Bookstore Buyer pay range
State of Washington · class code 230E
- Class code
- 230E
- Salary range
- 39
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Bookstore Buyer is $42,780 to $56,952 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 230E.
- 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 39 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 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 |
| Monthly | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 |
| Hourly | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 |
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
Purchase text books, supplies, materials, and/or equipment for campus bookstore(s).
Examples of the work
Initiate and direct purchasing of bookstore supplies such as textbooks, binders, writing instruments, art and engineering supplies, and stationery items; coordinate text book returns and sell back over-supply; Initiate and/or review procedures and methods for purchasing, ordering, receiving, storing, issuing and accounting for supplies, materials, books, and equipment in assigned retail operation; recommend improvements and/or changes in system; Analyze, predict and plan inventory levels and marketing strategies with respect to profit goals and objectives; review department financial statements and confer with Bookstore Manager regarding purchases and management of inventory; Determine selli ...
Minimum qualifications
High school diploma or GED certificate AND one year of full-time experience in retail buying or purchasing merchandise for resale. 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.