Animal Technician 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 525G
- Class code
- 525G
- Salary range
- 38
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Animal Technician 3 is $41,820 to $55,596 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 525G.
- 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 38 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 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 |
| Monthly | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 |
| Hourly | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 |
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
Perform skilled animal husbandry functions involving the care and feeding of animals.
Examples of the work
Ensure that proper procedures are followed in breeding, raising and tending laboratory animals; Determine animal care requirements of research investigators; advise personnel regarding specialized requirements; Receive and distribute animals from procurement sources and scientific departments; Observe animals for signs of illness or abnormalities; refer questionable cases to animal health specialist; reject unsuitable animals in accordance with established guidelines; Prepare special diets as directed; Perform duties of Animal Technician 2; Maintain detailed records of animal care behavior and health status according to established guidelines; Maintain adherence to animal colony custodial an ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience as an Animal Technician 2 or equivalent; OR Eighteen months of experience as an Animal Technician 2 or equivalent and satisfactory completion of an applicable advanced technician training course comparable to the program required for certification as an animal technician by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science; OR Eighteen months of experience as an Animal Technician 2 or equivalent and two years of college with course work in animal or life science. Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
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.