Sewing & Alterations Specialist 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 681G
- Class code
- 681G
- Salary range
- 43
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Sewing & Alterations Specialist 3 is $47,004 to $62,880 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 681G.
- 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 43 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 | $47,004 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 |
| Monthly | $3,917 | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 |
| Hourly | $22.51 | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 |
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
Leads and coordinates all aspects of costume construction, patterning, tailoring, fitting, and execution of a wide variety of era costumes, accessories, and multi-media garments. Performs volume and custom sewing work in making, altering or mending clothes and cloth articles; or serves as the only seamstress in an institutional facility which includes planning, coordinating and participating in a volume and custom sewing program.
Examples of the work
Constructs costumes, clothing, and accessories from patterns using tailoring techniques, specialty hand sewing, and pressing techniques required to shape and stabilize fabric; Drafts and produces draperies and privacy curtains; Reviews work orders and determine priority of work in absence of specific instructions regarding priority; Measures individuals for garments; Makes, fits, mends and alters articles of clothing such as pajamas, nightgowns, camisoles, shirts, trousers, dresses, aprons, hospital gowns and/or full range of theatrical costumes; Performs other work as required.
Minimum qualifications
Two years of experience or training in sewing, preferably on a volume basis, including use of power sewing machines. OR Three years college training in costume or vocational sewing, pattern making, and fabric cutting. 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.