Compared with the local labor market
Hearing Officer pay vs. Florida
Across all employers in Florida, the median wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers — about 570 people — is $115,920. Department of Management Services pays a median base salary of $129,899 for this role, 12% above that figure — about the 60th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Department of Management Services sits in the local pay range
$73,920
$96,550
$115,920
$149,430
$207,480
Department of Management Services median · $129,899
The bar is the range of annual wages for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers across every employer in Florida, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Management Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers — about 16,370 people — is $117,860. Department of Management Services’s median base salary is 10% above that national figure, about the 57th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$61,110
$81,140
$117,860
$159,680
$207,480
Department of Management Services median · $129,899
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Florida range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Department of Management Services is $129,899, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across Florida
Hearing Officer is held in 2 Florida departments. In Department of Management Services, the median of $129,899 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Hearing Officer role in other Floridadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Hearing Officer beyond Florida
This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In Florida, the median of $102,221 ranks #1 of 8. See Hearing Officer across all of Florida →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Hearing Officerroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.