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How to become Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Median annual wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers (23-1021) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Direct courtroom activities or procedures.
- Prepare written decisions for legal proceedings.
- Make decisions in legal cases.
- Authorize payments to settle legal disputes.
- Conduct hearings to investigate legal issues.
- Identify implications for cases from legal precedents or other legal information.
- Evaluate information related to legal matters in public or personal records.
- Rule on admissibility of legal proceedings.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Reading Comprehension4.3/5
- Active Listening4.3/5
- Critical Thinking4.3/5
- Writing4.1/5
- Judgment and Decision Making4.1/5
- Speaking4.0/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.9/5
- Complex Problem Solving3.9/5
- Active Learning3.8/5
- Monitoring3.6/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Conventional5.4/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Enterprising5.2/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Investigative4.0/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Social3.0/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Artistic1.6/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Realistic1.0/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
