Workers' Compensation Adjudicator 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 168R
- Class code
- 168R
- Salary range
- 57
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Workers' Compensation Adjudicator 4 is $66,072 to $88,788 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 168R.
- 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 57 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 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 | $86,688 | $88,788 |
| Monthly | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 | $7,224 | $7,399 |
| Hourly | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 | $41.52 | $42.52 |
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; positions at this level are the technical resource responsible for mentoring, coaching or providing formal training to Workers’ Compensation Adjudicators and self-insured employers or third party administrators. Positions at this level independently apply in-depth knowledge to interpret rules and processes for all levels of claim complexity, utilizing supporting materials to accomplish work.
Examples of the work
Makes final determinations on contested workers' compensation claims on issues involving coverage, extent of entitlement to benefits, jurisdictional matters and other decisions by lower-level adjudicators which are contested by the worker, beneficiary, employer, care provider or their lay or legal representatives; Negotiates settlements of disputed issues on behalf of the agency; Applies tort and case law in making decisions representing the department’s interest in actions while administering Tittle 51 for state fund and self-insured claims; Reviews and determines appropriate assessment or denial of penalties against self-insured employers and third-party administrators per statute and rule ...
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 3. OR A Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration or closely allied field. AND Three 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.