Amendment to Executive Order 12293, the Foreign Service of the United States
Adjusts Senior Foreign Service Salary Ranges and Pay Rules
What it does
Agencies must convert Senior Foreign Service members to the new pay ranges, preserve prior pay and locality payments, and allow increases for performance when eligible.
Real-world impact
- Changes salary ranges for Senior Foreign Service positions.
- Preserves members' prior basic pay and locality comparability payments.
- Allows agency leaders to increase pay for performance when eligible.
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Summary
This order updates basic salary rates for each class of the Senior Foreign Service and amends Section 4 of Executive Order 12293. It establishes three salary classes with specific pay ranges tied to percentages of Executive Schedule level III and GS-15/Step 1, and it protects members' existing basic pay and locality comparability payments when converting to the new ranges. The Secretary of State or other agency heads may raise a member's basic pay for performance when eligible, and the new rates take effect on the first pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2004.
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