Digital Printing Technician pay range
State of Washington · class code 206X
- Class code
- 206X
- Salary range
- 48G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Digital Printing Technician is $61,332 to $71,136 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 206X.
- 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 48G in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 7 steps, and this class starts at step G rather than at the bottom of the range; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 |
| Monthly | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 |
| Hourly | $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
At the fully qualified journey level, prepares electronic files for printing on high speed digital equipment. Builds run ready electronic files by checking for potential issues with incoming customer files. Processes incoming job tickets for digital print centers, estimates jobs, plans jobs, schedules work, and orders needed materials. Positions utilize equipment hardware and software to ensure jobs are set up in accordance with customer specifications.
Examples of the work
Prepares electronic files for printing on high speed digital printing equipment; Reviews incoming files, checking for potential problems with printing and insuring integrity, printability, and accuracy; Builds run ready files from all incoming types of artwork; Converts files to PDFs from hard copies and native files; Makes corrections to incoming proofs; Processes incoming job tickets for digital print centers, estimates job, plans job, schedules work, and orders needed materials; Manages digital print center electronic file system; Consults with customers; Performs duties of Digital Printing Specialist as needed; Performs other duties as required.
Minimum qualifications
High school graduation or equivalent AND Three years of experience operating high speed digital printing equipment with network training.
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.