Legal Examiner 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 422K
- Class code
- 422K
- Salary range
- 70
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Legal Examiner 3 is $91,104 to $122,448 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 422K.
- 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 70 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 | $91,104 | $93,288 | $95,676 | $98,064 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 |
| Monthly | $7,592 | $7,774 | $7,973 | $8,172 | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 |
| Hourly | $43.63 | $44.68 | $45.82 | $46.97 | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 |
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 independently manage highly complex caseloads with a high degree of political sensitivity, or is high profile in the media, where a mistake has a high risk to the agency or to the safety of the public. Cases typically involve novel legal issues requiring the exercise of a high degree of judgment, or work relating to challenging regulated statewide programs.
Examples of the work
Advises on investigations, conducts legal analysis, and drafts legal pleadings, agreements, or memoranda in factually or legally complex cases of unprofessional conduct by health care providers as well as those practicing without a license; Analyzes disciplinary sanctions available for a particular case and makes recommendations to the decision-making disciplinary authority; 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 Five years of practice that includes litigation experience. OR Three years of experience as a Legal Examiner 2. 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.