Photo-Media Specialist pay range
State of Washington · class code 200J
- Class code
- 200J
- Salary range
- 47
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Photo-Media Specialist is $51,600 to $69,348 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 200J.
- 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 47 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 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 |
| Monthly | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 |
| Hourly | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 |
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
Direct the activities of a major photo-media center and its satellites.
Examples of the work
Perform research on methods of introducing educational materials into the photo-media centers; Coordinate activities required for course development toward the use of photo-media materials and the subsequent evaluation of these teaching materials; Maintain centers for books, journals, and research reports dealing with instructional media, methodology, and research in photo-media area; Manage activities at the photo-media centers involved in the development of instructional materials such as films, video-tapes, slide sets, and photographs; direct production aspect of laboratories used for both instruction and production activities; Supervise students and counsel faculty in the utilization of ...
Minimum qualifications
Master's Degree in education or a science discipline and four years of applicable experience, two of which must be in a supervisory role involving learning resource education or media center operations. Four additional years of appropriate experience may substitute for educational requirements. Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. Examination Requirements: A job element examination (including written, E & T and oral components) scored on the basis of job related experience, training, skill, ability, and other elements which are established through job analysis.
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.