Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Lead pay range
State of Washington · class code 315H
- Class code
- 315H
- Salary range
- 52
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Lead is $58,392 to $78,504 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 315H.
- 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 52 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 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 |
| Monthly | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 |
| Hourly | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 |
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
Leads assigned personnel and performs laboratory procedures such as flow cytometry, renal biopsy, electron microscopy, autopsy, molecular pathology, surgical pathology, neuropathology, and immunocytochemistry.
Examples of the work
Assigns work, monitors workflows, and checks the work of other technicians/technologists in the work unit; Coordinates development and evaluation of new laboratory tests and procedures; Ensures quality control standards are met and documented as well as troubleshooting methods and instrumentation; Develops and evaluates new methodologies; writes, reviews, and revises technical procedures; Consults with supervisor, manager, or administrator and faculty director in matters relating to purchasing, budgeting, and cost analysis; informs faculty of unusual technical problems and helps establish laboratory policies as well as monitoring budget status; Reviews intra-laboratory process errors and sha ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s Degree with coursework in chemistry, biology, and other biological sciences including microscopy AND Certification at the Technologist level by a nationally recognized certifying agency such as the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Scientists or the Microscopy Society of America AND Two years of clinical anatomic laboratory experience OR 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.