Wireless Communications Systems Manager pay range
State of Washington · class code 195K
- Class code
- 195K
- Salary range
- 74E
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Wireless Communications Systems Manager is $110,952 to $135,192 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 195K.
- 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 74E 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 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 | $128,688 | $131,868 | $135,192 |
| Monthly | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 | $10,724 | $10,989 | $11,266 |
| Hourly | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 | $61.63 | $63.16 | $64.75 |
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
Manages wireless communications systems design staff and/or projects, providing sophisticated, highly complex and technical wireless communications systems and connectivity to include Internet Protocol based Land Mobile Radio systems, Microwave systems, network systems and support equipment to agency needs and to meet Federal Communications Commission, Federal, State, and Local regulations.
Examples of the work
Manages agency wireless engineering or wireless systems staff activities for research, design, implementation, and testing of the department’s wireless communications systems; Develops and manages interoperability solutions with other State and local partners; Oversees the design of complex electronic systems for all wireless communications programs statewide, including project scope, scheduling, and budget; Reviews and evaluates reports submitted by others, write technical reports and specifications, and provides final approval for use in the statewide radio program; Assigns wireless systems activities, projects, and develops technical training; Oversees or creates applications and supporti ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree in RF engineering, networking, or project management and four years of experience in supervising, designing or managing 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 six years of experience in managing the design, staging, and commissioning of conventional or trunking P25 wireless communication systems, IP microwave systems, 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.