Transportation Technician 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 538T
- Class code
- 538T
- Salary range
- 57
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Transportation Technician 3 is $66,072 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 538T.
- 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
This is the skilled journey level within the Transportation Technician series.
Examples of the work
In addition to independently performing the work described at the Transportation Technician 1 and 2 levels, 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 Performs all duties on a survey crew including operation of a variety of instruments such as levels, transits, theodolite, EDM and total station; trains other crew members in survey practices and instrument operation; takes notes manually or with data collector, downloads and uploads data collector to/from computer, edits data, accesses mainf ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience performing semi-skilled technical engineering work as a Transportation Technician 2 or equivalent. OR A Bachelor's degree in Engineering. OR Certification as an Engineer-in-Training. OR A Land Surveyor's license. Equivalent education/experience. Note: Possession of a valid driver's license may be required. Note: Employees will be advanced to Transportation Technician 3 after: Completing three years of satisfactory service as a Transportation Technician 2; and Successful completion of the WSDOT's mandatory training matrix for automatic promotion to the Transportation Technician 3 class; and Passing a qualifying examination.
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 3 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | $3,631 | $5,434 | $43,572 to $65,208 |
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.