Transportation Planning Specialist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 543E
- Class code
- 543E
- Salary range
- 53
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Transportation Planning Specialist 1 is $59,760 to $80,496 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 543E.
- 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 53 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 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 |
| Monthly | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 |
| Hourly | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 |
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
Performs beginning level professional transportation planning duties. Assists higher level Transportation Planning Specialists by performing specific assignments that are normally well-defined segments of broad planning activities research studies or studies relating to specific disciplinary areas dealing with the transportation system. Study or planning areas include, but are not limited to, transportation systems and modes, environmental aspects related to transportation issues, transportation landscape design roadside and site aspects and transportation landscape architecture, and urban & community planning.
Examples of the work
Undertakes preliminary analyses interpretations of factual multi modal information and data to provide the basis for transportation planning, using such determinations as functional usage and traffic estimates and trends; Develops traffic desire and traffic distribution charts, estimates of probable traffic, and other tools for transportation planning; Follows established procedures for the interpretation and analysis of background materials and other tools for transportation planning; Documents planning studies by means of charts, tables, statistical analyses and narrative reports; Develops data inventories and forecasts; Assists in conducting of cost benefit studies of proposed transportat ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree involving major study in transportation, landscape architecture, environmental or urban, regional or land use planning, engineering, public or business administration, economics, biology, or natural or physical sciences and one year of professional transportation experience involving analysis and evaluation of transportation issues and problems. Analysis of environmental issues and problems that involve transportation issues will also be considered qualifying experience. OR A Master's degree or equivalent in a Ph.D. program in environmental, biology, landscape architecture, economics or social science.
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.
Nearby classes in Washington
Transportation Planning Specialist 1 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | $60,538 | $92,010 | $60,538 to $92,010 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.