Outdoor Resource Planner pay range
State of Washington · class code 542J
- Class code
- 542J
- Salary range
- 61
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Outdoor Resource Planner is $72,900 to $98,064 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 542J.
- 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 61 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 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 |
| Monthly | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 |
| Hourly | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 |
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
In the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation/Salmon Recovery Funding Board, reviews organizational and local, state and federal agency plans to determine eligibility and qualification for participation in recreation/habitat grant programs, and provides technical assistance to organizations and agencies developing such plans. Assists with development of the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP), the State Trails Program, Nonhighway and Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Activities Program and other related or similar statewide recreational/habitat plans.
Examples of the work
Review plans and other documents submitted by agencies and organizations seeking eligibility for grant-in-aid assistance, make recommendations to the supervisor as to whether the submissions meet current eligibility requirements, and maintain a list of eligible applicants by program as required; Provide technical assistance to agencies and organizations on planning eligibility requirements, as well as techniques for preparing plans for submission; Assist in the identification and recruiting of advisory committee and evaluation team members; Conduct literature review and other research to help identify recreation and open space issues, including participation and trends; Draft requests for pr ...
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 three 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.
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.