Preservation & Museum Specialist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 260I
- Class code
- 260I
- Salary range
- 34
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Preservation & Museum Specialist 1 is $38,340 to $50,412 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 260I.
- 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 34 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 | $38,340 | $39,036 | $39,924 | $40,836 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 |
| Monthly | $3,195 | $3,253 | $3,327 | $3,403 | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 |
| Hourly | $18.36 | $18.70 | $19.12 | $19.56 | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 |
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
Assists in identification evaluation, protection, cataloging, cleaning, labeling, storing, and maintenance of properties, objects or collections. Positions provide administrative support for professional staff in museums, and historical societies or arts programs. Positions work under close supervision and typically receive training and instruction in grants preparation, organizing workshops, artifact or archival research, cataloging, conducting public tours and inventory. Assignments are structured to encourage the development of professional judgment and learn the full range and scope of preservation or museum functions conducted by the employing agency.
Examples of the work
Assists in the maintenance of museum collections and collection records; Assists in the preparation of requests for grants; Assists with public tours or other educational outreach programs; Reviews work of professional staff to assure input/output is in conformance with rules, laws and policy which requires substantial knowledge of the agency and its programs; Maintains interpretive facilities, exhibits and exhibit cases, interpretive trails, and audio-visual equipment; Performs building and grounds maintenance work such as mowing lawns, polishing floors, washing windows, and cleaning restrooms; Assists in providing training in proper museum techniques for staff and volunteer; leads voluntee ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require satisfactory completion of two years of college work in history, English, education, fine arts, art history, anthropology, archaeology, or museology AND two years experience working with museum collections, exhibits, artifacts, preservation, acquisition or restoration. OR Experience in historic preservation, or in historic or natural science research or interpretation, may be substituted, year for year, for education.
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.