Optical Technician Lead pay range
State of Washington · class code 511N
- Class code
- 511N
- Salary range
- 50
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Optical Technician Lead is $55,596 to $74,748 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 511N.
- 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 50 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 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 |
| Monthly | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 |
| Hourly | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 |
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 assigned personnel and perform complex optical work designing, troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining, installing, designing and constructing and testing optical devices, systems and ancillary equipment used in patient care, clinical, teaching and research laboratories.
Examples of the work
Receives and reviews parts, sketches, written and oral requests for work; Confers with faculty, staff, clients, coworkers, vendors in the development and design of complex optical experimental and research equipment; determines scope and nature of projects including specifications and operational limits; considers fabrication methods, materials, hardware, and component costs and suggests design changes as needed; Constructs complex optical systems, and ancillary equipment related to patient care, clinical, teaching and research equipment; Generates general schematics, designs relevant circuits and circuit board layout(s), writes software to drive microprocessor(s), and selects components; bu ...
Minimum qualifications
One year of experience as an Optical Technician 2 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.