Industrial Relations Agent 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 124C
- Class code
- 124C
- Salary range
- 53
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Industrial Relations Agent 3 is $59,760 to $80,496 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 124C.
- 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 53 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 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 |
| Monthly | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 |
| Hourly | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 |
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, specialist or lead worker level of the series. In the Department of Labor and Industries, serves as a senior industrial relations agent for Central Office or as a lead worker for one or more regions in conducting complex wage and hour investigations/negotiations. Note: For the purposes of this specification, a complex wage and hour investigation/negotiation must include three or more of the following: multi-employer work sites; multiple act violations, including the Industrial Welfare Act, Public Works Act, Farm Labor Contractors Act, the Minimum Wage and Overtime Act, the Wage Payment Act, and other related statues; multiple misclassifications of prevailing wage rates; legal or political sensitivity requiring coordination with central headquarters and/or other agencies and the Office of the Attorney General; a wage liability that would cause a significant financial h ...
Examples of the work
Serves as a specialist, identified by a business need, on a statewide or regional basis; Applies specialized knowledge of state labor laws when conducting industry specific consultation and investigations for employers in technically diverse, difficult or new industries, and special case assignments, and provides technical support and guidance. Responsible for the proper application, interpretation, and enforcement of state labor laws involving the Public Works Act, Minimum Wage and Overtime Act, Wage Payment Act, Farm Labor Contractors Act, Child Labor Law Regulations, Industrial Welfare Act, and other related statutes for business firms, groups of employees, school authorities, union offic ...
Minimum qualifications
Four years of experience as an Industrial Relations Agent 2. OR A Bachelor’s degree AND three years of experience in labor/employment relations and regulations; collection of revenue/taxes from employers/businesses; investigation of complaints of misconduct; audit of employer financial records; interpretation and explanation of rules and regulations regarding employment standards, prevailing wages, wage and hour, and child labor laws; or related experience. Additional qualifying experience will substitute for education at the rate of one year of experience for one year of education.
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.