SOC 23-1022 · Legal Occupations · May 2025

How much do Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators make in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA is $108,570. The 10th percentile is $77,240 and the 90th percentile is $142,050. Employment is 30.

Median annual wage

$108,570

10th percentile
$77,240
25th percentile
$85,760
Median
$108,570
75th percentile
$131,870
90th percentile
$142,050
Mean
$108,250

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators, the published 10th percentile is $77,240 and the 90th percentile is $142,050. The difference is $64,810, which is 59.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $85,760 to the 75th at $131,870, covers $46,110.

The mean annual wage is $108,250, which sits below the median of $108,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA median is 43.7% higher than the national median of $75,530 for Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $104,727, which is 38.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA is 103.670, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $108,570 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators at $104,727 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators. Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 94 miles away, with a median of $81,860. That median is 24.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,651, against $104,727 here.

Employment share

Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA (30 of 130,300). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,210 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.89 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators make in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA is $108,570. The 10th percentile is $77,240 and the 90th percentile is $142,050. Employment is 30.

How does that compare with the national median for Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators?

The local median is 43.7% higher than the national median of $75,530.

What is Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators pay in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA is 103.670, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $108,570 is $104,727. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA compare with nearby metros for Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators?

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 94 miles away, at $81,860. Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.