Plant Manager 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 595U
- Class code
- 595U
- Salary range
- 63
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Plant Manager 3 is $76,608 to $102,996 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 595U.
- 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 63 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 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 |
| Monthly | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 |
| Hourly | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 |
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
Supervises trade class supervisors; or, within the Department of Corrections in an adult correctional facility, supervises trade workers supervising an offender work crew.
Examples of the work
Inspects buildings, grounds, and equipment; determines need for maintenance and repair; assigns work to employees and inspects projects in progress and upon completion; makes reports; Directs operation of facilities such as heating, water distribution, power and light, gas, steam, refrigeration, laundry, and sanitation; Proposes alterations to existing facilities, including preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates of costs; confers with department heads, planning committees, architects, and contractors regarding preparation of plans for major construction and alteration; Confers with and directs activities of craft supervisors; Responsible for requisitioning of materials, supplies ...
Minimum qualifications
Four years of supervisory experience in operation and/or maintenance of physical plant in large industrial, commercial, or public establishment which may include high-pressure heating or power plant.
Special requirements
Incumbents in some positions in this class will be required to obtain and maintain a Water Distribution Manager Certificate of Competency issued by the Department Health. This Certificate of Competency is required by the Safe Drinking Water Act of December 1974.
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.