Nursing Assistant Lead pay range
State of Washington · class code 287F
- Class code
- 287F
- Salary range
- 44
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Nursing Assistant Lead is $48,048 to $64,512 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 287F.
- 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 44 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 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 |
| Monthly | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 |
| Hourly | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 |
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
Under general supervision of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse, leads and provides information to Nursing Assistants and assists in the delivery of nursing and nursing related care to patients or residents in a health care facility. Positions perform routine tasks in direct and indirect patient care, transportation, and maintenance of a patient care area such as assisting with daily living activities; preparing patients for surgery; performing non-invasive lab procedures; transporting patients, equipment and supplies; assisting with treatments; and conducting various clerical tasks.
Examples of the work
Leads and assists Nursing Assistants in routine work; develops and implements the daily staffing schedule; provides input to supervisors on performance of Nursing Assistants; assists in orienting and training new Nursing Assistants to established standards for specific worksite/patient care requirements; Assists residents or patients with personal care and activities of daily living such as bathing, personal grooming, hygiene, dressing, eating, positioning, transferring, taking of fluids, nutrition, and ambulation; participates in creating and maintaining a pleasant environment; Performs basic nursing procedures such as applying anti-embolism stockings, taking temperatures, pulse, respiratio ...
Minimum qualifications
High School graduation AND one year of Nursing Assistant experience. OR Equivalent education/experience. Note : A Washington State license to practice as a “Nursing Assistant - Certified” may be required. Additionally, for positions in Nursing Homes participating in Federal Medicare and/or Medicaid programs applicants must be listed as active on the Omnibus Reconciliation Act (OBRA) Nurse Assistant Registry with no disqualifying findings or convictions. Continued employment in this class in Nursing Homes participating in Federal Medicare and/or Medicaid programs is contingent upon maintaining certification on the Nurse Assistant OBRA Registry with no disqualifying findings or convictions.
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.