Land Surveyor 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 527D
- Class code
- 527D
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Land Surveyor 1 is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 527D.
- 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 56 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 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 |
| Monthly | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 |
| Hourly | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 |
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
Performs entry level professional land surveyor work in office or field.
Examples of the work
In the field, operates total station and GNSS on survey crew assigned tasks initially with overseen with supervision on highly detailed with required accuracy work, or under direction of a professional land surveyor on complex work; In the office, under the direct supervision of a higher-level land surveyor, performs computer aided drafting and computation work; works up complex drafting jobs, using field notes, sketches, and information prepared by higher-level land surveyors; Maintains land surveyor record files; indexes recorded and historic survey map information; searches database records for information for land surveyors; creates archival quality digital images of maps, plans and othe ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience performing land survey work, or equivalent or higher level involving land surveying techniques, experience should be comparable to a Engineering Aide 2. Two years college level course work with major emphasis in land surveying may be substituted, year for year, for the required experience. There may be instances where individual positions must have additional licenses or certification. It is the employer’s responsibility to ensure the appropriate licenses/certifications are obtained for each position. 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.