Wildland Fire Management Specialist pay range
State of Washington · class code 402C
- Class code
- 402C
- Salary range
- 49
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Wildland Fire Management Specialist is $54,204 to $72,900 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 402C.
- 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 49 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 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 |
| Monthly | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 |
| Hourly | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 |
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
Supervises one or more Wildland Fire Management Lead or Supervisor positions and assists higher-level fire program managers in developing and implementing operational plans.
Examples of the work
Assists in developing a wildland fire unit operations plan or helitack air operations plan based on fire prevention, suppression, mitigation and preparedness program budget and deliverables; cooperates with interagency wildland fire partners in creating and maintaining prevention, suppression and mitigation plans, including tactics, communication, command, and logistics; Recommends wildland fire staffing levels and analyzes training needs required to meet Incident Command System and appropriate National Wildfire Coordinating Group position qualification and readiness levels; Serves as a unit instructor for National Wildfire Coordinating Group fire courses for an assigned geographic area; pla ...
Minimum qualifications
Four years of experience in wildland fire suppression and regulation, including at least two years of supervisory experience. OR One year as a Wildland Fire Management Supervisor. National Wildfire Coordinating Group qualified as a Task Force Leader or Helibase Manager Type 2 and as an Incident Commander Type 4.
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.