Hardship duty pay-location compensates service members assigned to areas with extraordinarily arduous quality-of-life conditions

Hardship duty pay-location, or HDP-L, compensates service members assigned to areas with extraordinarily arduous quality-of-life conditions. Below are the monthly rates in effect for all locations that qualify for the pay. If no specific cities within a country are listed, all locations in that country qualify for the pay. Locations with an asterisk (*) also qualify for combat-zone tax relief benefits. Areas that currently qualify for HDP-L, and the monthly rates:

Area Monthly rate
Afghanistan* $100
Albania* 150
Algeria 100
American Samoa 50
Angola 150
Antarctic Region
(below 60°S latitude) 150
Antigua AS 50
Arctic Region
(above 66°33'N latitude) 150
Armenia 150
Ascension AAF 150
Australia
Alice Springs 50
Azerbaijan 100
Azores (Portugal) 50
Bahamas
Andros Island 50
Bahrain* 50
Bangladesh 150
Belarus 150
Belize
Belize City 100
Other 150
Benin 150
Bolivia
Cochabamba, Santa Cruz 50
Other 150
Bosnia-Herzegovina 150
Botswana
Selabi Phikwe 150
Other 50
Brazil
Ceara, Recife, Sao Paulo,
Fortaleza, Pernambuco and
the states of Amazonas,
Brazilia, Goias, Maranhao,
Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso
do Sul, Para, Piaui, Rondonia,
Roriame, Rio de Janeiro 50
Brunei 100
Bulgaria 50
Burkina Faso 150
Burma (Myanmar) 150
Burundi 100
Cambodia 150
Cameroon 150
Canada
Northwest Territory 150
Cape Verde 150
Central African Republic 150
Chad 100
Chagos Archipelago
Diego Garcia 150
Other 50
China
Chengdu, Shenyang,
Guangzhou, other 150
Beijing, Shanghai 100
Hong Kong 50
Colombia 50
Congo 150
Cook Islands
Rarotonga 50
Other 100
Costa Rica
All except San Jose 50
Cuba
Havana,
JTF-Guantanamo Bay 150
JTF-Guantanamo Bay duty
within detention facility;
other Guantanamo Bay 100
Other Cuba 50
Democratic Republic of Congo 100
Djibouti* 100
Dominican Republic 100
East Timor 150
Ecuador
Guayaquil 100
Other 50
Egypt 100
El Salvador 100
Equitorial Guinea 150
Eritrea 100
Estonia 50
Ethiopia 100
Fiji 150
Gabon
Libreville 100
Other 150
Gambia 150
Georgia 150
Ghana 150
Greece
Kavala Relay Station 100
Athens, Elefsis, Ellinikon,
Mt. Parnis, Mt. Pateras,
Nes Makri, Piraeus,
Tanagra 50
Greenland 150
Grenada 50
Guatemala
Guatemala City 150
Other 150
Guinea 150
Guinea Bissau 150
Guyana 150
Haiti 100
Honduras 100
Hungary
All except Budapest 50
Iceland
All except Keflavik, Grindavik 50
India 150
Indonesia 100
Iraq* 100
Ivory Coast 100
Jamaica
Kingston 100
Johnston Atoll 150
Jordan
King Faisal AB, Prince Hasan,
Shaheed 100
Other 50
Kazakhstan 150
Kenya 100
Kiribati 50
Kosovo* 100
Kuwait* 50
Kyrgyzstan 150
Laos 150
Latvia 50
Lebanon 100
Lesotho 150
Liberia 150
Libya 100
Lithuania 50
Macedonia 50
Madagascar 150
Malawi 150
Malaysia 50
Mali 150
Malta 50
Marshall Islands
Majuro 150
Kwajalein Atoll, other 50
Mauritania 150
Mauritius 50
Mexico
Hermosillo, Merida, Metapa,
Mexico City, Tapachula 100
Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara,
Matamoros, Mazatlan,
Monterrey, Nogales, Nuevo
Laredo, Reynosa, Tijuana,
Tuxtia Gutierrez 50
Micronesia 150
Moldova 150
Mongolia 150
Montenegro*
Podgorica 150
Other 50
Morocco
Casablanca 50
Mozambique 150
Namibia 50
Nepal 150
Nicaragua
Managua 100
Other 150
Niger 150
Nigeria 150
North Korea 150
Oman*
Salalah 100
All other except Muscat 150
Pakistan* 100
Palau 50
Panama
All except Panama City 50
Papua New Guinea 150
Paraguay 50
Peru 100
Philippines* 100
Qatar* 50
Romania 50
Russia
Moscow, St. Petersburg 100
Other 150
Rwanda 150
Samoa 150
Sao Tome and Principe 150
Saudi Arabia* 150
Senegal 150
Serbia* 150
Sierra Leone 150
Slovakia 50
Solomon Islands 100
Somalia* 100
South Africa 50
South Korea
Area 1 150
Camp Yongin, Gwang
Ju AB, Pohang 100
Other 50
Sri Lanka 150
Sudan 100
Suriname 150
Swaziland 100
Syria* 100
Taiwan
Kaohsiung, Taipei 50
Other 150
Tajikistan 150
Tanzania 150
Thailand
Bangkok, Chiang Mai 50
Other 150
Togo 150
Trinidad and Tobago 50
Tunisia 50
Turkey
Afyon, Batman, Corlu,
Diyarbakir, Gaziantep,
Iskendrun, Mardin, Mersin,
Oguzeli, Sabiha Gokcen,
Sanliurfa, Tasucu, Nusaybin,
Konya, Pirinclik, Eskisehir 50
Turkmenistan 150
Uganda 100
Ukraine 150
United Arab Emirates*
All except Dubai, Abu Dhabi 100
Uzbekistan 150
Vanuatu 100
Venezuela 150
Vietnam 150
Western Sahara
Laayoune and MINURSO
UN Team Sites 150
Yemen* 100
Zambia
Lusaka 100
Other 150
Zimbabwe 150
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