OFM Service News – Action Required for New Steps on Nursing Salary Schedule

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Agencies with nurses on the N1 and N salary schedules must manually adjust staff placement for steps Q through X. This will ensure correct placement on the new July 1, 2025 salary schedules. OFM will not be able to automate this process, agency review and action is required. The draft salary schedules have been published to provide additional detail. 

Note: This does not impact N2 salary schedules.  

New Steps Created

As a result of bargained and funded compensation changes, three new steps were added: 

• Step R at 14 years of experience 
• Step T at 17 years of experience 
• Step W at 23 years of experience 

This is the order of operations that must occur for agencies to successfully move employees to the correct step: 

Step 1. Use the submitted Nursing Affidavit to determine the number of years of experience that will be credited to each employee.  

Step 2. Identify the corresponding step associated with an employee’s years of experience. 

Step 3. Update the employee’s Basic Pay Infoytpe 0008 effective 7/1/2025. 

Winshuttle

If you have 30 or more of the same HRMS actions, you can submit a Winshuttle PA30 IT0008 Copy Update PS Group PS Level spreadsheet to the OFM Help Desk at HeretoHelp@ofm.wa.gov no later than close of business on Thursday, July 17, 2025.  

Refer to the Winshuttle page on the HRMS Support Hub for additional information and to obtain the applicable Winshuttle spreadsheet.  

Questions?