Modeled career paths · Foreign service

Where does a Foreign Service Officer go next?

What employers are asking a Foreign Service Officer for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Management path

Senior Foreign Service Officer+28% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

64% of modeled moves out of Foreign Service Officer go here

leadership branch100% of modeled exits move upward from there

Deputy Chief of Mission+71% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

21% of modeled moves out of Foreign Service Officer go here

leadership branch84% of modeled exits move upward from there

Supervisory Border Officer+8% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Senior Border Officer. 5% joint modeled share

leadership branch100% of modeled exits move upward from there

Higher-growth opportunity

Ambassador+146% typical comp change · ~6.0y typical

reachable via Senior Foreign Service Officer. 16% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Career pivot

Senior Border Officer-15% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

7% of modeled moves out of Foreign Service Officer go here

pivot86% of modeled exits move upward from there

Courtroom Coordinator-10% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

7% of modeled moves out of Foreign Service Officer go here

pivot60% of modeled exits move upward from there

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.