TheUnited States order of precedence is an advisory document maintained by the Ceremonials Division of the Office of theChief of Protocol of the United States which lists the ceremonial order, or relative preeminence, for domestic and foreign government officials (military and civilian) at diplomatic, ceremonial, and social events within the United States and abroad.^[1][2] The list is used to mitigate miscommunication and embarrassment indiplomacy, and offer a distinct and concrete spectrum of preeminence for ceremonies.^[3] Often the document is used to advise diplomatic and ceremonial event planners on seating charts and order of introduction. Former presidents, vice presidents, first ladies, second ladies, and secretaries of state and retired Supreme Court justices are also included in the list.

The order is established by thepresident, through the Office of theChief of Staff,^[2] and is maintained by the State Department'sOffice of the Chief of Protocol.^[4] It is only used to indicate ceremonialprotocol and has no legal standing; it does not reflect thepresidential line of succession or the co-equal status of thebranches of government under theConstitution. The Office of the Chief of Protocol published an updated order of precedence in February 2022.^[3]

Except as otherwise noted, positions in the list are from the following source.^[5] Details are accurate as of May 9, 2025^[update].

1. President of the United States^{[n 1]} (Donald Trump)
2. Vice President of the United States^{[n 1]} (JD Vance)
3. Governor of a state^{[n 1]} – when in own state
4. Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mike Johnson)
5. Chief Justice of the United States (John Roberts)
6. Former presidents of the United States or theirwidows/widowers (by seniority of assuming office):
   1. Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)
   2. George W. Bush (January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009)
   3. Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017)
   4. Joe Biden (January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025)
7. Former vice presidents of the United States or theirwidows/widowers (by seniority of assuming office; note thatJoe Biden, who would otherwise appear in this list, already appears above as a former president):
   1. Dan Quayle (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993)
   2. Al Gore (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)
   3. Dick Cheney (January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009)
   4. Mike Pence (January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021)
   5. Kamala Harris (January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025)
8. American ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to foreign governments – when at post
9. American ambassadors, permanent representatives or representatives to international organizations who hold chief of mission authority^{[n 2]} – when at post
10. American chargé d'affaires ad interim – when at post
11. Secretary of State (Marco Rubio)
12. President, United Nations General Assembly – when in session (Annalena Baerbock)
13. Secretary-General of the United Nations – when at theUnited Nations (António Guterres)
14. President, United Nations General Assembly – when not in session
15. Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary of foreign diplomatic missions to the United States^{[n 3]} (in order of presentation of credentials to the president of the United States)
16. Associate justices of the Supreme Court (ranked by date of appointment):
    1. Clarence Thomas (October 18, 1991)
    2. Samuel Alito (January 31, 2006)
    3. Sonia Sotomayor (August 8, 2009)
    4. Elena Kagan (August 7, 2010)
    5. Neil Gorsuch (April 8, 2017)
    6. Brett Kavanaugh (October 6, 2018)
    7. Amy Coney Barrett (October 27, 2020)
    8. Ketanji Brown Jackson (June 30, 2022)
17. Retired chief justices of the United States (ranked by date of appointment; currently none)
18. Retired associate justices of the Supreme Court, unless they resigned (ranked by date of appointment):^{[n 4]}
    1. Anthony Kennedy (February 18, 1988 – July 31, 2018)
    2. Stephen Breyer (August 3, 1994 – June 30, 2022)
19. The Cabinet (other than Secretary of State), ranked according to the date of establishment of the department,^{[n 5]} as added by the president,^{[n 6]} as follows:
    1. Secretary of the Treasury (Scott Bessent)
    2. Secretary of Defense (Pete Hegseth)
    3. Attorney General (Pam Bondi)
    4. Secretary of the Interior (Doug Burgum)
    5. Secretary of Agriculture (Brooke Rollins)
    6. Secretary of Commerce (Howard Lutnick)
    7. Secretary of Labor (Lori Chavez-DeRemer)
    8. Secretary of Health and Human Services (Robert F. Kennedy Jr.)
    9. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Scott Turner)
    10. Secretary of Transportation (Sean Duffy)
    11. Secretary of Energy (Chris Wright)
    12. Secretary of Education (Linda McMahon)
    13. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Doug Collins)
    14. Secretary of Homeland Security (Kristi Noem)
    15. White House chief of staff (Susie Wiles)
    16. Administrator,Environmental Protection Agency (Lee Zeldin)
    17. Director,Office of Management and Budget (Russell Vought)
    18. United States trade representative (Jamieson Greer)
    19. Ambassador to the United Nations (Mike Waltz)
    20. Administrator,Small Business Administration (Kelly Loeffler)
    21. Director of National Intelligence (Tulsi Gabbard)
    22. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (John Ratcliffe)
20. President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (Chuck Grassley)
21. Senate majority leader (John Thune)
22. Senate minority leader (Chuck Schumer)
23. Senate majority whip (John Barrasso)
24. Senate minority whip (Dick Durbin)
25. Senators (bylength of service; if the same, by thestate's date of admission into the Union oralphabetically by state)
26. Governors of states^{[n 1]} – when outside their own states (relative precedence among governors, all of whom are outside their own state, is determined by eachstate's date of admission into the Union oralphabetically by state)
    1. Governor of Delaware (Matt Meyer)
    2. Governor of Pennsylvania (Josh Shapiro)
    3. Governor of New Jersey (Phil Murphy)
    4. Governor of Georgia (Brian Kemp)
    5. Governor of Connecticut (Ned Lamont)
    6. Governor of Massachusetts (Maura Healey)
    7. Governor of Maryland (Wes Moore)
    8. Governor of South Carolina (Henry McMaster)
    9. Governor of New Hampshire (Kelly Ayotte)
    10. Governor of Virginia (Glenn Youngkin)
    11. Governor of New York (Kathy Hochul)
    12. Governor of North Carolina (Josh Stein)
    13. Governor of Rhode Island (Daniel McKee)
    14. Governor of Vermont (Phil Scott)
    15. Governor of Kentucky (Andy Beshear)
    16. Governor of Tennessee (Bill Lee)
    17. Governor of Ohio (Mike DeWine)
    18. Governor of Louisiana (Jeff Landry)
    19. Governor of Indiana (Mike Braun)
    20. Governor of Mississippi (Tate Reeves)
    21. Governor of Illinois (J. B. Pritzker)
    22. Governor of Alabama (Kay Ivey)
    23. Governor of Maine (Janet Mills)
    24. Governor of Missouri (Mike Kehoe)
    25. Governor of Arkansas (Sarah Huckabee Sanders)
    26. Governor of Michigan (Gretchen Whitmer)
    27. Governor of Florida (Ron DeSantis)
    28. Governor of Texas (Greg Abbott)
    29. Governor of Iowa (Kim Reynolds)
    30. Governor of Wisconsin (Tony Evers)
    31. Governor of California (Gavin Newsom)
    32. Governor of Minnesota (Tim Walz)
    33. Governor of Oregon (Tina Kotek)
    34. Governor of Kansas (Laura Kelly)
    35. Governor of West Virginia (Patrick Morrisey)
    36. Governor of Nevada (Joe Lombardo)
    37. Governor of Nebraska (Jim Pillen)
    38. Governor of Colorado (Jared Polis)
    39. Governor of North Dakota (Kelly Armstrong)
    40. Governor of South Dakota (Larry Rhoden)
    41. Governor of Montana (Greg Gianforte)
    42. Governor of Washington (Bob Ferguson)
    43. Governor of Idaho (Brad Little)
    44. Governor of Wyoming (Mark Gordon)
    45. Governor of Utah (Spencer Cox)
    46. Governor of Oklahoma (Kevin Stitt)
    47. Governor of New Mexico (Michelle Lujan Grisham)
    48. Governor of Arizona (Katie Hobbs)
    49. Governor of Alaska (Mike Dunleavy)
    50. Governor of Hawaii (Josh Green)
27. House majority leader (Steve Scalise)
28. House minority leader (Hakeem Jeffries)
29. House majority whip (Tom Emmer)
30. House minority whip (Katherine Clark)
31. Members of theHouse of Representatives (bylength of service; if the same, by thestates's date of admission into the Union oralphabetically by state)
32. Delegates orresident commissioners to theHouse of Representatives (non-voting members) fromTerritory of American Samoa,District of Columbia,Territory of Guam,Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, andVirgin Islands of the United States (bylength of service)
    1. Eleanor Holmes Norton of theDistrict of Columbia (January 3, 1991)
    2. Amata Coleman Radewagen ofAmerican Samoa (January 3, 2015)
    3. Stacey Plaskett of theUS Virgin Islands (January 3, 2015)
    4. James Moylan ofGuam (January 3, 2023)
    5. Pablo Hernández Rivera ofPuerto Rico (January 3, 2025)
    6. Kimberlyn King-Hinds of theNorthern Mariana Islands (January 3, 2025)
33. Governors ofCommonwealth of Puerto Rico,Territory of Guam,Territory of American Samoa,United States Virgin Islands, and theCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (ordered by territory's date of entering U.S. jurisdiction oralphabetically by territory):
    1. Governor of Puerto Rico (Jenniffer González-Colón)
    2. Governor of Guam (Lou Leon Guerrero)
    3. Governor of American Samoa (Pula Nikolao Pula)
    4. Governor of the US Virgin Islands (Albert Bryan)
    5. Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (David M. Apatang)
34. Assistants to the president:
    1. National Security Advisor (Marco Rubio) (Acting)
    2. Counselors to the president (ranked by date of appointment):
       1. Peter Navarro (January 20, 2025)
    3. White House deputy chiefs of staff (ranked by date of appointment):
       1. Dan Scavino (January 20, 2025)
       2. Stephen Miller (January 20, 2025)
       3. James Blair (January 20, 2025)
       4. Taylor Budowich (January 20, 2025)
       5. Nicholas Luna (January 20, 2025)
       6. Beau Harrison (January 20, 2025)
    4. Chief of Staff to the spouse of the president (Hayley Harrison)
    5. Chief of Staff to the vice president (Jacob Reses)
    6. Senior advisors to the president (ordered by date of appointment):
       1. Massad Boulos (January 20, 2025)
    7. Remainingassistants to the president or special presidential envoys who previously held Cabinet rank (ordered by date of appointment; excluding those already listed above)
       1. Steven Cheung (January 20, 2025)
       2. Joshua Fisher (January 20, 2025)
       3. Sergio Gor (January 20, 2025)
       4. Vince Haley (January 20, 2025)
       5. Kevin Hassett (January 20, 2025)
       6. Karoline Leavitt (January 20, 2025)
       7. Will Scharf (January 20, 2025)
       8. David Warrington (January 20, 2025)
       9. Steve Witkoff (January 20, 2025)
       10. Ross Worthington (January 20, 2025)
35. Othercounselors to the president (ranked by date of appointment; currently none):
36. Othersenior advisors to the president (ranked by date of appointment; currently none):
37. Chair of theCouncil of Economic Advisers (Stephen Miran) (Pierre Yared, Acting)
38. Chair of theCouncil on Environmental Quality (Katherine Scarlett)
39. Presidential Science Advisor and Director of theOffice of Science and Technology Policy (Michael Kratsios)
40. Director of theOffice of National Drug Control Policy (Jon Rice) (Acting)
41. Chief of Protocol (Monica Crowley) – when with the president or for a White House event
42. Ambassadors from the United States to international organizations who do not hold Chief of Mission authority (when at post)^{[n 7]}
43. Chargés d'affaires to the United States (ordered by assumption of office)
44. Former secretaries of state (ordered by term):
    1. James Baker (January 20, 1989 – August 23, 1992)
    2. Condoleezza Rice (January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009)
    3. Hillary Clinton (January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013) (note that Hillary Clinton would appear above when in attendance with her husband, former presidentBill Clinton)
    4. John Kerry (February 1, 2013 – January 20, 2017)
    5. Rex Tillerson (February 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018)
    6. Mike Pompeo (April 26, 2018 – January 20, 2021)
    7. Antony Blinken (January 26, 2021 – January 20, 2025)
45. Former members of the U.S. Cabinet (ordered by term, who do not already rank higher by virtue of another office)
46. Former U.S. senators (ordered by leadership position, then by term; if same, thenby date of statehood or ratification of the Constitution, who do not already rank higher by virtue of another office)
47. Former governors of the state or territory in which the event is held (ordered by term, who do not already rank higher by virtue of another office)
48. Former governors (of states other than the state in which the event is held,by date of statehood or ratification of the Constitution, who do not already rank higher by virtue of another office)
49. Former U.S. representatives (ordered by leadership position, then by term; if same, thenby date of statehood or ratification of the Constitution, who do not already rank higher by virtue of another office)
50. Deputy secretaries of executive departments (in the order of the creation of the respective departments or presidential appointment as for Cabinet above):
    1. Deputy Secretary of State (Christopher Landau)
    2. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources (Michael Rigas)
    3. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (Derek Theurer) (Acting)
    4. Deputy Secretary of Defense (Steve Feinberg)
    5. Deputy Attorney General (Todd Blanche)
    6. Deputy Secretary of the Interior (Katharine MacGregor)
    7. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture (Stephen Vaden)
    8. Deputy Secretary of Commerce (Paul Dabbar)
    9. Deputy Secretary of Labor (Keith Sonderling)
    10. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (Jim O'Neill)
    11. Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Andrew Hughes)
    12. Deputy Secretary of Transportation (Steven Bradbury)
    13. Deputy Secretary of Energy (James Danly)
    14. Deputy Secretary of Education (Richard Smith) (Acting)
    15. Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Paul Lawrence)
    16. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (Troy Edgar)
    17. Deputy Administrator of theEnvironmental Protection Agency (David Fotouhi)
    18. Deputy Director of theOffice of Management and Budget (Dan Bishop)
    19. Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (Aaron Lukas)
    20. Deputy trade representatives:
        1. Joseph Barloon
        2. Bryan Switzer
    21. Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations (Dorothy Shea)
    22. Deputy Administrator of theSmall Business Administration (Bill Briggs)
51. Secretaries of themilitary departments (by creation order of branch):
    1. Secretary of the Army (Dan Driscoll)
    2. Secretary of the Navy (John Phelan)
    3. Secretary of the Air Force (Troy Meink)
52. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Dan Caine)
53. Chairman of the Federal Reserve (Jerome Powell)
54. Commissioner of theSocial Security Administration (Frank Bisignano)
55. Heads ofindependent federal agencies atLevel II of the Executive Schedule (ordered by agency creation date, if same, then by term)
    1. Director of theNational Science Foundation (Vacant)
    2. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Sean Duffy) (Acting)^[6]
    3. Administrator of theUnited States Agency for International Development (Russell Vought) (Acting)
    4. Chairman of theAdministrative Conference of the United States (Vacant)
    5. Chairman of theNuclear Regulatory Commission (David A. Wright)
    6. Director of theUnited States Office of Personnel Management (Scott Kupor)
    7. Chief Executive Officer of theMillennium Challenge Corporation (Vacant)
    8. Director of theConsumer Financial Protection Bureau (Russell Vought) (Acting)
    9. CEO of theU.S. International Development Finance Corporation (Benjamin Black)
56. Vice-chair and governors of theFederal Reserve (by length of service)
    1. Michelle Bowman
    2. Christopher Waller
    3. Lisa Cook
    4. Philip Jefferson
    5. Michael Barr
    6. Stephen Miran
57. Deputy Commissioner of theSocial Security Administration (Vacant)
58. Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Michael Ellis)
59. Principal Deputy Director of theOffice of National Drug Control Policy (Vacant)
60. Director of theNational Counterterrorism Center (Joe Kent)
61. Deputy heads ofindependent federal agencies atLevel II of the Executive Schedule (ordered by agency creation date, if same, then by term)
62. Under secretaries of state and departmental positions of equivalent rank (ordered by departmental line of succession)
    1. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Allison Hooker)
    2. Under Secretary of State for Management (Jason Evans)
    3. Remaining under secretaries of state, ordered by date of appointment:
       1. Counselor of the United States Department of State (Michael Needham) (January 20, 2025)
       2. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (Thomas DiNanno) (October 10, 2025)
       3. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (Sarah Rogers) (October 10, 2025)
       4. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (Jacob Helberg) (TBA)
       5. Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights (Jeremy P. Lewin) (July 11, 2025) (Acting) (as Under Secretary of State for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs, and Religious Freedom)
63. Under secretaries of executive departments and departmental positions of equivalent rank,Treasurer of the United States,associate attorneys general, andSolicitor General (ordered as Cabinet above and then by departmental line of succession)
64. Heads offederal departmental agencies (ordered as Cabinet above and then as by departmental line of succession). This includes the directors of theFederal Bureau of Investigation, theU.S. Secret Service, theFederal Aviation Administration, andCustoms and Border Protection
65. Formerchairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (ordered by term)
    1. Hugh Shelton (October 1, 1997 – September 30, 2001)
    2. Richard Myers (October 1, 2001 – September 30, 2005)
    3. Peter Pace (October 1, 2005 – September 30, 2007)
    4. Michael Mullen (October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2011)
    5. Martin Dempsey (October 1, 2011 – September 30, 2015)
    6. Joseph Dunford (October 1, 2015 – September 30, 2019)
    7. Mark Milley (October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2023)
    8. Charles Q. Brown Jr. (October 1, 2023 – February 21, 2025)
66. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Christopher J. Mahoney)
67. Joint chiefs of staff (ordered by date of appointment):
    1. Chief of Space Operations (B. Chance Saltzman) (November 2, 2022)
    2. Chief of Staff of the Army (Randy A. George) (September 21, 2023)
    3. Commandant of the Marine Corps (Eric M. Smith) (September 22, 2023)
    4. Chief of Staff of the Air Force (David W. Allvin) (November 2, 2023)
    5. Chief of Naval Operations (Daryl L. Caudle) (August 25, 2025)
68. Chief of the National Guard Bureau (Steven S. Nordhaus)
69. Commandant of the Coast Guard (Kevin E. Lunday) (Acting)
70. Combatant commanders of theUnified Combatant Commands of four-star grade (ordered by date of appointment):
    1. Strategic Command (Anthony J. Cotton) (December 9, 2022)
    2. Space Command (Stephen N. Whiting) (January 10, 2024)
    3. Northern Command (Gregory M. Guillot) (February 5, 2024)
    4. Indo-Pacific Command (Samuel J. Paparo Jr.) (May 3, 2024)
    5. Transportation Command (Randall Reed) (October 4, 2024)
    6. Southern Command (Alvin Holsey) (November 7, 2024)
    7. Cyber Command (William J. Hartman) (April 3, 2025) (Acting)
    8. European Command (Alexus G. Grynkewich) (July 1, 2025)
    9. Central Command (C. Bradford Cooper II) (August 8, 2025)
    10. Africa Command (Dagvin R. M. Anderson) (August 15, 2025)
    11. Special Operations Command (Frank M. Bradley) (October 3, 2025)
71. Heads ofindependent federal agencies atLevel III of the Executive Schedule (ordered by agency creation date, if same, then by term)
72. Deputy heads ofindependent federal agencies atLevel III of the Executive Schedule (ordered by agency creation date, if same, then by term)
73. Postmaster General (David Steiner)
74. Lieutenant governor (of the state in which the event is held)
75. Mayor (of the city in which the event is held)
76. Heads of international organizations when not at post (ranked by date of establishment)
77. Ambassadors or permanent representatives of foreign governments accredited to international organizations headquartered in the United States
78. Ambassadors from the United States to foreign governments (on official business in the United States or another country)
79. Chief of Protocol (when at the Department of State or at events outside the White House, otherwise appears above)
80. Ambassadors from the United States to international organizations who hold Chief of Mission authority (on official business in the United States or another country)
81. Ambassadors from the United States to international organizations who do not hold Chief of Mission authority (on official business in the United States or another country)
82. Career ambassadors
83. National Security Council Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary (Catherine Keller)
84. Chief of Staff to the Spouse of the Vice President (Shannon Fisher)
85. Deputy Assistants to the President (ordered by date of appointment)
86. Executive Secretary of theNational Space Council (Vacant)
87. Chief judges and circuit judges of theUnited States Courts of Appeals (by length of service)
88. Chief judges and district judges of theUnited States District Courts (by length of service)
89. Chief Judge and judges of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (by length of service)
    1. Kevin A. Ohlson (November 1, 2013)
    2. John E. Sparks (April 19, 2016)
    3. Gregory E. Maggs (January 29, 2018)
    4. Liam P. Hardy (December 8, 2020)
    5. M. Tia Johnson (January 3, 2023)
90. Chief Judge and judges of theUnited States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (by length of service)
    1. Margaret Bartley (June 28, 2012)
    2. Coral Wong Pietsch (June 28, 2012)
    3. William S. Greenberg (December 28, 2012)
    4. Michael P. Allen (August 3, 2017)
    5. Amanda Meredith (August 3, 2017)
    6. Joseph Toth (August 3, 2017)
    7. Joseph L. Falvey Jr. (May 14, 2018)
    8. Scott J. Laurer (August 2020)
    9. Grant C. Jaquith (September 3, 2020)
91. Chief Judge and judges of the United States Tax Court (by length of service)
92. Chargés d'affaires from the United States (ordered by assumption of office)
93. Under secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (ordered by date of appointment)
    1. Under Secretary of the Air Force (Matthew Lohmeier) (July 25, 2025)
    2. Under Secretary of the Army (Michael Obadal) (September 22, 2025)
    3. Under Secretary of the Navy (Hung Cao) (October 3, 2025)
94. Assistant secretaries (ordered as Cabinet above and then as by departmental line of succession)
95. Chiefs of staff to heads of executive departments (ordered as Cabinet above and then as by departmental line of succession)
96. Ambassadors-at-large (ordered as Cabinet above and then as by departmental line of succession)
97. Special envoys/representatives (ordered as Cabinet above and then as by departmental line of succession)
98. Assistant attorneys general (ordered by departmental line of succession)
99. White House Social Secretary (Vacant)
100. Senior directors of theNational Security Council
101. Legal advisers of executive departments (ordered as Cabinet above and then as by departmental line of succession)
102. Special assistants to the president (ranked by date of appointment)
103. Heads ofindependent federal agencies atLevel IV of the Executive Schedule (ordered by agency creation date, if same, then by term)
     1. Director of theSelective Service System (Craig T. Brown) (Acting)
     2. Chairman of theFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Travis Hill) (Acting)
     3. Chairman of theUnited States Commission on Civil Rights (Peter Kirsanow)
     4. Chairman of thePostal Regulatory Commission (Michael M. Kubayanda)
     5. President of theInter-American Foundation (Vacant)
     6. Chairman of theFederal Election Commission (Shana M. Broussard)
     7. Chairman of theFederal Labor Relations Authority (Colleen Kiko)
     8. Special Counsel of theOffice of Special Counsel (Jamieson Greer) (Acting)
     9. Director of theCourt Services and Offender Supervision Agency (Denise Simmonds) (Acting)
     10. Chairperson of theChemical Safety Board (Steve Owens)
     11. CEO of theBroadcasting Board of Governors and Director of theInternational Broadcasting Bureau (Vacant)
     12. Chairman of theElection Assistance Commission (Donald Palmer)
104. Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Dan Bongino), (Andrew Bailey)
105. Deputy heads ofindependent federal agencies atLevel IV of the Executive Schedule (ordered by agency creation date, if same, then by term)
106. Assistant administrators of theEnvironmental Protection Agency
107. Assistant administrators of theUnited States Agency for International Development
108. Assistanttrade representatives
109. Associate administrators of theSmall Business Administration
110. Comptroller General of the United States (Gene Dodaro)
111. Members of theCouncil of Economic Advisers (ranked alphabetically)
112. Members of theCouncil on Environmental Quality (ranked alphabetically)
113. American ambassadors-designate (in the United States)
114. Mayors of U.S. cities (when not in own city; if multiple mayors present, rank by length of service)
115. Mayor of the District of Columbia (Muriel Bowser) (when not in own city)
116. Mayors of U.S. territories (when not in own city)
117. Vice chiefs of staff (ordered by date of appointment):
     1. Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (James J. Mingus) (January 5, 2024)
     2. Vice Chief of Naval Operations (James W. Kilby) (January 5, 2024)
     3. Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force (Scott L. Pleus) (February 21, 2025) (Acting)
     4. Vice Chief of Space Operations (Shawn N. Bratton) (August 1, 2025)
     5. Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps (Bradford J. Gering) (October 1, 2025)
118. Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau (Timothy L. Rieger) (Acting)
119. Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard (Thomas G. Allan Jr.) (Acting)^{[n 8]}
120. Assistant secretaries and general counsels of the Department of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (by date of appointment)
     1. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) (Adam Telle) (August 5, 2025)
     2. Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) (Rich Anderson) (September 22, 2025)
     3. Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (Brent Ingraham) (September 22, 2025)
     4. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment) (Jordan Gillis) (October 6, 2025)
     5. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (Marc Andersen) (October 7, 2025)
     6. Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) (Philip Weinberg) (October 7, 2025)
     7. Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (Jules W. Hurst III) (TBD)
     8. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) (Alaleh Jenkins) (January 20, 2025) (Acting)
     9. General Counsel of the Navy (Catherine L. Kessmeier) (January 20, 2025) (Acting)
     10. General Counsel of the Air Force (Shannon Ann McGuire) (January 20, 2025) (Acting)
     11. General Counsel of the Army (Levator Norsworthy) (January 20, 2025) (Acting)
     12. Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Energy) (Michael E. Saunders) (January 20, 2025) (Acting)
     13. Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) (William D. Bailey) (June 2, 2025) (Acting)
     14. Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration (Kristin Panzenhagen) (July 2025) (Acting)
     15. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) (Jason L. Potter) (July 16, 2025) (Acting)
     16. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) (Elmer Román) (July 22, 2025) (Acting)
     17. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (C. Scott Duncan) (July 29, 2025) (Acting)
121. Four-star military officers (in order of seniority: retired officers rank with but after active-duty officers)
122. Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (if not listed above)
123. Officers of theU.S. Senate:
     1. Chaplain (Barry Black)
     2. Secretary for the Majority (Robert M. Duncan)
     3. Secretary for the Minority (Gary B. Myrick)
     4. Secretary of the Senate (Jackie Barber)
     5. Sergeant at Arms (Jennifer Hemingway)
     6. Parliamentarian (Elizabeth MacDonough)
124. Officers of theU.S. House of Representatives:
     1. Chaplain (Margaret G. Kibben) (Acting)
     2. Chief Administrative Officer (Catherine Szpindor)
     3. Clerk of the House (Kevin McCumber)
     4. Sergeant at Arms (William McFarland)
125. Three-star military officers (in order of seniority: retired officers rank with but after active-duty officers)
126. State senators (when in own state; ranked by length of service, when the same, by alphabetical order by surname)
127. State representatives (when in own state; ranked by length of service, when the same, by alphabetical order by surname)
128. Former American ambassadors/chiefs of diplomatic missions (in order of presentation of credentials at first post, who do not already rank higher by virtue of another office)
129. Chairmen or heads ofother federal boards, councils and commissions not previously listed
130. Librarian of Congress (Robert Newlen/Todd Blanche) (Disputed) (Acting)
131. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (Lonnie Bunch)
132. Chairman of the American Red Cross (Gail J. McGovern)
133. Deputy chiefs of Protocol (ranked by date of appointment)
134. Minister-rank officials assigned to foreign bilateral diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.
135. Deputy under secretaries of executive departments (according to date of establishment of the department; if more than one from a department, then as ranked within the department)
136. Principal deputy assistant secretaries of executive departments (according to date of establishment of the department; if more than one from a department, then as ranked within the department)
137. Deputy counsels of executive departments (according to date of establishment of the department; if more than one from a department, then as ranked within the department)
138. Two-star military officers (in order of seniority: retired officers rank with but after active-duty officers)
139. Deputy assistant secretaries of executive departments (according to date of establishment of the department; if more than one from a department, then as ranked within the department)
140. Deputy assistant secretaries and deputy general counsels of the Army, Navy and Air Force (by date of appointment)
141. Directors of theNational Security Council
142. American consuls general to foreign governments (at post)
143. American deputy chiefs of mission (at post)
144. Deputy ambassadors or permanent representatives of foreign governments accredited to international organizations headquartered in the United States
145. Assistantchiefs of protocol
146. Minister-Counselor-rank officials assigned to foreign diplomatic missions
147. Chief Judge and judges,United States Court of International Trade (by seniority)
     1. Mark A. Barnett (May 28, 2013) (Chief Judge)
     2. Claire R. Kelly (May 28, 2013)
     3. Jennifer Choe-Groves (June 8, 2016)
     4. Gary Katzmann (September 15, 2016)
     5. Timothy M. Reif (August 8, 2019)
     6. M. Miller Baker (December 18, 2019)
     7. Lisa Wang (February 7, 2024)
     8. Joseph A. Laroski (February 14, 2024)
     9. 1 seat vacant
148. Chief Judge and associate judges,United States Court of Federal Claims (by seniority)
     1. Matthew H. Solomson (February 3, 2020) (Chief Judge)
     2. Elaine D. Kaplan (November 6, 2013)
     3. Richard Hertling (June 12, 2019)
     4. Ryan T. Holte (July 11, 2019)
     5. David A. Tapp (November 19, 2019)
     6. Eleni M. Roumel (February 24, 2020)
     7. Edward H. Meyers (October 20, 2020)
     8. Kathryn C. Davis (December 16, 2020)
     9. Zachary Somers (December 22, 2020)
     10. Thompson M. Dietz (December 22, 2020)
     11. Stephen S. Schwartz (December 22, 2020)
     12. Carolyn N. Lerner (February 17, 2022)
     13. Armando O. Bonilla (February 17, 2022)
     14. Molly Silfen (June 13, 2023)
     15. Philip Hadji (September 28, 2023)
     16. Robin M. Meriweather (August 8, 2024)
149. One-star military officers (in order of seniority: retired officers rank with but after active-duty officers)
150. Directors of offices of executive departments
151. Consuls general of foreign governments accredited to the United States
152. Counselor-rank officials assigned to foreign bilateral diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.
153. Members of theSenior Executive Service not holding previously listed positions (by date of appointment, unless ranked differently as determined by the respective executive department)
154. Members of other federal boards, councils, and commissions not previously listed
155. Desk officers of executive departments
156. First Secretary-rank officials assigned to foreign bilateral diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.

• Mary Mel French (2010).United States Protocol: The Guide to Official Diplomatic Etiquette. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 15ff.ISBN 9781442203204.

• United States Order of Precedence (PDF; 655 KB) from the U.S. State Department website
• Diplomatic List: Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials (for foreign diplomats) from the U.S. State Department website

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