Specimen Processing Supervisor pay range
State of Washington · class code 510R
- Class code
- 510R
- Salary range
- 48
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Specimen Processing Supervisor is $52,872 to $71,136 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 510R.
- 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 48 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 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 |
| Monthly | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 |
| Hourly | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 |
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
Supervise and coordinate all of the functions of the Specimen Processing Services Area in a Clinical Medical Laboratory.
Examples of the work
Interviews, selects, and trains new employees; evaluates employee performance and plans additional/remedial training; Schedules and supervises the overall operation of a 7 day/week, 24 hour/day SPSA; maintains employee time cards and supervises detection and correction of errors; Coordinates activities between the SPSA and all other divisions of the Department of Laboratory Medicine involved in analysis of patient specimens; Authorizes addition or deletion of patient charges; maintains current information such as normal values, specimen requirements, and special specimen handling problems; Maintains appropriate inventories and establishes levels of all SPSA supplies; responsible for preventi ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of college-level science in an applicable field AND one year of experience as a Specimen Processing Technician Lead OR High School graduation or GED Certification AND two years of clinical laboratory experience in a Clinical or Public Health Laboratory 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.