Transportation Planning Technician 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 544I
- Class code
- 544I
- Salary range
- 48
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Transportation Planning Technician 2 is $52,872 to $71,136 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 544I.
- 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 48 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 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 |
| Monthly | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 |
| Hourly | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 |
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
Under general supervision performs semiskilled technical duties in transportation planning involving the classification and summarization of various types of field information for data bank retention for further analysis by others. In a field crew configuration, performs as the assistant to the team leader; OR, in Motor Carrier Services (MCS), has approval authority for "superload" permits which includes coordinating with state patrol, local law enforcement agencies, pavement and bridge engineers, regional maintenance offices and customers to ensure that the infrastructure will support the routing of the superloads, these positions also collect, validate, summarize and analyze road usage data necessary for the design, construction and maintenance of the state transportation system.
Examples of the work
Performs technician duties in the collection, summary and validation of multi-modal transportation data relating to facilities and systems; Participates in studies of system characteristics and performance such as speeds, volume, accidents, vehicle types, weights, occupancy origins and destinations and other similar data; Prepares, refines, and maintains summaries of system data pertaining to mileage, classification geometrics and other similar factors; Collects, summarizes, and refines data relating to social, economic and environmental factors relating to transportation systems; Performs other work as required.
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as Transportation Planning Technician 1 or equivalent classification. OR An Associate degree in civil engineering technology, surveying, drafting, computer science or other closely related field, or equivalent vocational technical program consisting of at least 1200 instructional hours in the above fields. Experience performing basic technical engineering or transportation data collection work equivalent to a Transportation Planning Technician 1 will substitute year for year for education.
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.