Legal Assistant 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 425H
- Class code
- 425H
- Salary range
- 50
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Legal Assistant 4 is $55,596 to $74,748 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 425H.
- 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 50 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 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 |
| Monthly | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 |
| Hourly | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 |
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
In a legal or judicial setting, supervises legal support staff positions that assist attorney(s), administrative law judge(s), industrial insurance appeals judge(s), review judge(s) or equivalent and performs expert level legal support duties.
Examples of the work
Performs the duties of the Legal Assistant 3; Determines the distribution of work and resolves workload conflicts to meet deadlines and minimize overtime; Supervises, trains and coaches legal assistants in the performance of all duties; Interviews and recommends individuals for appointment or promotion; provides training to new and existing staff; assigns and monitors work of lower level legal assistants; Develops and/or updates position description forms; Conducts interim and annual performance reviews; takes corrective action, recommends disciplinary action when needed; Drafts office procedures and updates office manuals; Interviews and makes hiring recommendations to appointing authority; ...
Minimum qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent and five years of experience in a legal environment in support of an attorney(s), administrative law judge(s), industrial insurance appeals judge(s), review judge(s) or equivalent including at least two years of supervising, leading, mentoring, coaching or training experience OR One year as a Legal Assistant 3; OR A combination of six years of college education and/or relevant experience including at least two years of supervising, leading, mentoring, coaching or training experience. Equivalent education/experience.
Special requirements
None Persons legally authorized to work in the U.S. under federal law, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, are eligible for employment unless prohibited by other state or federal law.
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.