Highway Maintenance Worker 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 596R
- Class code
- 596R
- Salary range
- 48E
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Highway Maintenance Worker 2 is $58,392 to $71,136 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 596R.
- 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 48E 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 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 |
| Monthly | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 |
| Hourly | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 |
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
Operates a wide variety of heavy highway equipment to maintain and repair highways and highway structures, and performs a variety of highway maintenance or landscape tasks; or as a member of the Incident Response Team, patrols designated state highway segments.
Examples of the work
Makes field layout and installs stop bars, pedestrian crossings and turn arrows with paint or thermo-plastic materials; paints curbing with curb striping truck; replaces and makes limited new installations of traffic lane buttons, rumble bars and other plastic-epoxy traffic control devices; installs and replaces shoulder delineators using truck-mounted pulling and driving tools; Assists in assembling, installing and replacing signs, sign components, and sign posts, using a variety of equipment and tools; Operates graders and mechanical attachments to this equipment; operates trucks in sanding operations, hauling hot mix, pulling spreader box and hauling riprap and other materials; Operates C ...
Minimum qualifications
High school graduation or possession of a GED certificate and two years of highway maintenance, logging, farming, excavation, or heavy equipment experience. OR One year of experience as a Highway Maintenance Worker 1 or equivalent. 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.
Nearby classes in Washington
Highway Maintenance Worker 2 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $45,081 | $55,322 | $45,081 to $55,322 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.