Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§3966 Within-class salary increases
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - COMPENSATION › § 3966
Summary
Employees paid under the Foreign Service pay schedule must move up one salary step at the start of the first pay period after they finish the required time in their current step: 52 calendar weeks for steps 1 through 9, and 104 calendar weeks for steps 10 through 13. The Secretary may give an extra step increase for especially meritorious service to someone getting the regular increase above.
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Title 22, §3966
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(a)Any member of the Service receiving a salary under the Foreign Service Schedule shall be advanced to the next higher salary step in the member’s class at the beginning of the first applicable pay period following the completion by that member of a period of—
(1)52 calendar weeks of service in each of salary steps 1 through 9, and
(2)104 calendar weeks of service in each of salary steps 10 through 13,
(b)The Secretary may grant, on the basis of especially meritorious service, to any member of the Service receiving an increase in salary under subsection (a), an additional salary increase to any higher step in the salary class in which the member is serving.
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22 U.S.C. § 3966
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73