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Office Assistant Lead pay range

State of Washington · class code 100K

$41,820 to $59,760 per year$41,820$59,760MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $50,790 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, State of Washington

Class code
100K
Salary range
40
Pay unit
Year
Alternate ranges
3
State
Washington

Step progression

Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 40 in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 13 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.

BasisABCDEFGHIJKLM
Annual$43,836$44,856$45,924$47,004$48,048$49,296$50,412$51,600$52,872$54,204$55,596$56,952$58,392
Monthly$3,653$3,738$3,827$3,917$4,004$4,108$4,201$4,300$4,406$4,517$4,633$4,746$4,866
Hourly$20.99$21.48$21.99$22.51$23.01$23.61$24.14$24.71$25.32$25.96$26.63$27.28$27.97

Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.

Alternate ranges

Bargaining unitMinimumMaximumBasis
As listed$43,836$58,392per year
Doc Wfse$44,856$59,760per year
Teamsters$41,820$55,596per year

The listing prints a separate range for classes covered by a bargaining agreement. Which one applies depends on the employee's unit.

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

As an office or unit’s designated lead worker, assigns, instructs and checks the work of lower level office support staff, plans and organizes work, and performs a variety of complex clerical projects and assignments such as establishing and revising electronic or manual record keeping systems including data base files, monitoring and evaluating financial records and/or documents, resolving clerical problems, responding to inquiries regarding policies, procedures, and services, drafting correspondence, compiling reports, and reviewing, screening, verifying, and evaluating applications, forms, or requests for information. Duties performed require substantive knowledge of a variety of regulations, rules, policies, procedures, processes, materials, or equipment.

Examples of the work

Provides training and feedback to lower-level clerical staff; Regularly assigns, instructs and checks the work of others as a significant portion of overall delegated responsibilities; provides input to supervisor(s) on employees’ performance; Performs the duties of Office Assistant 3; May use computer to compile data; review computer printouts for accuracy and completeness; review and assign codes given to data, for data entry purposes; May tabulate numerical data from information provided and prepare numerical summaries, organizational charts, workflow charts and graphs; May compare data from various sources to identify trends, differences, similarities, etc.; Performs other duties as requ ...

Minimum qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent. AND Two years of clerical experience; AND One year experience directing, the work of others. 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

Grounds & Nursery Services Specialist 4 $43,836 to $58,392Law Enforcement Equipment Technician 1 $48,048 to $58,392Utility Worker 3 $50,412 to $58,392Custodian 4 $41,820 to $58,392Customer Service Specialist 2 $44,856 to $59,760Administrative Assistant 2 $42,780 to $59,760Program Coordinator $40,836 to $59,760Events Coordinator 3 $44,856 to $59,760

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