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2009 Hardship Duty Pay

Hardship Duty Pay-Location, or HDP-L, compensates service members assigned to areas with extraordinarily arduous quality-of-life conditions. The list of worldwide locations where the pay is awarded, and the monthly rates in effect Jan. 1:

Regions with single rates

Area — Monthly rate in dollars

Afghanistan — 100

Albania — 150

Algeria — 100

American Samoa — 50

Angola — 150

Antarctic Region (below 60°S latitude) — 150

Antigua AS — 50

Arctic Circle Region (above 66°33'N latitude) — 150

Armenia — 150

Ascension AAF — 150

Azerbaijan — 100

Azores (Portugal) — 50

Bahamas, Andros Island — 50

Bangladesh — 150

Belarus — 150

Benin — 150

Bosnia-Herzegovina — 100

Botswana, Selabi Phikwe — 100

Brunei — 100

Bulgaria — 150

Burkina — 150

Burma (Myanmar) — 150

Burundi — 100

Cambodia — 150

Cameroon — 150

Canada, Northwest Territory — 150

Cape Verde — 150

Central African Republic — 150

Chad — 100

Colombia — 50

Croatia — 50

Cyprus — 50

Democratic Republic of Congo — 100

Djibouti — 100

Dominican Republic — 150

East Timor — 100

Ecuador — 100

Equitorial Guinea — 150

Eritrea — 100

Estonia — 50

Ethiopia — 100

Fiji — 100

Gabon — 150

Gambia — 150

Georgia — 150

Ghana — 150

Greece, Kavala Relay Station — 100

Greenland — 150

Grenada — 50

Guinea — 150

Guinea Bissau — 150

Guyana — 150

Haiti — 100

Honduras — 150

Iceland, Reykjavik — 50

India — 150

Indonesia — 100

Iraq — 100

Israel — 50

Ivory Coast — 100

Jamaica, Kingston — 100

Johnston Atoll — 150

Kazakhstan — 150

Kenya — 100

Kosovo — 100

Kuwait — 100

Kyrgyzstan — 100

Laos — 150

Latvia — 50

Lebanon — 100

Lesotho — 150

Liberia, Monrovia — 100

Libya — 150

Macedonia — 100

Madagascar — 150

Malawi — 150

Malaysia — 50

Mali — 150

Malta — 50

Mauritania — 150

Mauritius — 50

Micronesia — 150

Moldova — 150

Mongolia — 150

Montenegro — 100

Mozambique — 150

Namibia — 50

Nepal — 150

Niger — 150

Nigeria — 150

North Korea — 150

Pakistan — 100

Palau — 50

Papua New Guinea — 150

Paraguay — 50

Peru — 150

Philippines — 100

Puerto Rico

Vieques Island — 50

Qatar, Al Udeid, Camp Snoopy, Camp As Syliyah — 50

Romania — 100

Russia — 150

Rwanda — 100

Sao Tome and Principe — 150

Saudi Arabia — 100

Senegal — 100

Serbia — 100

Sierra Leone — 150

Slovakia — 50

Solomon Islands — 100

South Africa — 50

Sri Lanka — 150

Suriname — 150

Swaziland — 50

Syria — 100

Tajikistan — 100

Tanzania — 150

Togo — 150

Trinidad and Tobago — 100

Tunisia — 50

Turkmenistan — 150

Uganda — 100

Ukraine — 150

Uzbekistan — 100

Vanuatu — 100

Venezuela — 100

Vietnam — 150

Western Sahara, Laayoune and MINURSO UN team sites — 150

Yemen — 100

Zambia — 150

Zimbabwe — 150

Regions with multiple rates

Alaska

Attu, St. Paul, Port Clarence, Unalaska, Shoal Cove, Tok, Eareckson Air Station, Annette Island, Clear, Fort Greely, Cordova and all areas above 66°33’ N latitude — 150

Australia

Alice Springs and Learmonth Observatory — 50

Brazil

Sao Paulo, Fortaleza, Ceara, Recife, Pernambuco, and the states of Amazonas, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Para, Piaui, Rondonia, Roriame, Rio de Janeiro and Brazilia — 50

Belize

Belize City — 100

Other — 150

Bolivia

Cochabamba — 50

Other — 150

Chagos Archipelago

Diego Garcia — 150

Other — 50

China —

Beijing — 100

Chengdu, Shenyang, Guangzhou, other — 150

Shanghai, Hong Kong — 50

Congo

Brazzaville — 150

Other — 100

Cook Islands

Rarotonga — 50

Other — 100

Cuba

Havana, JTF-Guantanamo Bay — 150

Other Guantanamo Bay — 100

Egypt

Cairo West AB — 100

Ras Nasrani, El Gorah — 50

Other — 100

El Salvador

San Salvador — 150

Other — 100

Guatemala

Guatemala City — 50

Other — 100

Hungary

Budapest — 0

Other — 50

Jordan

King Faisal AB, Prince Hasan, Shaheed — 100

Other — 50

Marshall Islands

Majuro — 100

Kwajalein Atoll, Other — 50

Mexico

Ciudad Juarez, Metapa, Mexico City, Tapachula — 100

Hermosito, Merida, Monterrey, Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Tijuana, Tuxtia Gutierrez — 50

Nicaragua

Managua — 100

Other — 150

Oman

Muscat — 50

Other — 100

Panama

Panama City — 0

Other — 50

Poland

Warsaw — 0

Other — 50

South Korea

Area 1 — 150

Camp Yongin, Gwang Ju AB, Pohang — 100

Other — 50

Taiwan

Kaohsiung — 100

Taipei — 50

Other — 150

Thailand

Bangkok, Chiang Mai — 50

Other — 150

Turkey

Afyon, Batman, Corlu, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Iskendrun, Mardin, Mersin, Oguzeli, Sabiha Gokcen, Sanliurfa, Tasucu, Nusaybin, Konya, Pirinclik — 100

Eskisehir — 50

United Arab Emirates

Dubai, Abu Dhabi — 0

Other — 100