Labor Relations Adjudicator/Mediator 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 422H
- Class code
- 422H
- Salary range
- 81
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Labor Relations Adjudicator/Mediator 4 is $119,460 to $160,692 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 422H.
- 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 81 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 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 | $128,688 | $131,868 | $135,192 | $138,552 | $142,020 | $145,548 | $149,244 | $152,904 | $156,732 | $160,692 |
| Monthly | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 | $10,724 | $10,989 | $11,266 | $11,546 | $11,835 | $12,129 | $12,437 | $12,742 | $13,061 | $13,391 |
| Hourly | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 | $61.63 | $63.16 | $64.75 | $66.36 | $68.02 | $69.71 | $71.48 | $73.23 | $75.06 | $76.96 |
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
Supervises a team of Labor Relations Adjudicators/Mediators (LRAMs).
Examples of the work
As part of the agency’s management team: Promotes, fosters and maintains organizational culture and ethics in team members to preserve agency neutrality; Reviews existing rules and policies, with direct involvement in policy formulation; disseminates, explains, implements and enforces agency policies with staff and clientele; As supervisor of lower level staff: Assigns casework to a team of LRAM 1 and/or LRAM 2 staff; monitors progress of cases and provides guidance to LRAMs; Ensures team has the necessary tools, training and support needed; provides opportunities for development; Assesses clientele requests for service against overall priorities and available resources; Matches clientele ne ...
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, or OR A Master’s degree in labor relations, personnel management, or closely allied field. 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.