Financial Legal Examiner 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 422S
- Class code
- 422S
- Salary range
- 74
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Financial Legal Examiner 4 is $100,488 to $135,192 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 422S.
- 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 74 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 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 | $128,688 | $131,868 | $135,192 |
| Monthly | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 | $10,724 | $10,989 | $11,266 |
| Hourly | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 | $61.63 | $63.16 | $64.75 |
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
Independently performs advanced, professional legal work in the Department of Financial Institutions under the laws regulating financial institutions, financial services companies, and issuers.
Examples of the work
General Communications: Concise and effective interactions between other individuals as well as internal and external organizations. Communications includes an intermediate level of competency for media relations; and, accomplished levels of competency in listening, presentation, oral, written, and facilitation skills. Self or life management: Accomplished levels of competency are required for ethics, assertiveness, stress management, time management, and personal presentation.
Minimum qualifications
Graduation from an accredited law school and membership in the Washington State Bar Association. AND Four years of experience as a deputy or prosecuting attorney, an assistant attorney general or in public or private practice involving banking law, consumer finance law or consumer protection law, securities, corporate law or trial procedures. 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.