Editing United States Marshals Service (section)

===Deputy Marshals===
Deputy U.S. Marshals start their careers at the [[General Schedule (US civil service pay scale)|GS]]-7 pay grade.<ref name="opm.gov"/> After the first year in grade, they are promoted to [[General Schedule (US civil service pay scale)|GS]]-9, then to [[General Schedule (US civil service pay scale)|GS]]-11 after a second year, and then to [[General Schedule (US civil service pay scale)|GS]]-12 after a third year. Once deputies reach the GS-11 pay grade, they are reclassified as [[Special agent|1811 Criminal Investigators]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opm.gov/fedclass/gs181011.pdf |title=Position Classification Standard for General Investigating/Criminal Investigating Series, GS-1810/1811 |publisher=[[United States Office of Personnel Management]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327051121/http://www.opm.gov/fedclass/gs181011.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2009 }}</ref> Criminal Investigators work additional hours and receive an additional 25% [[Law Enforcement Availability Pay]] on top of their base pay.

Duties performed include criminal investigations, execution of warrants, and other investigative operations. They also protect government officials, process seized assets of crime rings for investigative agencies, and relocate and arrange new identities for federal witnesses in the [[United States Federal Witness Protection Program]], which is headed by the USMS.<ref name="WitSec">{{cite web |title=Witness Security - U.S. Marshals |url=https://www.usmarshals.gov/what-we-do/witness-security |website=United States Marshals Service |date=August 3, 2020 |publisher=Department of Justice |access-date=20 March 2025}}</ref> After Congress passed the [[Adam Walsh Act]], the U.S. Marshals Service was chosen to head the new federal sex offender tracking and prosecution team.<ref name="Sex Offender Tracking">{{cite web |title=Most Wanted International Sex Offenders |url=https://www.usmarshals.gov/what-we-do/fugitive-investigations/most-wanted-international-sex-offenders |website=United States Marshals Service |date=September 19, 2020 |publisher=Department of Justice |access-date=20 March 2025}}</ref>