Hospital Central Services - Lead pay range
State of Washington · class code 313H
- Class code
- 313H
- Salary range
- 42
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Hospital Central Services - Lead is $45,924 to $61,332 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 313H.
- 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
Leads Hospital Central Services Technicians and other staff performing duties associated with an institutional or hospital central services unit. Decontaminates, sterilizes, assembles and stores instruments, basins, equipment and supplies according to prescribed procedures and techniques. Assists in the operation of the unit by coordinating and prioritizing the work, ordering, receiving and restocking supplies and linen; and monitoring the proper functioning of equipment.
Examples of the work
Schedules staff; coordinates orientation program and trains new staff; Prioritizes and assigns work; Monitors function of processing equipment; troubleshoots and corrects minor equipment failures such as sterilizer sequencing; initiates requests to vendors for service as needed; Assists with implementation of policies and procedures; Reassigns staff in order to respond to unusual production needs; Conducts and records results of quality assurance monitors; Orders, receives, stores and accounts for supplies, linen and minor equipment; Solves routine customer service problems and provides technical advice; Assists with maintenance and organization of inventory records; Verifies correct sterili ...
Minimum qualifications
Completion of a recognized Central Supply Technician course AND two years of technical experience involving sterilization of surgical trays, medical supplies, equipment and instruments in a hospital or institution central medical supply unit OR High school graduation or equivalent AND three years of experience processing complex trays of surgical instruments and equipment 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.