Wildland Fire Management Supervisor pay range
State of Washington · class code 402B
- Class code
- 402B
- Salary range
- 46
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Wildland Fire Management Supervisor is $50,412 to $67,704 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 402B.
- 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 46 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 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 |
| Monthly | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 |
| Hourly | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 |
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 wildland firefighters and performs the full range of wildland fire prevention, suppression and mitigation duties; or serves as a fire technician.
Examples of the work
Supervises wildland firefighters in the prevention, suppression and mitigation of forest wildfires. Suppression work includes responding to incidents, evaluating situations, initiating appropriate response, and organizing responding resources for safe and efficient firefighting; Interviews and recommends selection of applicants, conducts training, assigns and schedules work, acts upon leave requests, conducts performance evaluations and recommends disciplinary action; Serves as a unit instructor for National Wildfire Coordinating Group fire courses for an assigned geographic area; Reviews and approves burn permits for an assigned geographic area; researches and investigates burning violation ...
Minimum qualifications
High School diploma or GED equivalent and 24 months of experience in wildland fire suppression and regulation, including at least twelve months leading others. OR One year as a Wildland Fire Management Lead. National Wildfire Coordinating Group qualified as a Single Resource Boss (e.g. Engine Boss, Helicopter Manager) and as an Incident Commander Type 4. 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.