How much does a Foreign Service Specialist make in the United States? The salary range for a Foreign Service Specialist job is from $34,968 to $41,343 per year in the United States. Click on the filter to check out Foreign Service Specialist job salaries by hourly, weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly, and yearly.
Divided into two clear lines of Foreign Service specialist and Foreign Service officer, applicants are afforded the opportunity to select a path best suited to their interests and talents.
December 20, 2021
Limited Noncareer appointees are not officially part of the Foreign Service and must leave anytime a career person becomes available for their positions.
December 20, 2021
Since additional internal duties (including writing reports) and social functions (which are an important part of the job) can take up another 40 hours per week, people who are looking for a sinecure are ill-advised to enter the Foreign Service.
December 16, 2021
Diplomats who aspire to “career minister” (a high-level Senior Foreign Service office position) continue to accrue additional responsibilities and hours.
December 14, 2021
In the end, fewer than 2% of initial applicants to the State Department Foreign Service will matriculate as Foreign Service Officers.
December 11, 2021