Clinical/Medical Technologist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 508E
- Class code
- 508E
- Salary range
- 48
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Clinical/Medical Technologist 1 is $52,872 to $71,136 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 508E.
- 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 48 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 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 |
| Monthly | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 |
| Hourly | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 |
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
This is a first-level, professional position. Performs routine manual and automated clinical diagnostic tests in a clinical or medical laboratory.
Examples of the work
Performs clinical diagnostic laboratory tests; records, evaluates and interprets test results; contacts appropriate personnel for tests with unusual or critical findings; Calibrates, operates, troubleshoots and performs routine and emergency preventive maintenance to laboratory instruments and related equipment. The following is a partial list of instruments commonly utilized by personnel in this class: • bacterial ID & susceptibility electrophoretic apparatus • testing instruments gamma & beta counters • blood culturing instruments gas chromatographs • blood gas analyzers high performance liquid chromatographs • densitometers light, phase & flourescence microscopes • discrete chemistry anal ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's Degree in Medical Technology with a curriculum accredited by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association AND certification or eligibility to take examination, with successful completion and certification within one year from date of hire, for certification with the American Society of Clinical Pathologists or equivalent, or certification with specialty organization appropriate to the laboratory division 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.