Hardship Duty Pay Missions (HDP-M)
HDP-M is paid for specific missions. It is payable to both officers and enlisted personnel of the active and reserve component, at the full monthly rate whenever any part of the month is served fulfilling a specific mission. A member assigned to, on temporary duty with or otherwise under the operational control of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO), the Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA), or the Central Identification Lab-Hawaii (CIL-HI) may qualify for HDP-M based on performance of a hardship mission members so assigned are entitled for each month in which they perform investigative or remains recovery in a remote, isolated area (including, but not limited to, areas in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and North Korea) for recovery of U.S. service member remains.
Hardship Duty Pay-Location
HDP for location assignments (HDP-L) is payable to officers and enlisted personnel in a designated area for over 30 days and terminates upon permanent departure from the area. There are two types of HDP-L:
- HDP-L for designated areas (HDP-L(DA)
- HDP-L for certain places (HDP-L(CP); this was terminated December 31, 2001, and only serves as a savings provision for members who have never left those areas since termination.
HDP-L became effective 1 Jan, 2001 and is compensation paid to members assigned outside the continental United States in Quality of Life (QoL) Hardship locations — Locations where QoL living conditions are substantially below the standard most members in the continental United States would generally experience. HDP-L is intended to recognize the extraordinary arduous living conditions, excessive physical hardship, and/or unhealthful conditions that exist in a location or assignment.
HDP Rates:
Rates are payable in increments of $50, $100, or $150 a month based on the level of QoL hardship in a given area.The combined maximum HDP-L and HDP-M payable is $300.00 per month. The individual maximum for HDP-M is payable at the flat rate of $150.00 per month and HDP-L is payable on a scale not to exceed $150.00 per month.
Specifics:
- All members serving on PCS in a designated area, or serving in a temporary duty or deployed status for over 30 consecutive days in the area will receive HDP-L.
- Members on permanent reassignment to the area will be eligible from the day of arrival.
- Members TDY to the area are not eligible during the first 30 days of consecutive service at the designated location. On the 31 st day, HDP-L will be payable retroactive to the date of reporting.
- Entitlement to HDP-L terminates the day before a member departs PCS
Below are the monthly rates in effect as of Jan. 1 for all locations that qualify for the pay. If no specific cities are listed within a country, all locations in that country qualify for the pay.
Regions with single rates
Area ” Monthly rate in dollars
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
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
Croatia ” 50
Cuba
“Havana, JTF-Guantanamo Bay” ” 150
Other Guantanamo Bay ” 100
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
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
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 ” 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
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 Site ” 150
Yemen ” 100
Zambia ” 150
Zimbabwe ” 150