Industrial Insurance Appeals Judge 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 423C
- Class code
- 423C
- Salary range
- 70
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Industrial Insurance Appeals Judge 3 is $91,104 to $122,448 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 423C.
- 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 70 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 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 |
| Monthly | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 |
| Hourly | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 |
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 series presides over pre-hearing conferences and hearings where evidence is presented and written decisions are issued on appeals filed with the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. Appeals may fall under the following program areas; the Industrial Insurance Act, Crime Victims Compensation Act, Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act, Health and Safety-Asbestos Act, Safety-Crime Prevention Act (Late Night Retail Establishments), Charter Boat Safety Act, Washington State Explosives Act, Worker and Community Right to Know Act, and other Acts as determined by the Legislature. Distinguishing Characteristics This is the senior, specialist, or leadworker level of the series.
Examples of the work
Convenes the original hearings, ensuring proper venue, jurisdiction, agreement between the parties as to the dispute issues, and ascertaining the readiness of the parties to proceed with the hearing on the merits; evaluates the testimony of lay and expert witnesses, including experts from medicine or other healing arts, psychology, vocational assessment and rehabilitation, engineering, occupational safety and health, and criminology; rules upon disputes as to the admissibility of testimony, documentary evidence, etc.; may also, on his/her own initiative, call additional witnesses in order to ensure a complete record; Issues a variety of orders in the disposition of any appeal; these orders i ...
Minimum qualifications
Positions require active or judicial membership in the Washington State Bar Association; and three years of experience in trial practice or three years presiding over cases, following rules of evidence.
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.