Administrative Hearings Specialist pay range
State of Washington · class code 181A
- Class code
- 181A
- Salary range
- 55
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Administrative Hearings Specialist is $62,880 to $84,528 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 181A.
- 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 55 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 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 |
| Monthly | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 |
| Hourly | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 |
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
Positions serve on behalf of the agency at Administrative Hearings regarding decisions and case actions related to public benefits. Positions are responsible to independently examine and assess the accuracy and quality of case actions by reviewing client’s circumstances and interpreting state and federal regulations that govern the delivery of all public benefits.
Examples of the work
Reviews and audits disputed case actions; Maintains records of Administrative Hearing requests and documents activities in the Hearing Control System (HCS); Provides communication to agency staff and clients to assure regulatory requirements are understood and implemented to correct eligibility decisions or to enable clients to fulfill program requirements; Overrides initial determinations to bring delivery of public benefits into compliance with regulatory requirements; Reviews and assess potential legal fee obligations; Identifies and assembles documents to be used as hearing exhibits; Prepares motions, briefings documentation, initial arguments and exhibits to be presented at the hearing; ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree and two to three years experience conducting financial eligibility determinations for public assistant programs. 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.