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2012 Hardship Duty Pay

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.

Area Monthly rate
Afghanistan* $100
Alaska  
Attu, St. Paul, Port Clarence, Unalaska, Shoal Cove and Tok; Eareckson Air Station; Annette Island; Clear; Fort Greely, Cordova and
all areas above 66°33’ N latitude		 150
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 and  
Learmonth Observatory 50
Azerbaijan 100
Azores (Portugal) 50
Bahamas  
Andros Island 50
Bahrain*  
(combat-zone tax relief only) 0
Bangladesh 150
Belarus 150
Belize  
Belize City 100
Other 150
Benin 150
Bolivia  
Cochabamba 50
Other 150
Bosnia-Herzegovina 100
Botswana  
Selabi Phikwe 100
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
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
Chagos Archipelago  
Diego Garcia 150
Other 50
China  
Beijing 100
Chengdu, Shenyang, Guangzhou, other 150
Shanghai, Hong Kong 50
Colombia 50
Congo  
Brazzaville 150
Other 100
Cook Islands  
Rarotonga 50
Other 100
Costa Rica  
San Jose 0
Other 50
Croatia 50
Cuba  
Havana,  
JTF-Guantanamo Bay 150
JTF-Guantanamo Bay duty within detention facility; other Guantanamo Bay 100
Other Cuba 50
Cyprus 50
Democratic Republic of Congo 100
Djibouti* 100
Dominican Republic 150
East Timor 100
Ecuador 100
Egypt  
Cairo West AB 100
Ras Nasrani, El Gorah 50
Other 100
El Salvador  
San Salvador 150
Other 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
Guatemala  
Guatemala City 50
Other 100
Guinea 150
Guinea Bissau 150
Guyana 150
Haiti 100
Honduras 150
Hungary  
Budapest 0
Other 50
Iceland  
Reykjavik 50
India 150
Indonesia 100
Iraq* 100
Israel 50
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* 100
Kyrgyzstan* 100
Laos 150
Latvia 50
Lebanon 100
Lesotho 150
Liberia  
Monrovia 100
Libya 100
Macedonia 100
Madagascar 150
Malawi 150
Malaysia 50
Mali 150
Malta 50
Marshall Islands  
Majuro 100
Kwajalein Atoll, other 50
Mauritania 150
Mauritius 50
Mexico  
Ciudad Juarez, Metapa, Mexico City, Tapachula 100
Hermosito, Merida, Monterrey, Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Tijuana, Tuxtia Gutierrez 50
Micronesia 150
Moldova 150
Mongolia 150
Montenegro* 100
Mozambique 150
Namibia 50
Nepal 150
Nicaragua  
Managua 100
Other 150
Niger 150
Nigeria 150
North Korea 150
Oman*  
Muscat 50
Other 100
Pakistan* 100
Palau 50
Panama  
Panama City 0
Other 50
Papua New Guinea 150
Paraguay 50
Peru 150
Philippines* 100
Poland  
Warsaw 0
Other 50
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
Somalia* (combat-zone tax relief only) 0
South Africa 50
South Korea  
Area 1 150
Camp Yongin, Gwang Ju AB, Pohang 100
Other 50
Sri Lanka 150
Suriname 150
Swaziland 50
Syria* 100
Taiwan  
Kaohsiung 100
Taipei 50
Other 150
Tajikistan* 100
Tanzania 150
Thailand  
Bangkok, Chiang Mai 50
Other 150
Togo 150
Trinidad and Tobago 100
Tunisia 50
Turkey  
Afyon, Batman, Corlu, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Iskendrun, Mardin, Mersin, Oguzeli, Sabiha Gokcen, Sanliurfa, Tasucu, Nusaybin, Konya, Pirinclik 100
Eskisehir 50
Turkmenistan 150
Uganda 100
Ukraine 150
United Arab Emirates*  
Dubai, Abu Dhabi 0
Other 100
Uzbekistan* 100
Vanuatu 100
Venezuela 150
Vietnam 150
Western Sahara  
Laayoune and MINURSO UN Team Sites 150
Yemen* 100
Zambia 150
Zimbabwe 150