Dietary Unit Clerk pay range
State of Washington · class code 312F
- Class code
- 312F
- Salary range
- 36
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Dietary Unit Clerk is $39,924 to $52,872 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 312F.
- 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 36 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 | $39,924 | $40,836 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 |
| Monthly | $3,327 | $3,403 | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 |
| Hourly | $19.12 | $19.56 | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 |
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
Maintains the patient nutritional care system which includes writing menus in accordance to diet prescription and processing menus for meals.
Examples of the work
Maintains current patient kardexes by processing diet prescriptions from nursing units; Writes and/or checks patient menus according to established food patterns, food tolerances, and preferences; checks patient trays for accuracy to the patient menus; Responds to verbal and written communications regarding patient nutritional care; Calculates nutrient intake with computer; Labels, delivers and picks up patient menus; Tallies patient menus and prepares food production worksheets; Distributes nutritional care information to patients; Determines and reports patient census to food production area; Maintains supply inventory; Acts as department receptionist; Performs the work of Dietary Unit Aid ...
Minimum qualifications
High school graduation or GED AND One year of experience as a Dietary Unit Aide in a health care facility 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.