Foreign Service Salaries

For the current FS pay schedule, click here.

Foreign Service Officers

  • SOP 134A5: Salary Standards for Entry-Level Foreign Service Officer Career Candidates effective October 15, 2024. (This SOP replaces and supersedes SOP 134A4 dated 02/28/2022 and all previous versions.)
  • SOP 134G: Salary Standards for Lateral Entry Pilot Program Foreign Service Officer Career Candidates, effective October 15, 2024. (This SOP replaces and supersedes previous LEPP SOP dated 7/01/2024.)

Foreign Service Specialists

  • SOP 134B4: Salary Standards for Entry-Level Foreign Service Specialist Career Candidates, with the exception of Diplomatic Security Special Agent Candidates, effective October 15, 2024. (This SOP replaces and supersedes SOP 134B3 dated 2/28/2022 and all previous versions of SOP 134B.)
  • SOP 134C3: Salary Standards for Entry-Level Diplomatic Security Special Agent Candidates, effective October 15, 2024. (This SOP replaces and supersedes SOP 134C2 dated 2/28/2022 and all prior versions of SOP 134C.)

Salary Review Procedures

  • SOP 134D5: Salary Review Procedures for Foreign Service Entry-Level Officer Career Candidates, Specialist Career Candidates, and Consular Professional Candidates, effective October 15, 2024.  (This SOP replaces and supersedes SOP 134D4 dated 02/17/2023 and all previous versions of SOP 134D.)

Salary Standards for Limited Non-Career Appointment Foreign Service Consular Adjudicators

  • 134E4: Salary Standards for Foreign Service Consular Fellow Limited Non-Career Appointment, effective October 15, 2024. (This SOP replaces and supersedes SOP 134E3 dated 03/18/2022 and all previous versions of 134E.)
  • 134F5: Salary Standards for Foreign Service Consular Affairs Appointment Eligible Family Members effective October 15, 2024. (This SOP replaces and supersedes SOP 134F4 dated 03/18/2022 and all previous versions of 134F.)

Entry On Duty Deferment (all FS candidates)

  • SOP 107F: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Notice No. 107F. This SOP replaces and supersedes SOP 49, 11/1/91, and all amended versions; and all prior versions of SOP 107, effective January 7, 2022.