Warehouse Operator 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 117K
- Class code
- 117K
- Salary range
- 38G
- Pay unit
- Year
- Alternate ranges
- 2
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Warehouse Operator 3 is $48,048 to $59,760 per year, spanning every alternate range the plan defines.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 117K.
- The plan defines 2 alternate ranges for this class, so the rate depends on which bargaining unit covers the position.
- 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 38G in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 7 steps, and this class starts at step G rather than at the bottom of the range; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 |
| Monthly | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 |
| Hourly | $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.
Alternate ranges
| Bargaining unit | Minimum | Maximum | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| As listed | $48,048 | $55,596 | per year |
| Teamsters | $51,600 | $59,760 | per year |
The listing prints a separate range for classes covered by a bargaining agreement. Which one applies depends on the employee's unit.
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
This is the senior level of the series. Positions lead staff and participate in the work of procuring, receiving, storing, inventory control, or shipping operations in a commissary or warehouse, or electronic/communications stockroom, or a combination of these activities. Some positions manage the retail store and/or food counter at a large institution.
Examples of the work
Assigns personnel and equipment used in a commissary or warehouse operations; trains subordinates in warehousing activities; Determines sequence and most convenient location to unload railroad cars; prepares daily switching list used to guide train crews in spotting rail cars at different warehouse locations; schedules unloading of cars according to warehouse needs and to avoid demmurage charges; Requisitions electronic/communication components or equipment by listing parts numbers, description, quantity and estimated cost; Checks and oversees or supervises the checking of all incoming shipments and goods received; makes proper entries on inventory cards; responsible for receiving, checking, ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions typically require a High School graduation or GED Certificate and physical ability to do required work and three years of progressive clerical or technical experience in retail clerking, warehousing, stockkeeping, shipping, or receiving and operation of material handling equipment.
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.