Outdoor Resource Planner pay range
State of Washington · class code 542K
- Class code
- 542K
- Salary range
- 65
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Outdoor Resource Planner is $80,496 to $108,228 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 542K.
- 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
Serves as a Senior Recreation Resource Planner for the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation/Salmon Recovery Funding Board. Develops, formulates and writes recreational and habitat-related plans and policies per state and federal regulations. Responsible for development, maintenance and implementation of all elements of the State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) and segments, or all, of the State Trails Plan, Boating Facilities Program policy plan, Nonhighway and Off-Road Vehicle Activities (NOVA) plan and other related or similar statewide plans or agency grant program review of development documents.
Examples of the work
IAC: Review literature (professional and popular) including studies, plans, and reports developed or published by public agencies and/or private organizations related to recreation management, recreation participation and trends, land use, park planning, leisure studies, conservation, natural resources, nonmotorized transportation (e.g., trails, pedestrians and bicycle users), demographics, and so on; Represent the agency and its objectives, especially those found in state comprehensive outdoor recreation planning (SCORP) documents, in public processes conducted by other agencies and organizations that involve the development or improvement of recreation sites and facilities for mitigation o ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree in geography, land use planning, forestry, parks and recreation management, environmental studies, communications, public administration or related discipline and five years of professional resource planning experience with local, State or Federal government, large land owning corporation or environmental organization. A Master’s degree in one of the above fields will substitute for one year of experience. Additional qualifying experience will substitute year for year for the required education. OR Two years as an Outdoor Resource Planner or Recreation Resource Planner 2. 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.