Grounds & Nursery Services Specialist 6 pay range
State of Washington · class code 591N
- Class code
- 591N
- Salary range
- 46
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Grounds & Nursery Services Specialist 6 is $50,412 to $67,704 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 591N.
- 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 46 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 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 |
| Monthly | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 |
| Hourly | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $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
Positions in this level supervise assigned personnel in the landscaping and maintenance program for institution grounds; Positions may plan and manage gardening, greenhouse and grounds maintenance on capitol campus, supervising 15 or more full time Grounds and Nursery Specialists.
Examples of the work
Supervises a number of gardeners in carrying out various phases of program; gives technical assistance in gardening, floriculture, tree culture, and surgery and landscaping; Formulates crew work schedules to coincide with appropriate dates for ground preparation, planting, transplanting, circulating, cultivating, spraying, cutting and pruning; Plans and develops campus landscaping and gardening projects; monitors landscapes installations and other special projects; Maintains departmental records; writes reports on grounds maintenance operation; Assists in developing policies and procedures.
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require three to four years experience in gardening, grounds maintenance, nursery, parks, or related activity; at least one year must have been supervisory experience. 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.