Workers' Compensation Adjudicator 1 pay range
State of Washington · class code 168O
- Class code
- 168O
- Salary range
- 44
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Workers' Compensation Adjudicator 1 is $48,048 to $64,512 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 168O.
- 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 44 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 | $48,048 | $49,296 | $50,412 | $51,600 | $52,872 | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 |
| Monthly | $4,004 | $4,108 | $4,201 | $4,300 | $4,406 | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 |
| Hourly | $23.01 | $23.61 | $24.14 | $24.71 | $25.32 | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 |
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 the Department of Labor and Industries, this is the entry level of the series. Positions adjudicate and manage a caseload of non-compensable and compensable workers' compensation claims and self-insured employer claims; determining the validity of claims and sufficiency of medical evidence; on-going medical management, and entitlement to benefits based on work status.
Examples of the work
Reviews and adjudicates Industrial Insurance claims; interprets facts and applies RCWs, WACs, case law, policies and training resources in determining claim validity; establishes rate of compensation for allowed Industrial Insurance benefit; Evaluates and authorizes or denies requests for medical treatment, surgery, diagnostic studies, transfer of physicians and reimbursement of claimant's travel expenses; Documents all authorizations or denials for medical treatment adjudicator to review for appropriate payment; Receives and processes liens or other reduction of benefits; Responds to telephone and written inquiries from physicians, employers, claimants and attorneys regarding a claim's stat ...
Minimum qualifications
High School diploma or equivalent AND Three years of experience working with insurance claims or in claims/insurance adjusting, claims investigations, paramedical occupation, disability management, claims risk management/loss control, medical billing, medical insurance, paralegal personal injury services or related field. OR 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.