Fingerprint Supervisor pay range
State of Washington · class code 507K
- Class code
- 507K
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Fingerprint Supervisor is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 507K.
- 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 56 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 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 |
| Monthly | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 |
| Hourly | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 |
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
Supervises fingerprint technicians. Assigns and schedules staff work. Reviews completed work of fingerprint technicians and is responsible for their training. Performs complex 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.
Examples of the work
Schedules, supervises, trains, evaluates, and reviews the activities of clerical staff, Fingerprint Technicians 1 and 2 and Fingerprint Lead Technicians assigned to the unit; includes documentation, counseling, developing, disciplinary actions and investigations; Assists the Fingerprint Unit Manager in developing and preparing staffing requests; Trains and delegates tasks and assignments to leadworkers; Interviews and recommends new hires; Performs verification manually and electronically of the identification, classification, and comparisons of biometric data for all fingerprint technicians and leads; Provides court testimony related to inked and electronic biometric data identifications an ...
Minimum qualifications
Five years of technical fingerprint classification experience in the identification section of a law enforcement agency. Note: Technical fingerprinting 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.