Instrument Maker 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 604E
- Class code
- 604E
- Salary range
- 45G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Instrument Maker 1 is $56,952 to $66,072 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 604E.
- 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 45G in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 7 steps, and this class starts at step G rather than at the bottom of the range; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 |
| Monthly | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 |
| Hourly | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 |
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
Perform precision work by operating standard and/or computer numerical controlled (CNC) machine tools such as lathes, mills, grinders, and drill presses to fabricate parts for research, academic and medical purposes, working from blueprints, sketches, specifications, manuals and verbal instructions.
Examples of the work
Work from blueprints, sketches, diagrams, and written and oral instructions; Plan and lay out work, determine material and fabrication methods to be used under the direction of the supervisor or lead; Construct parts from standard and exotic metals and alloys, plastics, wood, rubber, ceramic, etc.; perform welding, brazing, soldering and heat treating; Make special tools, templates, gauges, fixtures and securing devices as needed; sharpen tools and maintain machinery and special equipment; test and calibrate instruments and operational apparatus when completed; repair or rework when needed; Perform basic welding; using shielded metal arc welding techniques; Perform basic sheet metal fabricat ...
Minimum qualifications
Journey standing as a toolmaker, model builder or developmental machinist 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.