Health Records Technician 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 281B
- Class code
- 281B
- Salary range
- 49
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Health Records Technician 2 is $54,204 to $72,900 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 281B.
- 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 49 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 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 |
| Monthly | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 |
| Hourly | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 |
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 expert or supervisory level of the series. Positions are responsible for maintaining and/or updating of health and/or medical record related retention schedules; coordinating, retrieving and reviewing health/medical records information for and responding to medically related public record requests; coordinating the day-to-day delivery, distribution, access, maintenance and retention of manual and/or electronic health/medical records or forms.
Examples of the work
Identifies and develops employee training needs and opportunities for improvement in staff performance and processes based on analyzed trends, tracked metrics and benchmarks, and organizational alignment with industry best practices; Receives medically related public records requests and assists requestors in defining the scope of the requested information, identifies records responsive to requestors, and retains records related to requests in accordance with established records retention statutes; As expert consultant to management, provides guidance on complex health and/or medical records related issues; Develops, reviews and updates records retention and essential records schedules to en ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in health information management, business administration, or related field; AND Three years of experience in a Health Information Management (medical records) office, office management, healthcare privacy office, compliance office or closely related area; Positions generally require current and ongoing accreditation through the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) as a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) or as a Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA). For positions supervising medical coding staff, a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) ® certification, or equivalent, may be required.
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.