Instruction & Classroom Support Technician 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 255O
- Class code
- 255O
- Salary range
- 47
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Instruction & Classroom Support Technician 3 is $51,600 to $69,348 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 255O.
- 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 47 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 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 |
| Monthly | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 |
| Hourly | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 |
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
Coordinates instructional support activities in a basic or applied science teaching program. Coordinates support services for a variety of courses; provides professional/technical support requiring knowledge of a scientific discipline, electronics and/or engineering.
Examples of the work
Inspects, tests, adjusts and does major repair of scientific and laboratory support equipment; Develops scientific instructional programs, demonstration models and laboratory procedures in conjunction with assigned faculty/teacher; Designs, constructs and tests equipment used for lecture demonstrations or laboratory experiments; Coordinates the scientific preparation for laboratory programs and field-oriented courses using safety procedures in handling hazardous materials such as acids, pesticides, radiation, etc.; Coordinates laboratory support, maintenance and store room functions; Evaluates equipment specifications and makes purchase recommendations; Provides training for students and fac ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's Degree with major study in a basic applied science AND two years of full-time experience as an Instruction & Classroom Support Technician 2 or equivalent. 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.