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Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
One apprenticeship title on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers, trained competency-based, hybrid, time-based. The shortest approved term is 6,000 hours, for MEDICAID DISABILITY CLAIMS ADJUDICATOR (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| MEDICAID DISABILITY CLAIMS ADJUDICATOR | 1120 | Competency-Based: 6,000 hours Hybrid: 6,000 to 7,500 hours Time-Based: 6,000 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
What administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers earn, by state
District of Columbia has the highest state median for administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers ($181,060) and Delaware the lowest ($56,830), across the 42 states with a published figure.
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $181,060 | $87.05 | 300 |
| Indiana | $145,290 | $69.85 | 70 |
| Alabama | $134,810 | $64.81 | 70 |
| Maryland | $133,460 | $64.16 | 430 |
| Wisconsin | $132,250 | $63.58 | 60 |
| North Carolina | $129,960 | $62.48 | 260 |
| Missouri | $129,670 | $62.34 | 160 |
| New Jersey | $128,320 | $61.69 | 330 |
| Michigan | $127,420 | $61.26 | 390 |
| Kansas | $126,570 | $60.85 | 40 |
| Louisiana | $126,440 | $60.79 | 140 |
| Minnesota | $126,360 | $60.75 | 120 |
| Iowa | $123,500 | $59.38 | 80 |
| Arizona | $123,240 | $59.25 | 300 |
| New York | $123,170 | $59.22 | 1,400 |
| Oklahoma | $122,930 | $59.10 | 90 |
| Washington | $122,390 | $58.84 | 330 |
| Colorado | $121,410 | $58.37 | 220 |
| Nebraska | $117,060 | $56.28 | 30 |
| Florida | $115,920 | $55.73 | 570 |
| Massachusetts | $113,750 | $54.69 | 270 |
| Tennessee | $107,740 | $51.80 | 380 |
| Hawaii | $106,480 | $51.19 | 50 |
| Illinois | $104,990 | $50.48 | 550 |
| Utah | $103,380 | $49.70 | 190 |
| Texas | $100,400 | $48.27 | 1,300 |
| Pennsylvania | $98,010 | $47.12 | 800 |
| Connecticut | $95,310 | $45.82 | 300 |
| South Carolina | $94,880 | $45.62 | 130 |
| Oregon | $89,220 | $42.90 | 480 |
| Puerto Rico | $88,530 | $42.56 | 40 |
| Nevada | $87,240 | $41.94 | 170 |
| Montana | $83,910 | $40.34 | 90 |
| New Mexico | $80,800 | $38.85 | 140 |
| Ohio | $79,000 | $37.98 | 690 |
| West Virginia | $78,870 | $37.92 | 90 |
| Maine | $75,960 | $36.52 | 120 |
| Georgia | $67,990 | $32.69 | 490 |
| Mississippi | $66,310 | $31.88 | 110 |
| Idaho | $65,050 | $31.27 | 110 |
| Arkansas | $63,660 | $30.60 | 340 |
| Delaware | $56,830 | $27.32 | 70 |
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).