Specimen Processing Technician pay range
State of Washington · class code 510P
- Class code
- 510P
- Salary range
- 38
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Specimen Processing Technician is $41,820 to $55,596 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 510P.
- 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
Under direct supervision, perform semi-technical duties in the Specimen Processing Services Area of a Clinical Medical Laboratory.
Examples of the work
Performs laboratory specimen processing consisting of receiving, identifying, assigning accession numbers, sorting, preparation and internal laboratory distributing of blood, urine, and other biological specimens; Performs data processing distribution of laboratory reports to various patient units throughout the hospital; performs clerical duties such as filing, recording, and charting patient results; prepares and/or sends data for computer processing; performs filing related to storage of computed data; Performs semi-technical procedures such as collecting and measuring samples, recording data, weighing specimens, etc.; Operates laboratory equipment such as autoclave, centrifuge, copy equi ...
Minimum qualifications
Two years of college-level science in an applicable field OR High School graduation or GED Certification AND one year 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.