Workers' Compensation Adjudicator 3 pay range
State of Washington · class code 168Q
- Class code
- 168Q
- Salary range
- 54
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Workers' Compensation Adjudicator 3 is $61,332 to $82,440 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 168Q.
- 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 54 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 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 |
| Monthly | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 |
| Hourly | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 |
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
Within the Department of Labor and Industries, this level is the fully qualified professional Workers’ Compensation Adjudicator managing a caseload of workers compensation claims or employer reimbursement applications.
Examples of the work
Reviews and adjudicates Industrial Insurance or Crime Victim Compensation 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 or Crime Victim Compensation benefit payments; Regulates self-insured employers workers compensation claims for compliance with the Industrial Insurance laws; 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; Ma ...
Minimum qualifications
Successful completion of the Department of Labor and Industries Workers’ Compensation Adjudicator 2 Apprenticeship program. AND One year of experience as a Workers’ Compensation Adjudicator 2. OR Bachelor’s degree in business administration, public administration or closely allied field. AND Two years of experience in adjudicating workers’ or crime victims’ compensation insurance claims, or adjudication of time loss payments.
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.