Photogrammetrist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 535C
- Class code
- 535C
- Salary range
- 61
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Photogrammetrist 3 is $72,900 to $98,064 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 535C.
- 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
This is the senior, specialist, or leadworker level of the series. Positions at this level perform professional photogrammetric engineering tasks requiring independent judgment and action, and/or act as project leader for photogrammetric projects.
Examples of the work
Project Leader for mapping programs/projects including: coordination with division/region engineering, planners, scientists; project scheduling; control and flight planning; aerotriangulation; compilation, edit and final publication or archive of map products/data; or serves as a lead on a secondary shift; Lead compilation of precise 3D digital terrain models, planimetric, and topographic map detail of areas where extensive photo-interpretation and judgement is required; Determine road alignments for engineering purposes, determines image point coordinates and manipulates the data through use of computers in 2D and 3D data formats and operates precision Stereo or digital Photogrammetric inst ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require four years of experience performing professional photogrammetric tasks that includes operating precision photogrammetric instruments. An associate degree in photogrammetry, cartography, civil engineering, geodesy, geography, forestry, or related field will substitute for one year of the experience. A Bachelor's or higher degree in photogrammetry, cartography, civil engineering, geodesy, geography, forestry, or related field will substitute for two years of the 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.