Maintenance Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 596J
- Class code
- 596J
- Salary range
- 49G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Maintenance Specialist 3 is $62,880 to $72,900 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 596J.
- 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 49G in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 7 steps, and this class starts at step G rather than at the bottom of the range; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 |
| Monthly | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 |
| Hourly | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 |
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
This is the senior, specialist, or leadworker level of the series. Serves as district or area sign installer reporting to the District Traffic Engineer, Operations-Maintenance Superintendent or designee and assembles, erects, maintains and makes minor repairs to highway signs, sign supports, pavement markings and traffic control devices in field or shop. Some positions leads a crew of sign fabricators in a central sign shop and fabricates and repairs signs. Regularly assigns, instructs and checks the work of others. May supervise and train lower technicians.
Examples of the work
Assembles, installs and replaces signs, sign components and sign posts, using a variety of equipment and tools such as hand diggers, portable power augers, pavement breakers, ladder trucks and hydraulic boom trucks with attached auger; this may include installation of overhead signs; Installs new signs for district-wide program; pours cement bases, installs steel posts, attaches wind beams and signs to post; installs and maintains wood posts and signs over 30 square feet in area; Prepares and cuts plywood or aluminum to size for highway signs; cutting, routing, sanding, priming for paint, painting, and may apply sign faces; Paints stop bars, arrows, railroad crossings, curbing, crosswalks an ...
Minimum qualifications
Three years as a highway maintenance technician or four years assisting in the fabrication of signs.
Special requirements
Some positions require possess a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Class A, with endorsement N or H, without air brakes restriction. Persons legally authorized to work in the U.S.
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.