Wireless Communications Systems Designer pay range
State of Washington · class code 195J
- Class code
- 195J
- Salary range
- 71E
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Wireless Communications Systems Designer is $102,996 to $125,544 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 195J.
- 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 71E in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 9 steps, and this class starts at step E rather than at the bottom of the range; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 |
| Monthly | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 |
| Hourly | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 |
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
Design, stage, configure, test, and commission highly complex and technical wireless communications Internet Protocol based Land Mobile Radio systems, microwave systems, network systems, connectivity, and support equipment.
Examples of the work
Researches and designs sophisticated and complex Internet Protocol based wireless systems and specialized support systems in the support of agency wireless communication systems; Conducts IP based microwave link feasibility studies, consisting of field visits, path surveys, path terrain investigations, path profiling and path analysis to finalize site locations for tower and antenna height requirements per agency and industry standards; Establishes scopes, statements of work, design, cost estimates, manpower requirements, and engineering specifications for IP based wireless systems projects, considering future needs of the agency; Designs wireless IP microwave, LMR communications and antenna ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree in RF engineering, mathematics or physics and two years of experience in designing VHF, UHF, 700Mhz/800Mhz, microwave carrier systems, networking systems, and support equipment for wireless communications systems. OR Two years of formal education in electronics and four years of experience performing the design, staging, and commissioning of conventional or trunking P25 wireless communication systems, IP microwave systems or IP networking systems, or Multiprotocol label switching networking systems.
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.