Land Surveyor 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 527F
- Class code
- 527F
- Salary range
- 63
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Land Surveyor 3 is $76,608 to $102,996 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 527F.
- 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 63 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 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 |
| Monthly | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 |
| Hourly | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 |
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 licensed professional land survey work as a section manager or staff specialist.
Examples of the work
Supervises the State Land Survey Unit of the Land Survey Section; coordinates unusually critical or complex projects, which usually involve the use of electronic measuring instruments, and a large party; coordinates the work of several survey parties, statewide survey contracts, and a technical office support staff in the accomplishment of control surveys, calculations, and related mapping and digital data entry into the GIS to establish and maintain state property boundaries and corners; assists the regions and program managers with development of long-range survey plans, budget needs, technical standards, procedures, and training needs; Coordinates and conducts surveys to establish tidelan ...
Minimum qualifications
Note: Must meet legal requirements. 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.