Preservation & Museum Specialist 5 pay range
State of Washington · class code 260M
- Class code
- 260M
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Preservation & Museum Specialist 5 is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 260M.
- 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 56 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 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 |
| Monthly | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 |
| Hourly | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 |
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 supervisory or expert level. Positions supervise professional or entry level staff. Develop and implement policy in accordance with American Association of Museums best practices. Manage department budget, track expenditures, conduct long range planning and scheduling, establish priorities for staff deployment and evaluate program effectiveness. Responsible for on-site coordination between architects, consultants and other contractors and agency capitol project manager. May provide physical plant oversight. OR Is the expert level responsible for performing a wide range of administrative, research grants management or conservation duties within four year institutions of higher education.
Examples of the work
Select exhibits and develop exhibit teams; Negotiate with institution regarding terms and details of traveling exhibits; Work with faculty, administrators, or other educational consultants, exhibit design firms and prepare contracts; Develop educational curriculum units in keeping with the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Essential Academic Learning Requirements; Write and administer grants; Manage the school tour program; Manage all aspects of a museum/gallery; Be a member of, or advise, the facility’s governing board; Manage the Research Center site or State Capital Museum & Outreach Center Participate in exhibit research, curation and development;
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a Master’s degree in history, museum studies, fine arts, education, art history, anthropology AND three years experience as a museum curator or equivalent.
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.