Waste Collector pay range
State of Washington · class code 632F
- Class code
- 632F
- Salary range
- 39G
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Waste Collector is $49,296 to $56,952 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 632F.
- 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 39G 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 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 |
| Monthly | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 |
| Hourly | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 |
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
Drive refuse trucks and collect campus refuse and garbage.
Examples of the work
Drives refuse truck picking up garbage, refuse, scrap, etc., from campus buildings and facilities and transports to area transfer station, dump site or incinerator; Performs minor service on equipment such as changing tires, oil and lubrication, filling hydraulic tanks, washing and cleaning truck; Checks waste hauled for dangerous or hazardous material; notifies proper personnel for disposal; Picks up, sweeps or hoses down around incinerator, transfer site or pickup areas; Performs related work as required.
Minimum qualifications
Ability to read and write; Possession of a valid State driver's license; Physical ability to perform heavy outdoor work.
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.