Dds Adjudicator 5 pay range
State of Washington · class code 168L
- Class code
- 168L
- Salary range
- 62
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Dds Adjudicator 5 is $74,748 to $100,488 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 168L.
- 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 62 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 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 |
| Monthly | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 |
| Hourly | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 |
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 supervisory or expert level of the series.
Examples of the work
Supervises a work unit of disability adjudicators and support personnel; Monitors and evaluates the performance of subordinates; Maintains and coordinates liaison activities with the Social Security field offices and Community Service offices in assigned geographical areas; Provides medical and policy review on all case decisions by DDS adjudicators in-training; Reviews cases for appropriate documentation, processing procedures and decision policy; samples cases to assure that quality standards are met; Audits the quality of case development ; and analysis and advises adjudicators and medical consultants on appropriate documentation, medical and vocational development, processes and procedur ...
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 Four years of recent experience as an adjudicator of Social Security Disability insurance. Must have successful experience adjudicating all claim types. Note: Recent years of experience must be gained within four years of application.
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.