Natural Resource Engineer 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 526F
- Class code
- 526F
- Salary range
- 55
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Natural Resource Engineer 2 is $62,880 to $84,528 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 526F.
- 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 55 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 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 |
| Monthly | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 |
| Hourly | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 |
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 independent forest engineering work in office or field, designing forest transportation and harvesting systems and administering construction/maintenance contracts.
Examples of the work
Gathers data and contributes to the planning for timber sales, reforestation and other projects; Prepares timber sales areas for cruising and cruises timber areas; Enforces forestry laws and regulations; Supervises and trains seasonal and permanent crew to perform semi-skilled and skilled technical work; Directs crew and equipment for initial action on forest and range fires; Supervises an engineering crew gathering field data and locating property lines, boundaries, roads, bridges, buildings, recreation facilities, drainage systems, utilities systems and other improvements; Takes elevations, computes distances, profiles and quantities; designs, prepares working drawing and contract specific ...
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Natural Resource Engineer 1. OR A Bachelor's degree in Forest Engineering and, subsequent to graduation, two years of engineering experience in harvest system design, forest transportation system design, or forest road construction/maintenance contract administration. The following substitutions may be made for the education and experience requirements in this option: Registration as an Engineer-in-Training will substitute for education; Registration as a professional engineer in the State of Washington or another state based on registration requirements equivalent to those in Washington will substitute for either the education or experience requirements; Registration as a prof ...
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.