Parks Interpretive Assistant pay range
State of Washington · class code 260P
- Class code
- 260P
- Salary range
- 34
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Parks Interpretive Assistant is $38,340 to $50,412 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 260P.
- 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 34 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 | $38,340 | $39,036 | $39,924 | $40,836 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 |
| Monthly | $3,195 | $3,253 | $3,327 | $3,403 | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 |
| Hourly | $18.36 | $18.70 | $19.12 | $19.56 | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 |
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
This is the entry level of the series. Assists work under close supervision to prepare and implement interpretive services activities. Provides customer service to park visitors. Performs maintenance and custodial work of interpretive facilities and grounds.
Examples of the work
Acts as an interpretive resource for the visitor; meets tourists, students and other visitors; performs and assists in guided tours, campfire programs, and gives video, slide and movie presentations; Assist in revenue generating programs by providing retail services such as collection of facility entrance fees; Assists with research and reference work relating to the site master plan and specific educational programs; Maintains interpretive facilities, exhibits and exhibit cases, interpretive trails, and audio-visual equipment; Performs building and grounds maintenance work such as mowing lawns, cleaning exhibit cases, maintaining floor surfaces, washing windows, and cleaning restrooms; Assi ...
Minimum qualifications
Completion of two years of college training involving major study in Pacific Northwest or American history, anthropology, geology, forestry, archaeology, ecology, or allied field. Experience in historic preservation or in historic or natural science research or interpretation may be substituted, year for year, for 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.