Instrument Maker Supervisor pay range
State of Washington · class code 604I
- Class code
- 604I
- Salary range
- 57G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Instrument Maker Supervisor is $76,608 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 604I.
- 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 57G 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 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 |
| Monthly | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 |
| Hourly | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 |
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
Supervise instrument makers, helpers and other assigned personnel. Direct shop and laboratory activities and perform highly complex, high precision work by setting up and operating precision manual and/or computer numerical controlled (CNC) machine tools such as lathes, mills, jig borers, horizontal boring mill, grinders, and drill presses, to fabricate parts for research, academic and medical purposes. Resolve highly complex design and manufacturing problems such as performing design work from verbal or minimal written instructions to manufacture mechanical devices; determining tolerances and fits on mechanical designs; performing advanced jig and fixture design and construction; and diagnosing, troubleshooting, repairing and rebuilding machine tools and/or mechanical devices.
Examples of the work
Supervise personnel engaged in construction and manufacture of special purpose instruments and delicate laboratory equipment for research, academic, and medical purposes; Consult with professors, scientists, physicians, and engineers on design of instruments and experimental research equipment; recommend design modifications; Establish work schedule, machinery and space utilization; inspect work in progress and assure that standards of quality are met; Develop and direct preventive maintenance program on research facilities, instruments, machine tools, and specialized equipment; Order materials and tools; maintain an adequate inventory of required supplies to support operation; contact vendo ...
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as an Instrument Maker Lead 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.