Fingerprint Technician 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 507I
- Class code
- 507I
- Salary range
- 50
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Fingerprint Technician 2 is $55,596 to $74,748 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 507I.
- 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 50 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 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 |
| Monthly | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 |
| Hourly | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 |
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 the journey level of the series. Performs advanced technical fingerprint and other biometric identifications and criminal records work consisting of analyzing, classifying, comparing, searching, and verifying biometrics of unknown and known persons and crime suspects according to acceptable methods. Perform identification and non-identification of biometrics for employment and licensing purposes.
Examples of the work
Classifies fingerprint cards according to the Henry System, Alphanumeric, NCIC, or modifications of these methods required by the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS); Identify the structures of friction ridge skin and distinguishes the minutiae characteristics for the purpose of effecting identifications; Analyze, decipher and classify electronically received poor quality fingerprints and palm prints; Analyze, compare and classify palm prints;Analyze, decipher between an actual poor quality print and a livescan device compression or distortion print; Analyze, compare, evaluate, and verify (ACE-V), criminal and applicant biometric data against ABIS database to assist criminal jus ...
Minimum qualifications
High school graduation or GED equivalent. AND Completion of one or more courses in fingerprint science or fingerprint classification. AND Two 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.