Fiscal Technician Lead pay range
State of Washington · class code 148O
- Class code
- 148O
- Salary range
- 42
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Fiscal Technician Lead is $45,924 to $61,332 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 148O.
- 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 42 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 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 |
| Monthly | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 |
| Hourly | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 |
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 senior, specialist, or leadworker level of the series. Positions often perform complex technical fiscal duties in a wide variety of settings. Interpret and apply fiscal regulations and procedures. Ensure procedural fiscal compliance, accuracy, and deadlines are met. Establish and maintain comprehensive fiscal, book, or record keeping systems, analyzing and maintaining fiscal accounts or records. Positions at this level often support other diverse units in the organization. Positions may also specialize in one fiscal area such as overseeing the total payroll function. Other positions may be designated to function as the leadworker over other positions performing fiscal support related activities.
Examples of the work
Develops, modifies, and maintains multiple record keeping and reporting systems for varied and complex sources of funding; develops procedures for implementation, execution, control, and review/audit of fiscal operations; Develops budgets for grants, contracts, or other funding requests; prepares appropriate forms for contracts and agreements; develops, recommends, and/or establishes charge schedules for cost center and/or self-sustaining accounts; calculates depreciation and amortization of equipment; Coordinates payroll policies and procedures with the fiscal office, with data processing personnel, and with major departmental heads; Interpret payroll, accounting and other payroll-related p ...
Minimum qualifications
Most positions require high school graduation or GED equivalency. Other positions require some college, vocational, or business school training to be completed. Some positions require two to three years of general clerical or fiscal experience. Positions usually require the experience to be in one fiscal area such as payroll. Education usually can substitute year for year for experience. Equivalent education/experience.
Special requirements
Persons legally authorized to work in the U.S. under federal law, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, are eligible for employment unless prohibited by other state or federal law.
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.