Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§3967 Salaries for Foreign Service Personnel Abroad Who Perform Routine Duties
Title 22 › CHAPTER 52 — FOREIGN SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER IV — COMPENSATION › § 3967
Summary
The Secretary may set lower pay for some Foreign Service workers than the normal Foreign Service Schedule. Those lower pay rates must be at least the minimum wage named in section 206(a)(1) of title 29. The lower rates can be used for people hired abroad who cannot be sent to another post or are not qualified for another job and who do more routine work than class 9 staff.
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Title 22, §3967
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(a)The Secretary may establish salary rates at rates lower than those established for the Foreign Service Schedule for the Foreign Service personnel described in subsection (b). The rates established under this subsection may be no less than the then applicable minimum wage rate specified in section 206(a)(1) of title 29.
(b)The Secretary may pay Foreign Service personnel who are recruited abroad, who are not available or are not qualified for assignment to another Foreign Service post, and who perform duties of a more routine nature than are generally performed by Foreign Service personnel assigned to class 9 in the Foreign Service Schedule, in accordance with the salary rates established under subsection (a).
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22 U.S.C. § 3967
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102