Dds Adjudicator 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 168K
- Class code
- 168K
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Dds Adjudicator 3 is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 168K.
- 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 56 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 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 |
| Monthly | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 |
| Hourly | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 |
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 senior level of the series. Adjudicates all case types and complexity levels.
Examples of the work
Performs all duties of a DDS Adjudicator 2; Determines if an individual’s impairment(s) have improved since the most recent favorable disability determination. If medical improvement has occurred, determines if the individual meets the disability criteria; Determines whether a child that has reached age 18, and is currently receiving disability benefits, is eligible based upon adult standards.
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 Two years of successful experience as an adjudicator of Social Security Disability claims within the last 3 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.