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2009 Hardship Duty Pay
Posted : Wednesday Jan 14, 2009 10:59:10 EST
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
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