Cardiac Sonographer Specialist pay range
State of Washington · class code 301M
- Class code
- 301M
- Salary range
- 57
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Cardiac Sonographer Specialist is $66,072 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 301M.
- 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 57 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 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 |
| Monthly | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 |
| Hourly | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 |
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
Independently perform professional level, highly complex diagnostic cardiac ultrasound procedures including transthoracic echo (TTE), transesophageal echo (TEE), dobutamine stress echo (DSE), and treadmill echo (TME), and performs cardiac ultrasound procedures on children, infants, neonates, and incubated premature infants requiring specialized knowledge. Acquire tomographic images of patients’ cardiac anatomy and Doppler assessment of blood flow dynamics by direct application of high frequency diagnostic ultrasound to patients to determine the nature and degree of patients’ heart disease.
Examples of the work
Perform echo/Doppler procedures to define complex congenital heart disorders for patients referred for evaluation of non-corrected congenital heart anatomy and function and/or evaluation of surgical reconstruction or repair; Assist with correlation of findings with results from surgical reconstruction, repair, or placement of prosthetic devices; Perform and analyze findings of portable TTE procedures in the NICU for newborn infants, premature infants, incubated premature infants; perform echo/Doppler procedures using proper NICU isolation sterilization techniques; Assist with correlation of findings with results anticipated or reported from prior diagnostic fetal echo procedures; Perform ech ...
Minimum qualifications
Completion of a training program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), and current certification as Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) in both Adult and Pediatric Echocardiography by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS); AND One year of experience as Cardiac Sonographer 1 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.