Wildland Fire Dispatcher 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 402H
- Class code
- 402H
- Salary range
- 39
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Wildland Fire Dispatcher 1 is $42,780 to $56,952 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 402H.
- 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 39 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 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 |
| Monthly | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 |
| Hourly | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 |
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 entry level of this series. Positions at this level work under direct/close supervision are primarily responsible for taking initial reports of fire from the public or other dispatch centers on a multi-line phone system. Gathers information and passes to higher level dispatchers. Assists with other data entry in WildCAD and other dispatch systems.
Examples of the work
Take initial calls regarding the following: • The location of the emergency or incident, including the street address, geographic location, or coordinate systems; • Call back information from the caller; • The nature of the emergency or incident; • Details about the emergency, such as a description of any fire that may be burning, or a description of injuries or symptoms being experienced by a person having a medical emergency and information for public assistance; • Gathering of information to be passed off to the appropriate staff or dispatcher; Receives and transfers telephone calls within the office and takes and relays messages when appropriate; Responds to public inquiries for informat ...
Minimum qualifications
High School diploma or GED equivalent AND One year experience involving public contact or communication such as radio communications, receptionist, switchboard operator, or clerical office work which includes interacting with the public. National Wildfire Coordinating Group qualified as a Radio Operator Trainee or Expanded Dispatch Recorder Trainee. NOTE: Some positions may require keyboarding or typing accurately at a net speed of 35 words per minute or faster. Equivalent education/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.