Office Assistant 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 100H
- Class code
- 100H
- Salary range
- 34
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Office Assistant 1 is $38,340 to $50,412 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 100H.
- 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 34 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 | $38,340 | $39,036 | $39,924 | $40,836 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 |
| Monthly | $3,195 | $3,253 | $3,327 | $3,403 | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 |
| Hourly | $18.36 | $18.70 | $19.12 | $19.56 | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 |
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
This is the entry level of the Office Assistant series. In support of office or unit operations, performs repetitive, routine, or basic clerical duties and tasks. Positions establish and maintain record keeping and filing systems and/or database files ensuring accuracy of information. Public and departmental contact roles are limited in scope.
Examples of the work
Scans and/or photocopies and collates materials; Stacks, stamps, opens, codes, sorts, files or alphabetizes correspondence, records, or materials according to established procedures and predetermined categories; maintains files and records; Opens and date-stamps incoming mail; learns to sort and route mail; picks up and prepares outgoing mail; learns to maintain logs, lists, rosters, directories, and other records; Sorts and file documents by predetermined categories; maintains files and records; Scans and indexes documents in an electronic filing system; Answers telephones; following clearly established guidelines, answers routine questions; receives and refers visitors; Receives, sorts, an ...
Minimum qualifications
High school diploma. 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.