Land Surveyor - Wildlife pay range
State of Washington · class code 527H
- Class code
- 527H
- Salary range
- 65
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Land Surveyor - Wildlife is $80,496 to $108,228 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 527H.
- 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 65 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 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 |
| Monthly | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 |
| Hourly | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 |
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
Supervises and coordinates the precision land survey activities of the Department of Wildlife.
Examples of the work
As chief-of-parties, supervises, schedules and coordinates several survey parties in the accomplishment of second and third order control surveys to establish property lines and boundaries; Supervises and coordinates an office staff in survey calculations and the preparation of maps and plats; Provides expert professional consultative advice and service relating to complex land survey problems; Establishes the standards and procedures for land survey work; evaluates new procedures and equipment; trains personnel; Performs other related work as required.
Minimum qualifications
Registration as professional land surveyor in the State of Washington. AND Two years of experience in professional Government Land Office retracement and/or reestablishment land survey work of third order or better, at or above Land Surveyor 2 or equivalent (party chief) gained subsequent to the registration. OR 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.