Retail Clerk Lead pay range
State of Washington · class code 227H
- Class code
- 227H
- Salary range
- 38
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Retail Clerk Lead is $41,820 to $55,596 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 227H.
- 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 38 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 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 |
| Monthly | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 |
| Hourly | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 |
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
Lead bookstore and/or service personnel in the ordering, receiving, sales, inventory, cash control, and/or customer service functions for a retail and/or service operation.
Examples of the work
Regularly assigns, instructs and checks the work of retail clerks, check stand operators, temporary staff and/or others; Directs the ordering of bookstore and/or service supplies such as text books, binders, writing instruments, art and engineering supplies, and stationery items; coordinates returns to publishers and suppliers and sell back over supply with minimal supervision; Directs receiving, checking, pricing and stocking of retail goods and supplies; Coordinates displays, store arrangements with seasonal changes, special sales and new merchandise; Interviews vendor agents from selected manufacturers and wholesalers and plans inventory levels to meet anticipated needs; reviews catalogue ...
Minimum qualifications
High school diploma or GED certificate AND One year of experience in retail selling, cash register operation, general clerical work and/or financial record keeping. Six months of additional qualifying experience may be substituted for education. 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.