Preservation & Museum Specialist 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 260L
- Class code
- 260L
- Salary range
- 49
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Preservation & Museum Specialist 4 is $54,204 to $72,900 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 260L.
- 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 49 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 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 |
| Monthly | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 |
| Hourly | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 |
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
Serves as the lead curator responsible for activities within a department (such as Collections, Education, Exhibits, or State Capital Museum and Outreach Services) performing administrative and program responsibilities in respect to collections or exhibits in a gallery, laboratory, herbarium or museum; OR manages a non-headquarters site (such as the Research Center, Heritage Resource Center, Center for Columbia River History). May supervise lower level staff.
Examples of the work
Recommends artifact acquisitions and de-accessions; monitors storage locations; Acts as liaison between the agency and the community and provides technical assistance as requested. Develops, implements, and monitors collection management and preservation policies and procedures; estimates and orders collection storage materials; develops procedures for packing, unpacking, and shipping of materials; Manages and coordinates the development, conceptualization, and evaluation of an exhibit story line; Provides responses to research inquires; conducts research or oversees staff conducting research on specific topics related to specialized discipline; Confers with researchers, artists, dealers, an ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a Bachelor’s degree in history, museum studies, fine arts, education, anthropology AND four years experience as a museum curator or equivalent. Some positions require a Bachelor’s degree in art or science and three years of professional experience in a program specialty. Equivalent education/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.