Legal Examiner 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 422I
- Class code
- 422I
- Salary range
- 63
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Legal Examiner 1 is $76,608 to $102,996 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 422I.
- 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 63 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 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 |
| Monthly | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 |
| Hourly | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 |
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
This is the entry-level of the series. Positions work under general supervision and draft routine pleadings and provide professional legal work for state agencies, boards, or commissions based on their respective regulatory authority.
Examples of the work
Drafts legal pleadings, agreements, and memoranda; analyzes fact patterns for a particular case; Recommends an appropriate disciplinary sanction to the disciplining authority; Conducts legal research and analysis; Manages a case load, maintaining forward progress on a number of matters simultaneously; Uses negotiation skills to achieve settlement of discipline cases; Demonstrates skill at dealing effectively with opposing counsel; Performs other work as required.
Minimum qualifications
Admission to practice law in the State of Washington; or graduation from an accredited school of law and current admission to practice before the highest court of a state. Equivalent education/experience.
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.