Highway Maintenance Worker 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 596S
- Class code
- 596S
- Salary range
- 51E
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Highway Maintenance Worker 3 is $62,880 to $76,608 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 596S.
- 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 51E 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 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 |
| Monthly | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 |
| Hourly | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 |
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 lower level Highway Maintenance Workers performing maintenance activities for a specific sub-section of highway OR Leads an incident response crew and serves as the primary liaison to other agencies in a unified command structure for major incidents.
Examples of the work
Patrols and inspects an assigned sub-section of roadway; determines the need for highway maintenance work, prioritizes, and schedules personnel and equipment accordingly; inspects for illegal right-of-way encroachment, roadway safety, and signing to ensure quality as set forth by state standards and specifications; responsible for consumable inventory; Leads personnel performing highway maintenance activities including: roadway maintenance; asphalt paving, patching, repairing bridge ends and concrete surfaces, rebuilding and reshaping shoulders; drainage maintenance; ditching, slide removal, repairing flood damage, cleaning and replacing culverts, catchbasins and bulkheads, cleaning sediment ...
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as a Highway Maintenance Worker 2, or Maintenance Specialist 3; or two years' experience as a Maintenance Technician 2, Bridge, or Maintenance Specialist 2.
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 3 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | $23.28 | $26.54 | $48,422 to $55,203 |
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.