Printer-Lithographer pay range
State of Washington · class code 207O
- Class code
- 207O
- Salary range
- 45G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Printer-Lithographer is $56,952 to $66,072 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 207O.
- 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 45G 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 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 |
| Monthly | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 |
| Hourly | $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
Perform journey-level work in the setup and operation of offset presses capable of four-color processes which have three or more ink form rollers and larger offset presses.
Examples of the work
Print varied books, catalogs, folders, forms, brochures and other materials by offset and/or letterpress; print four-color process work by offset and one-color silk screen; Maintain master plate and negative files; Prepare mechanical and/or electronic layouts, imposition and paste-ups of copy; Opaque and retouch flats; expose and develop pre-sensitized metal plates; Trim, fold, stitch, and bind work to finish specifications; Clean, adjust, oil and participate in simple maintenance on operating equipment including presses, cutters, and folders; Perform related duties as required.
Minimum qualifications
Completion of a press operator or lithographer apprenticeship. 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.