Transportation Technician 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 538S
- Class code
- 538S
- Salary range
- 51
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Transportation Technician 2 is $56,952 to $76,608 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 538S.
- 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 51 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 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 |
| Monthly | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 |
| Hourly | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 |
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 semi-skilled, intermediate developmental level within the Transportation Technician series.
Examples of the work
In addition to performing the work described at the Transportation Technician 1 level, incumbents perform the level of work described below a majority of the time. This description is not intended to be all inclusive but representative of the level of responsibility and level of difficulty of the work performed by this class. Survey Serves as a survey party member; operates level, chain, rods and prism poles on a variety of survey projects; learns to use transit, theodolite, EDM, total station and other survey instruments and serves as back-up instrument operator; holds and sets targets and backsights; marks and sets stakes, hubs and laths; compiles level and transit notes manually or with d ...
Minimum qualifications
An Associate degree in Civil Engineering Technology, surveying, drafting or other closely related fields. OR Completion of an accredited vocational/technical program consisting of at least 1,200 instructional hours in Civil Engineering Technology, surveying, drafting, structural detailing, engineering design or other closely related fields. OR Graduation from high school or GED equivalent and two years of experience performing basic technical engineering work as a Transportation Technician 1 or equivalent.
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 Technician 2 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | $34.53 | $50.66 | $71,822 to $105,373 |
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.