Pressure Vessel Inspector 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 391F
- Class code
- 391F
- Salary range
- 57
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Pressure Vessel Inspector 1 is $66,072 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 391F.
- 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 57 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 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 |
| Monthly | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 |
| Hourly | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 |
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
Inspects in-service and repairs of boilers and unfired pressure vessels in assigned area to ensure compliance with State laws and regulations.
Examples of the work
Performs annual internal and external inspections of power boilers, and biennial inspections of unfired pressure vessels to ensure compliance with State rules, regulations and ASME Code; issues inspection certificates; Checks boilers for safety valve operation, proper welding, corrosion, erosion, pitting, or cracking of heads and interiors of steam drums, securing of swash plates, splitting or cracking of tube ends, and blistering, cracking, erosion, and leakage of combustion space; performs hydrostatic tests and checks entire boiler for leakage; Notifies chief inspector when boilers or pressure vessels fail to meet legal requirements; prepares report of defects; prepares reports and corresp ...
Minimum qualifications
A Certificate of Competency issued as a result of successful completion of the National Board requirements for Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. NOTE: A Commission from the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors must be maintained as a condition of employment.
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.