City Employment

Employment Opportunities

Thank you for your interest in working for the City of Milton where we pride ourselves in Exceptional Public Service! The City of Milton provides a generous benefits package, competitive salary, and dedication to employee work/life balance. Come work for An Employer That Cares!

Nestled in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, the City of Milton enjoys captivating views of Mount Rainier and other natural wonders. We love our small town feel with all of the convenience of being minutes from the hustle and bustle of the big city.

Applying for Positions

To apply for any of the positions listed below, please submit your City of Milton Employment Application (required) with any additional application materials you would like to the Human Resources Office: 

Milton City Hall
1000 Laurel Street
Milton, WA 98354
Email Human Resources

Current Openings:

Public Works Seasonal

 This position performs a variety of routine manual duties in construction, maintenance, and repair work of utility systems and related services; and operates a variety of equipment and tools.  The employment range for this position will not exceed 960 hours.  This position has no benefits associated with it outside of the mandated one hour for every 40 worked of sick pay.  The pay range for this position is $20.30-$24.85 per hour.  Submit employment application to apply.  Open until filled.    


Police Administrative Assistant

This position performs a variety of routine and complex clerical, secretarial, reception, counter work, and maintenance of official records.  Previous law enforcement agency experience preferred.  

This position ranges from $4,600 - $5,591 per month. City pays up to 90% of Regence medical or no cost Kaiser medical and free dental, vision, EAP and $50,000 life insurance.  PERS retirement. Deferred compensation, Aflac and FSA available.  Eleven paid holidays and two additional floating holidays after six months. Eight hours of sick leave and vacation accrued per month to start. Longevity pay.  Please include your cover letter, resume with your employment application. Open until filled.  First review of applications is March 8, 2023.

Fiscal Tech Pool

This position is the primary contact with the general public in person and via phone. Work includes a variety of routine and complex cashiering, accounting and clerical duties include accounts payable, receivable and utility billing. 

This position is on-call as needed and pays $22.55 per hour. There are no benefits provided for this position except for the mandatory Washington State paid sick leave of one hour for every forty hours worked.  Please include your cover letter, resume with your employment application. Open until filled.     

Staff Engineer

The Staff Engineer is responsible for developing implementing, and maintaining processes and systems to facilitate the effective operation of Engineering functions. This position will provide leadership and resources to meet department goals and objectives as well as to ensure effective and efficient utilization of department personnel, funds, equipment and facilities. 

This is an exempt position; $81,843 - $113,746 per year. City pays up to 90% of Regence medical or no cost Kaiser medical and free dental, vision, EAP and $100,000 life insurance.  PERS retirement. Deferred compensation, Aflac and FSA available.  Eleven paid holidays and two additional floating holidays after six months. Eight hours of sick leave and vacation accrued per month to start. Longevity pay.  Please include your cover letter, resume with your employment application. Open until filled.

Immediate Openings for Police Officer Positions

  • Lateral Police Officer - The City of Milton is currently building an eligibility list for Lateral Police Officers.

To apply for this position please follow these instructions:

  1. Download and complete the City of Milton Application
  2. Complete the Lateral Police Officer Supplemental Questionnaire
  3. Complete the Veterans Scoring Criteria Declaration, if applicable

Email all completed forms to Police Recruiting


Equal Opportunity Employer

The City of Milton is an equal opportunity employer. Applications are accepted for open positions only.