Labor Relations Adjudicator/Mediator 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 422G
- Class code
- 422G
- Salary range
- 78
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Labor Relations Adjudicator/Mediator 3 is $110,952 to $149,244 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 422G.
- 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 78 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 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 | $128,688 | $131,868 | $135,192 | $138,552 | $142,020 | $145,548 | $149,244 |
| Monthly | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 | $10,724 | $10,989 | $11,266 | $11,546 | $11,835 | $12,129 | $12,437 |
| Hourly | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 | $61.63 | $63.16 | $64.75 | $66.36 | $68.02 | $69.71 | $71.48 |
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
Senior specialist level Labor Relations Adjudicator/Mediator responsible for agency-wide program(s) as designated by the Executive Director.
Examples of the work
As a senior specialist level LRAM, has responsibility for one or more of the following program areas: Unfair Labor Practices Independently reviews and processes unfair labor practice complaints filed with the agency; Using discretion, applies agency precedent, decides whether the unfair labor practice complaints meet jurisdictional standards, and, where necessary, issues deficiency notices to give complainants an opportunity to amend the complaint; Implements and enforces agency policy and formal precedent by making preliminary rulings on all unfair labor practice complaints and non-association cases filed; Provides guidance to lower level LRAMs on unfair labor practice litigation issues, an ...
Minimum qualifications
A law degree and five plus 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, OR A Master’s degree in labor relations, personnel management, or closely allied field. Two years as a Labor Relations Adjudicator or 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.