| ConUS
COLA locations for 2008 Service members in 56 high-cost areas across the country qualify for the continental U.S. cost-of-living allowance, or ConUS COLA, in 2008. The allowance compensates service members with command-sponsored dependents residing in the vicinity of the member’s duty station for nonhousing expenses in areas where these costs exceed the national average by more than 8 percent. Rates are based, in part, on dependent status. To calculate your monthly allowance, multiply the figure next to your duty station in the list of eligible locations by the payout rate for your paygrade, years of service and dependent status. |
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| Military Housing Areas | Multiplier |
| CALIFORNIA | |
| Alpine County | 2 |
| Bakersfield | 1 |
| Colusa County | 3 |
| Edwards AFB/Palmdale | 1 |
| El Centro | 1 |
| Fort Bragg | 2 |
| Glenn County | 3 |
| Humboldt County | 2 |
| Lake County* | 2 |
| Lassen County | 2 |
| Los Angeles | 6 |
| Madera County | 2 |
| Marin/Sonoma | 6 |
| Mariposa County | 2 |
| Merced County | 2 |
| Modoc County | 2 |
| Oakland | 9 |
| Plumas County | 2 |
| Riverside | 4 |
| San Bernardino | 7 |
| San Francisco | 10 |
| San Luis Obispo | 1 |
| Santa Clara County | 6 |
| Shasta County | 2 |
| Siskiyou County | 2 |
| Tehama County | 2 |
| Travis AFB/Vallejo | 1 |
| Trinity County | 2 |
| Tuolumne County | 2 |
| Ventura | 1 |
| CONNECTICUT | |
| New Haven/Fairfield | 3 |
| FLORIDA | |
| Miami/Ft. Lauderdale | 2 |
| West Palm Beach | 1 |
| ILLINOIS | |
| Chicago | 7 |
| Great Lakes NTC | 3 |
| Joliet Army Depot | 2 |
| MASSACHUSETTS | |
| Boston | 3 |
| Essex County | 2 |
| Plymouth | 3 |
| MICHIGAN | |
| Detroit | 3 |
| NEW JERSEY | |
| Atlantic City | 3 |
| Camden | 5 |
| Fort Monmouth/Earle NWS | 3 |
| Northern New Jersey | 4 |
| Perth Amboy | 3 |
| NEVADA | |
| Lake Tahoe | 2 |
| NEW YORK | |
| Long Island | 10 |
| New York City | 11 |
| Staten Island | 11 |
| Westchester County | 9 |
| PENNSYLVANIA | |
| Philadelphia | 5 |
| Willow Grove NAS | 4 |
| WASHINGTON | |
| Seattle | 2 |
| * excluding ZIP Codes 95461 and 95467 | |
