Scientific Technician 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 522G
- Class code
- 522G
- Salary range
- 46
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Scientific Technician 3 is $50,412 to $67,704 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 522G.
- 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 46 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 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 |
| Monthly | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 |
| Hourly | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 |
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 senior-level technician. Positions perform complex technical scientific duties involving selection or modification of existing research techniques, interpreting age structure, the results of tests and evaluates work performed by state agencies for compliance with interagency agreements.
Examples of the work
Recommends new or modified samples or testing methods, best management practices and resource management techniques to professional biological staff; Assesses and documents anthropogenic features that affect habitat systems and processes; Gathers and analyzes samples for the study and prioritization of fish and wildlife mitigation strategies; Performs complex chemical and biological analyses on a variety of species of fish and shellfish; Designs and conducts environmental studies on fish and shellfish, involving sampling, identification of parasites, age determination, analysis of component parts of the various species, basic bioassays and other research studies; organizes biological field p ...
Minimum qualifications
Graduation from high school or GED, including one year of high school science AND Four years of experience as a Scientific Technician. OR Graduation from high school or GED, including one year of high school science AND Four years of laboratory or field experience as an assistant to a health or safety professional, biologist, chemist, or zoologist. College course work involving major study in biology, zoology, fisheries, chemistry, natural sciences, or closely allied field will substitute, year for year, for experience, provided the course work includes at least six semester or nine quarter hours of natural or environmental science classes. OR 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.