Research Aide 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 509F
- Class code
- 509F
- Salary range
- 39
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Research Aide 2 is $42,780 to $56,952 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 509F.
- 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 39 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 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 |
| Monthly | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 |
| Hourly | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 |
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 work related to study or research in a scientific field such as general physics, chemistry, meteorology, mineralogy or seismology under general direction of higher classified personnel. Prepare reports, record information, prepare charts, graphs, read instruments, perform calculations as directed or in accord with established procedures. Operate machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, grinders, and saws. May lead and direct other classified laboratory personnel.
Examples of the work
May lead and operate instruments and equipment such as microscopes, radiation counters, centrifuges, electronic equipment, refraction equipment, spectroscopes, light and polarizing microscopes, electron microscopes, polishing equipment, x-ray equipment, electrocardiographs, spectrophotometers, amino acid analyzer, NMR, etc.; Performs repairs and preventive maintenance to laboratory equipment and tests equipment; may construct new equipment; Reads and records data from instruments or other sources such as weather maps, thermometers, barographs, seismographs, pressure gauges or vacuum gauges; Operates photography equipment; develops pictures and films; Mounts specimens on glass slides or other ...
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in engineering or science; OR two years of college-level work in engineering or science plus two years of experience equivalent to Research Aide I, OR four years of experience equivalent to Research Aide I. 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.