Grounds & Nursery Services Specialist 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 591L
- Class code
- 591L
- Salary range
- 40
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Grounds & Nursery Services Specialist 4 is $43,836 to $58,392 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 591L.
- 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 40 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 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 |
| Monthly | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 |
| Hourly | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 |
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
Positions in this level may lead or supervise assigned personnel in the development and maintenance of grounds, landscapes, athletic fields, nurseries and/or greenhouses. Assigns, instructs and checks the work of other grounds personnel in landscape construction and grounds maintenance work. Positions may manage and participate in planning large gardening and grounds maintenance programs.
Examples of the work
Performs and leads others in planting, transplanting, mowing, pruning fertilizing, and irrigating lawns, gardens, shrubs, and trees; Coordinates, plans and prepares special landscaping projects; Determines anticipated annual plant and seed consumption for cut flower arrangements, wreaths, potted plant issues, flower beds, gardens, lawns, and shrubs; estimates costs for plants, seeds, soil conditioners, insect sprays, fungicides, equipment, and man hours; Formulates and submits for administrative approval annual operating plans for large program, of grounds maintenance, gardening, and greenhouse operation; Supervises number of gardeners, temporary employees, inmates, and patients; gives techn ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require two to three years of experience in gardening, plant care, landscape construction and grounds maintenance. A college degree involving major study in agronomy, botany, horticulture, soils or closely allied field may be substituted for gardening 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.