Nuclear Medicine Technologist Lead pay range
State of Washington · class code 298H
- Class code
- 298H
- Salary range
- 59
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Nuclear Medicine Technologist Lead is $69,348 to $93,288 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 298H.
- 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 59 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 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 |
| Monthly | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 |
| Hourly | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 |
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
Lead nuclear medicine technologists; perform complex nuclear medicine examinations of patients such as bicycle stress radionuclide ventriculogram, treadmill cardiac perfusion, and pharmacologic stress cardiac perfusion; provide expertise to support nuclear medicine clinical services; monitor equipment status; present inservices and instruction on examinations.
Examples of the work
Regularly assign, instruct, and check the work of others; provide feedback on performance; Assist with the instruction of fellows, residents, technologists and students in clinical application and techniques; Review and report daily operational status of equipment, initiate repair service calls; document malfunctions; Assist in completion of cost analyses and budget monitoring and planning; Initiate orders for supplies and equipment; Present general and specialty area inservices; Perform the duties of nuclear medicine technologists; Perform related duties as required.
Minimum qualifications
Certified by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board or registration by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists in Nuclear Medicine AND one year of experience as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist II OR Equivalent education/experience.
Special requirements
Certification as a Radiologic Technologist - Nuclear Medicine in the state of Washington. Persons legally authorized to work in the U.S. under federal law, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, are eligible for employment unless prohibited by other state or federal law.
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.