Labor Relations Adjudicator/Mediator 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 422F
- Class code
- 422F
- Salary range
- 75
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Labor Relations Adjudicator/Mediator 2 is $102,996 to $138,552 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 422F.
- 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 75 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 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 | $128,688 | $131,868 | $135,192 | $138,552 |
| Monthly | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 | $10,724 | $10,989 | $11,266 | $11,546 |
| Hourly | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 | $61.63 | $63.16 | $64.75 | $66.36 |
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 labor relations adjudication/mediation work as the presiding officer in their role as a mediator, examiner, hearing officer, and arbitrator. Implements statutory procedures for resolution of complex, financially significant and sensitive labor-management disputes.
Examples of the work
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 hearings 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 decisions; Interprets and applies the parties’ collective bargaining agreement.
Minimum qualifications
A law degree and five 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.