Natural Resource Police Officer pay range
State of Washington · class code 387R
- Class code
- 387R
- Salary range
- 59
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Natural Resource Police Officer is $69,348 to $93,288 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 387R.
- 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 59 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 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 |
| Monthly | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 |
| Hourly | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 |
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
Positions in this classification serve as armed and uniformed police officers assigned to a geographic area on state owned lands. Positions independently plan, organize, conduct enforcement efforts, work with outside law enforcement agencies to reduce criminal activity or oversee special recreational events on DNR lands and conduct complex criminal and civil investigations such as: Narcotics investigations involving drug trafficking organizations as well as meth labs; special forest products and specialty wood investigations; aquatic and wild land fire investigations including complex arson cases; auto theft and fraud investigations; and environmental investigations involving dumping of hazardous materials. Positions work independently to enforce federal and state laws, taking appropriate action when illegal activity is discovered.
Examples of the work
A Natural Resource Police Officer (NRPO) responds to criminal and civil violations, conducts surveillance (physical and using cameras), participates in searches, interviews witnesses and suspects, secures and serves search warrants, prepares case reports and maintains cross-agency commission with local, county, state and federal agencies; Conducts complex criminal and civil investigations; Preserves evidence, interviews and takes written statements from witnesses or other involved parties, such as suspects, arrests and initiates prosecution of violators, develops case files; Testifies in court; Conducts investigations such as vehicle collision, derelict vessel and illegal mooring buoy invest ...
Minimum qualifications
Four years as a police officer, deputy sheriff, state trooper or fully commissioned law enforcement officer within a law enforcement agency. Possession of a valid driver's license may be required. Positions may require driving as an essential function. Employees who drive for state business, whether in a state or privately-owned vehicle are required to possess a valid license as defined in policy P002-006 and abide by all other driver responsibility requirements.
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.