Industrial Relations Agent 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 124D
- Class code
- 124D
- Salary range
- 56
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Industrial Relations Agent 4 is $64,512 to $86,688 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 124D.
- 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 supervisory or expert level of the series. In the Department of Labor and Industries, this is the technical expert for the Employment Standards or Prevailing Wage Programs. Positions are designated in writing by the Division Assistant Director. Advises program managers and senior agency executives regarding high visibility and precedent setting cases or issues. For the purposes of this specification, high visibility and precedent setting cases or issues must include one or more of the following: Litigation is likely, Classification or prevailing wage rate policy issues, Legal or political sensitivity requiring coordination with program managers, senior agency executives and/or other agencies, and the Office of the Attorney General, A wage liability or finding that would cause disruption to a segment of industry or impede a major public work.
Examples of the work
Serves as program technical expert for the Employment Standards or Prevailing Wage Programs on a statewide basis; Assists the Program Managers of Employment Standards and Prevailing Wages by assigning and prioritizing work, providing training and technical guidance to Industrial Relations Agents, Compliance Specialist Supervisors, and other regional field staff; Applies specialized knowledge of state labor laws regarding high visibility and/or precedent setting cases or issues; Conducts industry specific consultation and leads investigations regarding high visibility and precedent setting cases or issues for employers in technically diverse, difficult, or new industries, and special case ass ...
Minimum qualifications
A combined total of at least six years of experience as an Industrial Relations Agent 2 and/or Industrial Relations Agent 3. OR A Master’s Degree with emphasis in employment law 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 Labor and Industries rules and regulations regarding employment standards, prevailing wages, wage and hour, and child labor laws; or related 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.