Dds Adjudicator 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 168J
- Class code
- 168J
- Salary range
- 52
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Dds Adjudicator 2 is $58,392 to $78,504 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 168J.
- 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 52 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 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 |
| Monthly | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 |
| Hourly | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 |
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
This is the Journey level of the series. This level has overall responsibility for each component of the final decision for claim types identified in the distinguishing characteristics below.
Examples of the work
Performs the duties of a DDS Adjudicator 1; Analyzes and reviews initial, reconsideration and child disability claims and evaluates the data contained in medical, vocational and legal reports; Identifies, obtains, and analyzes information from medical providers, claimants, or other sources as needed; determines when Social Security Administrative documentation standards have been met and makes appropriate decision of disability; Determines the need for additional documentation and authorizes the purchase of specialized medical examination or other evidentiary requirements necessary to evaluate the claims; identifies discrepancies, conflict evidence or opinions of disability and resolves issu ...
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor's degree. OR Professional experience working with disability, medical or insurance claims adjudication or investigation, health care, unemployment, workers compensation, social services, or related field will substitute, year for year, for education; AND One year of successful experience as an adjudicator of Social Security Disability claims within the last two years. 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.