Department of State Salaries of 2021
The Department of State had 12,563 employees in 2015 with an average pay (base salary + bonus) of $118,251.86. The most common occupation was foreign affairs, followed by passport and visa examining. The most common payscale is General Schedule.
The top ten percent of employees in the Department of State earn 15% of the total income. See the top 100 most well paid employees in Department of State.
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Pay Distribution in the Department of State
Top 10 Occupations in the Department of State
Payscale Distribution

Payscale Distribution
The most common payscale is General Schedule, which pays 92.72% of the employees in the Department of State. General Schedule is followed by Grades Similar To General Schedule, which pays 3.73% of employees.
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The agency code of the Department of State is ST00
.