Sewing & Alterations Specialist 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 681E
- Class code
- 681E
- Salary range
- 34
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Sewing & Alterations Specialist 1 is $38,340 to $50,412 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 681E.
- 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 34 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 | $38,340 | $39,036 | $39,924 | $40,836 | $41,820 | $42,780 | $43,836 | $44,856 | $45,924 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 |
| Monthly | $3,195 | $3,253 | $3,327 | $3,403 | $3,485 | $3,565 | $3,653 | $3,738 | $3,827 | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 |
| Hourly | $18.36 | $18.70 | $19.12 | $19.56 | $20.03 | $20.49 | $20.99 | $21.48 | $21.99 | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 |
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
Manufactures and repairs clothing and linen items.
Examples of the work
Cuts and sews a variety of cloth articles, e.g., smocks, covers surgical articles, gowns, laundry bags; Alters and repairs used clothing, uniforms and linen items; Discards work or otherwise non-usable linen items; Sews on buttons; installs and repairs zippers, snaps and grommets; Operates electric sewing machines, power cutters and other sewing and mending equipment; Perform related duties as required.
Minimum qualifications
Ability to operate a sewing machine.
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.