploma or GED certificate and physical ability to do the required work. Equivalent experience/education. Possession of a valid driver's license may be required.
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.