Natural Resource Specialist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 523S
- Class code
- 523S
- Salary range
- 44
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Natural Resource Specialist 1 is $48,048 to $64,512 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 523S.
- 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 44 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 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 |
| Monthly | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 |
| Hourly | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 |
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 entry level of the series. Positions at this level perform professional and skilled technical natural resource management and/or protection duties and may operate compliance vessels to monitor Wild Stock Geoduck tracts for contract compliance. This level may be a dive team member and be trained up to leading dive operations as a Designated Person in Charge.
Examples of the work
Recon timber stands for harvest, silvicultural, or site preparation needs using site observations, preliminary cruising, and modeling to ensure harvest unit viability; Prepares timber sales; locates sale boundaries; analyzes and evaluates habitat locations; classifies stream location/typing; identifies unstable slopes; evaluates transportation system needs; determines harvest system planning requirements; prepares timber sale documents; Schedules and monitors silvicultural treatments; examines and appraises the work done by contractors to ensure that financial costs associated with harvest and silvicultural treatments are fully accounted for and treatments are complete and meet the prescript ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree involving major study in forestry, agriculture, aquaculture, geology, recreation, or a related natural science field Note: 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.