Marine Technologist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 515E
- Class code
- 515E
- Salary range
- 40
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Marine Technologist 1 is $43,836 to $58,392 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 515E.
- 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 40 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 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 |
| Monthly | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 |
| Hourly | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 |
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
Collects and processes marine and hydrographic data; performs routine preparation of specimens; performs routine analysis of data; operates and maintains associated scientific equipment.
Examples of the work
Performs routine analyses of sea water for salinity, oxygen, and nutrient content and marine sediment; Performs methods, techniques, and equipment procedures for analysis of samples and raw data processing; records and transcribes scientific data from sensing and recording instruments; Collects fishes and other marine life by means of beach seine, town-net, push-trawl, dip net, bottom trawl, and maintains such equipment; assists and instructs students as required in operation of equipment; Performs related duties as required.
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Fisheries, Marine Biology, Oceanography, or other related biological science, or equivalent experience and course work; skill in handling a small boat and field collecting gear.
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.