Wildland Fire Program Coordinator 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 402E
- Class code
- 402E
- Salary range
- 57
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Wildland Fire Program Coordinator 1 is $66,072 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 402E.
- 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
Positions serve as a program coordinator in one or more of the following Wildland Fire program areas: fire prevention, fire training, dispatch operations, fire regulation, fire district assistance, helicopter operations, fire information systems, and logistics and intelligence.
Examples of the work
Serves as the region expert in wildland fire prevention, coordinating implementation of fire protection and prevention activities for the region, working with counties, Firewise Communities, fire protection districts, other agencies, homeowners associations, schools and fire prevention cooperatives; Coordinates a region wildland fire training program, to include analyzing region training needs and coordinating, with district managers, fire training plans for region employees; providing support, coordination and assistance in implementation of the work capacity test, annual fire line refresher, agency specific training, and NWCG courses; issuing, reviewing and certifying fire line position ta ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience implementing a specific wildland fire program (the specific program is designated for each position) OR two years as a Wildland Fire Operations Technician 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.