Payroll Supervisor pay range
State of Washington · class code 148H
- Class code
- 148H
- Salary range
- 45
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Payroll Supervisor is $49,296 to $66,072 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 148H.
- 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 45 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 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 |
| Monthly | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 |
| Hourly | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 |
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
Supervise personnel who perform payroll processing activities. Plan, coordinate and determine methods and procedures to be utilized in the maintenance of payroll controls, records and reports.
Examples of the work
Coordinate payroll policies and procedures with the fiscal office, with data processing personnel, and with major department heads; Establish work procedures; determine deadlines; establish pay dates and schedules; Schedule payroll processing; assign or perform automated payroll file maintenance; maintain the integrity of the local payroll computer system; Ensure timely payment of various deductions to vendors, insurance providers, and government entities; Review accounting and bookkeeping practices for conformance with institution, state, and federal requirements; institute changes as necessary; Issue instructions on payroll procedures, coordinated payroll processing, and maintaining record ...
Minimum qualifications
Four years' fiscal/payroll or related experience including two years as a Payroll Technician or equivalent. Completion of college-level education which includes accounting courses may be substituted for one year of 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.