Pharmacy Technician 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 296H
- Class code
- 296H
- Salary range
- 51
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Pharmacy Technician 1 is $56,952 to $76,608 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 296H.
- 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 51 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 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 |
| Monthly | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 |
| Hourly | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 |
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
Performs a variety of technical pharmaceutical tasks in a central or satellite pharmacy.
Examples of the work
Compounds and prepares medications from physician orders for oral, intravenous, rectal, and topical administration; Prepares prescriptions from physician orders; Assists in training pharmacy assistant s, interns, and students; Performs documentation functions in designated areas of the pharmacy; Assists in the preparation and documentation of the process improvement program; Performs charging and/or billing functions; Monitors and performs batch preparation of pharmaceuticals; Performs order entry of medication orders into the pharmacy computer; Performs the duties of Pharmacy Assistants; Performs related duties as required.
Minimum qualifications
Six months of pharmacy experience.
Special requirements
State of Washington Pharmacy Technician certification. Persons legally authorized to work in the U.S. under federal law, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, are eligible for employment unless prohibited by other state or federal law.
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.