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What foreign service officers make
Mid-career
$91,000
New officer
$56,000
Senior, heading a section
$139,000
Job Bank's national median is $43.71 an hour, about $91,000 a year full time. The salary is only part of it: while posted abroad, officers also receive allowances for housing, hardship and moving, which are set separately from base pay.