Labor Relations Adjudicator/Mediator 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 422E
- Class code
- 422E
- Salary range
- 71
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Labor Relations Adjudicator/Mediator 1 is $93,288 to $125,544 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 422E.
- 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 71 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 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 |
| Monthly | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 |
| Hourly | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 |
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
Performs entry-level labor relations adjudication or mediation work to resolve labor management disputes.
Examples of the work
Under general guidance from higher level LRAM staff, independently performs the following functions: Serves as an examiner or hearings officer for hearings: Issues notice of hearing, conducts pre-hearing conferences and settlement conferences, and makes rulings on pre-hearing motions; Presides at hearing and makes rulings on evidentiary issues, where the record developed at the hearing becomes the official record of the agency if the case is appealed to court; Reviews record and written briefs filed by parties, conducts legal research, and writes formal decision . Interprets and applies the parties’ collective bargaining agreement.
Minimum qualifications
A law degree and three years of experience in collective bargaining with major work assignments in negotiations, contract administration or related work as a union or management representative, mediator, hearing officer or examiner, arbitrator or educator in the above areas. A Master’s degree in labor relations, personnel management, or closely allied field will substitute for a law degree. Additional qualifying experience will substitute, year for year, for 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.