Parks Planner 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 539S
- Class code
- 539S
- Salary range
- 61
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Parks Planner 3 is $72,900 to $98,064 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 539S.
- 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
Develops and directs park planning projects for one or more geographic regions for the State Parks and Recreation Commission or develops and manages park planning on capital budget projects and special projects.
Examples of the work
Investigates property for acquisition for use as State parks using IAC guidelines; Drafts maps, writes reports, and prepares other informational material on potential park sites; Prepares master plans (including minimum, optimum and extended development plans) for potential park sites using information from maps, photos, needs of area, park user studies and origin-destination studies; Recommends acquisition of potential park sites and disposal of existing park areas; Provides technical planning assistance on park plans to counties and their regions; Solicits input from and provides technical planning assistance to park rangers and managers regarding park layouts and facilities; Develops and ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in park planning, park administration, landscape architecture, land planning, engineering, or other major which must include course work in park planning, park administration, or related field. AND Three years of professional experience in park planning, landscape architecture, engineering or similar professional work in land planning. Graduate training in the above fields may be substituted, year for year, for a maximum of two years of the required 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.