Laboratory Technician 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 510H
- Class code
- 510H
- Salary range
- 47
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Laboratory Technician 2 is $51,600 to $69,348 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 510H.
- 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
Independently performs technical laboratory work in a clinical, chemical or research laboratory.
Examples of the work
Plans, schedules, assigns, supervises and coordinates work of lower laboratory staff; Performs routine clinical laboratory tests such as kit assays, bedside monitoring, automated chemistry tests, and cell counts on body fluids; Maintains cell culture systems, grows and harvests viral stocks, titer each lot of stock virus, and prepares viral lysates; Operates, calibrates and maintains laboratory equipment such as spectrophotometer, refractometer, conductivity meter, automated chemistry analyzer, bedside monitoring equipment, microscope, electronic cell counter, coagulation instrumentation; Troubleshoots and eliminates contamination or toxicity problems in cell cultures and media; performs qua ...
Minimum qualifications
An Associate Degree from a Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA) accredited Medical Laboratory Technician program including courses in chemistry and biology OR Completion of a course for laboratory assistants, approved by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, may be substituted for two years of the required experience. 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.
Nearby classes in Washington
Laboratory Technician 2 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | $34,050 | $61,360 | $34,050 to $61,360 |
| Ohio | $22.59 | $26.54 | $46,987 to $55,203 |
| Tennessee | $2,896 | $4,331 | $34,752 to $51,972 |
| Wisconsin | $24.51 | $34.66 | $50,981 to $72,093 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.