Food Service Worker Lead pay range
State of Washington · class code 675G
- Class code
- 675G
- Salary range
- 37
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Food Service Worker Lead is $40,836 to $54,204 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 675G.
- 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 37 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 | $40,836 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 |
| Monthly | $3,403 | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 |
| Hourly | $19.56 | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 |
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 Food Service Workers and participates in the preparation and serving of food; or functions as a cook’s or baker’s helper.
Examples of the work
Performs duties as a cook’s or baker’s helper; Serves as lead employee in food preparation, serving, and/or dishwashing and sanitation functions; Prepares and cooks food; Weighs, prepares, and serves meals to meet special diet requirements; Performs duties such as hand trucking food, supplies, and equipment to and from dining areas, kitchen, storerooms, and refrigerators; loads and clears steam tables and carts; serves food individually or from steam tables or carts; Performs cleaning duties; washes dishes and utensils; scrubs floors, walls, and counters in kitchen and dining areas; cleans garbage area; cleans and polishes silverware; Sets up dining areas; sets and clears tables; arranges di ...
Minimum qualifications
Possession of, or eligible for, a food handler’s permit AND one year of experience in quantity or institutional food preparation and serving OR Equivalent education/experience.
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.