Parks Planner 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 539Q
- Class code
- 539Q
- Salary range
- 49
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Parks Planner 1 is $54,204 to $72,900 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 539Q.
- 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 49 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 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 |
| Monthly | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 |
| Hourly | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 |
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
Performs entrance level investigation and analysis of present and potential State parks facilities and designs primitive parks and individual facilities for developed or proposed parks.
Examples of the work
Conducts reconnaissance of potential park sites for possible acquisition according to agency or IAC criteria; Drafts plans for individual facilities within present park facilities; Develops sign plans for parks; Obtains mapping and other planning information from various governmental agencies and reference sources; Writes individual reports on problems that will affect the acquisition or situation of property; Collects data to be included in environmental impact statements; Submits reports and maps to various governmental agencies, including the Corps of Engineers, for permit issuance; Prepares preliminary cost estimates for new parks using published guidelines; Performs other work as requir ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in park planning, park administration, landscape architecture, land planning, engineering or other major which included course work in park planning, park administration or related field. 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.