Parks Planner Aide pay range
State of Washington · class code 540O
- Class code
- 540O
- Salary range
- 41
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Parks Planner Aide is $44,856 to $59,760 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 540O.
- 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 41 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 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 |
| Monthly | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 |
| Hourly | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 |
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 skilled subprofessional work in design and development of park projects.
Examples of the work
Lays out, sketches, renders, drafts, and details park designs, as assigned; Assists professional park planners, landscape architects, and other personnel field as rodman, chainman, or operator of alidade, dumpy level, or transit; Computes cost estimates of implementation of park designs, based upon office records; Maintains map and plan files up‑to‑date and in proper order; May supervise and instruct unskilled engineering, planner, or forestry aides, as assigned; Performs other work as required.
Minimum qualifications
Graduation from high school and three years of experience as parks planning assistant, engineering aide, forestry aide, geologic aide, or closely related work. College education in park planning, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, or closely allied field may be substituted, year for year, for experience. College education with major in forestry, geology, or closely allied field may be substituted, year for year, for a maximum of two years of experience provided that post‑high‑school course in engineering or architectural drafting or equivalent has been completed.
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.