Forest Nursery Specialist pay range
State of Washington · class code 521L
- Class code
- 521L
- Salary range
- 45
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Forest Nursery Specialist is $49,296 to $66,072 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 521L.
- 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 45 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 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 |
| Monthly | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 |
| Hourly | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 |
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
Grow and produce seedlings in a forest nursery; assists in planning and directing operational activities such as planting, lifting, irrigating, fertilizing and chemical spraying; supervises crews as needed to complete work projects.
Examples of the work
Develops, locates, installs, maintains, and measures plots for tracking variables influencing the growth and production of nursery seedlings; Maintains soil nutrient, irrigation and other records related to nursery growing conditions; Ensures genetic integrity of seedling crop through accurate labelling and inventory; Inspects and reports on signs of damage, disease and insect infestation in nursery seedlings and seed beds; Orders and maintains security of chemicals; calculates mixtures and trains personnel in methods and procedures for safe usage; Recommends changes to seedling growing, packing and production procedures and the application of various materials to nursery seedlings or seed b ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of college-level course work with major study in agronomy, horticulture, forest science or closely related field and two years of technical or supervisory forest nursery experience. OR A bachelor’s degree involving major study in agronomy, horticulture, forest science or closely related field. Equivalent education/experience. Some positions may require a valid Washington State driver's license.
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.