Payroll & Benefits Coordinator pay range
State of Washington · class code 148F
- Class code
- 148F
- Salary range
- 42
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Payroll & Benefits Coordinator is $45,924 to $61,332 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 148F.
- 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 42 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 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 |
| Monthly | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 |
| Hourly | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 |
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
Coordinate the payroll and benefits functions including interpretation of regulations, proposing methods, procedures and policy, and establishing pay dates and schedules.
Examples of the work
Coordinate payroll policies and procedures with the fiscal office, with data processing personnel, and with major department heads; Interpret payroll, accounting and other payroll-related policies and procedures; work with departmental personnel to resolve discrepancies as required; suggest and assist in implementation of new payroll policies and procedures.
Minimum qualifications
Four years of fiscal or payroll experience including at least two years as a Payroll Technician or equivalent; nine quarter hours or six semester hours of college-level course work in accounting may substitute for six months of required experience. 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.