Photolithographer 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 204K
- Class code
- 204K
- Salary range
- 48G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Photolithographer 2 is $61,332 to $71,136 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 204K.
- 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 48G in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 7 steps, and this class starts at step G rather than at the bottom of the range; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 |
| Monthly | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 |
| Hourly | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 |
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 the most technical functions of photographic reproductions, utilizing all photographic equipment and materials to produce all types of color copy negatives, transparencies, transparency duplications, and color photographic prints. Performs complex reproductions from line and continuous tone copy by producing half‑tone, duo‑tone, screening, and re-screening methods and procedures.
Examples of the work
Operates color analyzer and enlarger to produce commercial color photographic contact and enlargement prints; Operates process cameras to produce half‑tone, duo‑tone, and high quality line copy reproductions for offset duplication or film and paper reproductions, utilizing automatic processing equipment; Uses electronic photographic equipment (densitometers and gammamatic unit) for determining proper exposure control of photographic materials; Produces and duplicates color transparencies and negative film in various sizes; Assists in the training of photolithographers in all phases of photographic procedures; Performs minor maintenance and repairs on all photographic equipment; Performs othe ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years as a Photolithographer 1. OR Four years of experience in commercial or industrial photography, reprographics or photolithography, six months of which shall have been in the color photographic field. Education in commercial or industrial photography, reprographics or photolithography may be substituted, year for year, for 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.