Transportation Planning Technician 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 544H
- Class code
- 544H
- Salary range
- 42
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Transportation Planning Technician 1 is $45,924 to $61,332 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 544H.
- 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 42 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 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 |
| Monthly | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 |
| Hourly | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 |
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
In a training capacity and under close supervision, planning technicians at this level perform planning duties involving collection, classification and summarization of data for various transportation studies; OR In a training capacity under close supervision, in Motor Carrier Services (MCS) learns the processes and conditions for superload permits, obtaining limited approval authority, and the collection, validation and summarization of road usage data.
Examples of the work
Majority of assigned duties include collection and/or summarizing of data relating to the physical inventory of transportation facilities, the travel and operating characteristics of transportation systems, and/or social, economic, safety and environmental factors; Performs other work as required.
Minimum qualifications
Graduation from high school or satisfactory completion of GED. Equivalent education/experience. NOTE: A valid driver's license may be required.
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.