Nuclear Waste Program Specialist pay range
State of Washington · class code 400V
- Class code
- 400V
- Salary range
- 65
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Nuclear Waste Program Specialist is $80,496 to $108,228 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 400V.
- 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 65 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 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 |
| Monthly | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 |
| Hourly | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 |
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
Within the Department of Ecology’s Nuclear Waste Program, serves as the program specialist and technical advisor for a designated nuclear waste project. Positions are responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and directing the administrative and technical work scope for a project such as: environmental restoration, tank waste storage, tank waste disposal, facility transition, or waste management; OR Plans, organizes, coordinates, and directs the National or State Environmental Policy Act work scope of the Nuclear Waste Program with responsibility for ensuring consistency and compliance with federal and state regulations. Oversees and develops recommendations on technical issues related to the U.S. Department of Energy’s yearly budget process.
Examples of the work
Directs field and technical activities; provides program support for internal planning and contracting procedures; Provides vision and direction for state and nationally significant activities and ensures coordinated service delivery, cross-program cooperation and consistent application of various regulations; Represents the agency to local government, private industry, and stakeholder groups; Represents the agency’s regulatory oversight under the Hanford Federal Facilities Agreement and Consent Order (HFFACO) including: 1) Notifies or takes/issues compliance actions; 2) Observes all activities performed under the HFFACO; 3) Requires changes to design documents; 4) Resolves specified levels ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree involving major study in environmental, physical, or one of the natural sciences, environmental planning, management, engineering or other allied field AND Seven years of professional level experience in technical positions. Experience should show a progressive increase in responsibilities and authority. 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.