Natural Resource Engineer 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 526E
- Class code
- 526E
- Salary range
- 50
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Natural Resource Engineer 1 is $55,596 to $74,748 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 526E.
- 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 50 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 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 |
| Monthly | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 |
| Hourly | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 |
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
Under close supervision, performs entry‑level forest engineering work in office or field, designing forest transportation and harvesting systems and administering construction/maintenance contracts.
Examples of the work
Prepares preliminary designs and finished working drawings and specifications for access roads, bridges, culverts, forest look‑out towers, log‑scaling ramps, buildings and other structures, as assigned; normally does not originate designs; work is professionally reviewed and approved; Prepares and draws various maps from field data, aerial photos and other information; Computes quantities for construction; prepares specifications and invitations to bid; In field, locates roads, bridges, drainage structures, grades, property lines and corners, and building sites, making note for office workup; Inspects contract construction for conformance to specifications; Makes preliminary reconnaissance i ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree in Forest Engineering. OR A Bachelor's degree involving major study in Forestry or Civil Engineering and/or E.I.T. registration, plus, subsequent to graduation or registration, one year of engineering experience in harvest system design, forest transportation system design, or forest road construction/maintenance contract administration. 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.