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Administrative Law Judge / Hearing Officer in Arizona

Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division lists 4 job classes for this work in the Arizona state pay plan: Hearing Officer 2–4, Administrative Law Judge.

$40,496 – $110,235
state pay plan range, a year
4
classes in the state plan
$123,240
median pay in AZ, all employers
300
workers in AZ (SOC 23-1021)

Sources: Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division, Arizona State Personnel System Job Titles with Pay Ranges and Salary Schedules; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Arizona state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 9, 2022. These are the ranges Arizona sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Hearing Officer 2
Class S08378 · class description
Grade 20
$19.47 – $34.81 a hour
$40,496 – $72,410 a year
Hearing Officer 3
Class S06051 · class description
Grade 22
$22.87 – $42.10 a hour
$47,564 – $87,570 a year
Hearing Officer 4
Class S07359 · class description
Grade 24
$26.97 – $48.55 a hour
$56,098 – $100,989 a year
Administrative Law Judge
Class S06884
Grade 25
$29.19 – $53.00 a hour
$60,723 – $110,235 a year

Schedule: Pay Schedule AREG. Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division, Arizona State Personnel System Job Titles with Pay Ranges and Salary Schedules. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Arizona, all employers Sourced

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers (SOC 23-1021) in Arizona, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureAZ
Workers300
10th percentile$76,480
Median$123,240
90th percentile$169,330
National median, government employers$117,860

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Free practice tests for Arizona

Source: Open Exam Prep, Open Exam Prep free practice tests. Data captured October 1, 2026. Each link was opened and its exam title checked on the date shown.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national Administrative Law Judge / Hearing Officer page.

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