Parks Interpretive Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 260T
- Class code
- 260T
- Salary range
- 46
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Parks Interpretive Specialist 2 is $50,412 to $67,704 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 260T.
- 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 46 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 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 |
| Monthly | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 |
| Hourly | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 |
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
Provides professional level interpretive services and has responsibility for the operational management of a facility and interpretive services for the assigned park and/or park area. This is the senior level of the series who works under general direction. Positions at this level are responsible for the operation of complex year-round interpretive facilities. OR Provides year-round services at an advanced interpretive facility of historical, geological or archeological significance, responsible for interpretive programs for a designated Park and/or Park Area.
Examples of the work
Provides technical expertise in interpretive facility design and layout; and serves as consultant on brochures, promotional, educational and interpretive displays for the Department and other state, county, city, and community organizations; Coordinates the development of recommendations of design and type of displays in order for the Department to contract for construction; Secures materials, tools and other supplies used in construction of interpretive displays; Responsible for research, development, design and presentation of interpretive program services to the public through formal presentations, guided tours, self-guided exhibits and other interpretive media.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in interpretation of Pacific Northwest history, anthropology, geology, forestry, archaeology, ecology or a closely allied field. A Bachelor's degree involving major study in interpretation history, 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. AND Two years of experience in natural history or historical interpretation gained through operation of an interpretive facility and/or curatorial 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.