Legal Examiner 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 422J
- Class code
- 422J
- Salary range
- 65
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Legal Examiner 2 is $80,496 to $108,228 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 422J.
- 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 65 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 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 |
| Monthly | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 |
| Hourly | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 |
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
Positions perform one or more of the following: • Plans, conducts, and provides moderately complex legal analysis, and case preparation; OR • Advises and/or consults on moderately complex investigations regarding enforcement of regulations for licensure regulated by a state agency, board, or commission.
Examples of the work
Advises on investigations, conducts legal analysis, and drafts legal pleadings, agreements and memoranda; Analyzes disciplinary sanctions available for a particular case and makes recommendations to the decision-making disciplinary authority; Uses negotiation skills to achieve settlement of disciplinary cases; collaborates with staff of other agencies on issues common to both agencies; Establishes, monitors, and enforces qualifications for licensure, ensuring consistent standards of practice, and continuing competency; Performs the work of the lower level in the series; 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. AND Two years of practice that includes litigation experience. OR Two years as a Legal Examiner 1. 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.