Natural Resource Specialist 6 pay range
State of Washington · class code 523A
- Class code
- 523A
- Salary range
- 66
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Natural Resource Specialist 6 is $82,440 to $110,952 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 523A.
- 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 66 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 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 |
| Monthly | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 |
| Hourly | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 |
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 act as a district manager or corrections camp manager for a natural resource program.
Minimum qualifications
A bachelor’s degree involving major study in forestry, agriculture, aquaculture, geology, biological science, environmental science, real estate, land use or environmental planning, public policy, recreation, or related natural science and five (5) years of professional experience in a natural resource program area which includes one-year of experience as a senior-level natural resource professional or higher. Additional qualifying experience may substitute, year for year, for education. A graduate degree in one of the above fields will substitute for two years of experience. 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.