The United States Department of State lists "Foreign Service Diplomatic Courier" as one of its careers with a starting salary at Foreign Service grade FP-6.[1] Couriers are trained for roughly twelve to fourteen weeks in Washington, D.C., and during their careers may be assigned to one of several U.S. diplomatic courier offices around the world, including Dakar, Senegal; Sydney, Australia;Bangkok, Thailand; Frankfurt, Germany;Manama, Bahrain; Pretoria, South Africa;Seoul, South Korea; Washington, D.C.; São Paulo, Brazil and Miami, Florida.[1]