Legal Examiner 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 422L
- Class code
- 422L
- Salary range
- 74
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Legal Examiner 4 is $100,488 to $135,192 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 422L.
- 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 74 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 | $100,488 | $102,996 | $105,612 | $108,228 | $110,952 | $113,736 | $116,544 | $119,460 | $122,448 | $125,544 | $128,688 | $131,868 | $135,192 |
| Monthly | $8,374 | $8,583 | $8,801 | $9,019 | $9,246 | $9,478 | $9,712 | $9,955 | $10,204 | $10,462 | $10,724 | $10,989 | $11,266 |
| Hourly | $48.13 | $49.33 | $50.58 | $51.83 | $53.14 | $54.47 | $55.82 | $57.21 | $58.64 | $60.13 | $61.63 | $63.16 | $64.75 |
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 the work of Legal Examiners and performs two or more of the following responsibilities: 1. Independently performs advanced professional legal work, including planning, conducting, and providing highly complex legal analysis and case preparation for the most legally or factually complex cases. 2. Acts as legal subject matter authority for assigned professions, which includes shared decision-making authority in discipline cases. 3. Functions as the principal advisor to the office director and deputy director on all legal matters relating to assigned professions. Recommends actions and policy direction on difficult substantive and procedural issues. 4. Develops, implements, and monitors performance standards for team and assigned professions.
Examples of the work
Plans, assigns, directs, coordinates, and supervises the work of the Legal Examiners to ensure balanced caseloads, taking into consideration staff expertise, case complexity, coordination with other work areas, and other factors; Provides guidance on investigations and conducts expert-level legal analysis; Drafts, reviews, and edits legal pleadings, agreements, or memoranda in factually and/or legally complex cases; Evaluates the Legal Examiners’ application of the law to the evidence, and accuracy of the resulting pleadings; Recommends specific and general training for individual Legal Examiners; Sets performance standards and expectations; utilizes technology to remotely supervise staff in ...
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 law experience that includes litigation experience and at least three years of supervisory experience. OR One year experience at the Legal Examiner 3 level and at least two years of supervisory experience. 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.