Wireless Communications Systems Technician 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 195H
- Class code
- 195H
- Salary range
- 65E
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Wireless Communications Systems Technician 3 is $88,788 to $108,228 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 195H.
- 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 65E 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 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 |
| Monthly | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 |
| Hourly | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 |
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
Serves as a senior-level Wireless Systems Technical specialist performing work that requires application of advanced technical knowledge of wireless communications systems and connectivity. May lead or train lower-level Wireless Systems Technicians.
Examples of the work
Operates, maintains, installs and repairs highly complex wireless communications Internet Protocol based Land Mobile Radio systems, Microwave systems and support equipment; Supports wireless communications networking systems and ensures emergency interoperable communications; Creates and maintains Virtual Local Area Networks within wireless communication systems; installs, configures, manages, maintains, and repairs wireless IP networking systems connected to the microwave network; Performs emergency repairs and leads or directs other technicians in repairs; Leads or directs maintenance, installation, programming, and deployment of complex and highly complex IP communications systems includi ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as a Wireless Communications System Technician 2 or completion of equivalent, relevant formal education and/or training in electronics or IP networking. AND One or more of the following: • Five years of experience in maintenance and repair in at least two of the following: conventional or P25 wireless communications systems, microwave systems, or IP networking systems. • Five years of experience in installation, maintenance, repair and programming of wireless communications mobile and portable radios. • Five years of experience installing and maintaining shipboard internal and external communications systems. 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.