Fingerprint Lead Technician pay range
State of Washington · class code 507J
- Class code
- 507J
- Salary range
- 52
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Fingerprint Lead Technician is $58,392 to $78,504 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 507J.
- 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 52 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 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 |
| Monthly | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 |
| Hourly | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 |
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
Leads lower level fingerprint technicians and performs advanced biometric identification and criminal record work consisting of analyzing, classifying, comparing, searching, and verifying biometrics of unknown and known persons and crime suspects according to acceptable methods. Reviews the completed work of fingerprint technicians and assists in their training. Performs identification and non-identification of biometrics for employment and licensing purposes. Assumes responsibility of the fingerprint unit in the absence of the supervisor.
Examples of the work
Schedules and assigns the work of technicians and clerical staff within the unit; Provides training to fingerprint technicians and clerical staff; Performs leadworker tasks over other technicians and clerical staff; provides guidance and direction to fingerprint technicians; Assists the Fingerprint Supervisor in reviewing the activities of technicians and clerical staff assigned to a shift; Assumes responsibility for the fingerprint unit in the supervisor’s absence and performs operational duties; Prepares and enters updates in ABIS to ensure database integrity, including ABIS deletions; Performs double verification manually and electronically of the identification and classification of Fing ...
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Fingerprint Technician 2. OR Four years of technical fingerprint classification experience in the identification section of a law enforcement agency. Note: Technical fingerprint classification experience is defined as experience requiring the application of the basic technique of fingerprint science in determination of pattern types through ridge counting, whorl tracings, and use of the Henry Method of Classification (with FBI extensions).
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.