Transportation Planning Specialist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 543F
- Class code
- 543F
- Salary range
- 57
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Transportation Planning Specialist 2 is $66,072 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 543F.
- 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
Performs professional transportation planning assignments and studies to achieve well-defined objectives. Assignments typically limited pertain to specific phases or areas of broad planning activities or research studies. Study or planning areas include, but are not limited to, transportation systems and modes, environmental aspects related to transportation issues, transportation roadside and site aspects and transportation landscape architecture, urban & community planning.
Examples of the work
Makes preliminary economic, population, land use and traffic projections, to substantiate recommendations for transportation planning in rural, regional or urban areas; Accomplishes specific portions of multi-modal transportation planning studies, planning and completing less extensive studies with minimum supervision; Conducts analysis of specific portions of roadway development project sites; collects and analyzes data pertaining to topography, geology, soil, climate, Endangered Species Act, fisheries, vegetation, wildlife, hydraulics, existing utilities, adjoining land use, etc.; Prepares environmental documents and recommendations regarding specific highway projects to avoid or mitigate ...
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.
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 2 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | $69,086 | $104,959 | $69,086 to $104,959 |
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.