Hardship Duty Pay Locations

Hardship Duty Pay–Location (HDP-L) is special pay the U.S. Department of Defense authorizes for service members permanently stationed or serving temporarily in locations with a significantly lower quality of living than is normally experienced in the continental United States.

HDP-L is authorized to compensate service members for work in locations where they may experience significant physical hardships, difficult and extraordinary living conditions or unhealthy conditions and environments. HDP-L is paid in increments of $50, $100 and $150 and is not to exceed $300 per month.

Designated Locations		Monthly Rates	Effective Date
Country	Province (State), City or Region		From	Through
Afghanistan (Note 3)		$100	Nov. 1, 2001
Albania		$150	Apr. 1, 2002
Algeria (Note 3)		$100	Sept. 1, 2007
American Samoa		$50	June 15, 2005
Angola		$150	Sept. 1, 2007
Antarctic Region	Below 60° South Latitude	$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Antigua Air Station		$50	April 18, 2002
Arctic Circle Region	Above 66°33’ North Latitude	$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Argentina	Buenos Aires	$50	Oct. 1, 2017
	Other	$0	Oct. 1, 2017
Armenia		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Ascension Auxiliary Airfield		$150	April 18, 2002
Australia	Alice Springs	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Other	$0	Jan. 1, 2001
Azerbaijan (Note 3)		$100	Oct. 31, 2007
Azores, Portugal (Includes Lajes Field)		$0	Jan. 1, 2018
		$50	Feb. 1, 2004	Dec. 31, 2017
Bahamas		$50	Oct. 1, 2017
	Andros Island	$50	Jan. 1, 2001	Sept. 30, 2017
	Other	$0	Jan. 1, 2001	Sept. 30, 2017
Bahrain		$100	Oct. 1, 2017
		$50	June 1, 2014	Sept. 30, 2017
Bangladesh		$150	Jsn. 1, 2001
Barbados		$50	Oct. 1, 2017
Belarus		$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	Jan. 1, 2001	Dec. 31, 2017
Belize		$150	Oct. 1, 2017
	Belize City	$100	Feb. 1, 2004	Sept. 30, 2017
	Other	$150	Feb. 1, 2004	Sept. 30, 2017
Benin		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Bolivia	Cochabamba	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	La Paz	$150	Sept. 1, 2007	Dec. 31, 2017
	Santa Cruz	$50	June 1, 2012
	Other	$150	Sept. 1, 2007
Bosnia-Herzegovina		$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	April 1, 2012	Dec. 31, 2017
Botswana	Selebi-Phikwe	$150	April 1, 2012
	Other	$50	April 1, 2012
Brazil (States)	Amazonas	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Goias	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Maranhao	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Mato Grosso	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Mato Grosso Do Sul	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Para	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Pernambuco	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Piaui	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Rondonia	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Roraima	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
Brazil (Cities)	Belo Horizonte	$50	Oct. 1, 2017
	Brasilia	$50	Feb. 1, 2004
	Fortaleza	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Porto Alegre	$50	Oct. 1, 2017
	Recife	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Rio de Janeiro	$50	Feb. 1, 2004
	São Paulo	$50	Oct. 14, 2001
	Other	$0	Jan. 1, 2001
Brunei		$50	Jan. 1, 2018
		$100	Jan. 1, 2001	Dec. 31, 2017
Bulgaria		$50	June 1, 2012
Burkina Faso		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Burma (Myanmar)		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Burundi		$100	May 10, 2005
Cambodia		$150	Oct. 11, 2001
Cameroon (Note 3)	Far North Regions	$100	June 7, 2017
	North Region	$100	June 7, 2017
	Other	$150	Sept. 1, 2007
Canada	Northwest Territories	$150	Jan. 1, 2001
	Other	$0	Jan. 1, 2001
Cape (Cabo) Verde		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Central African Republic		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Chad (Note 3)		$100	Aug. 11, 2008
Chagos Archipelago	Diego Garcia	$150	Jan. 1, 2001
	Other	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
China	Beijing	$100	Dec. 1, 2007
	Chengdu	$150	Jan. 1, 2007	Dec. 31, 2017
	Guangzhou	$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	Jan. 1, 2001	Dec. 31, 2017
	Hong Kong	$0	Jan. 1, 2018
		$50	Feb. 1, 2004	Dec. 31, 2017
	Kunming	$0	Jan. 1, 2018
	Shanghai	$50	Jan. 1, 2018
		$100	Apr. 12, 2012	Dec. 31, 2017
	Shenyang	$150	Jan. 1, 2001	Dec. 31, 2017
	Other	$150	Feb. 1, 2004
Colombia		$50	Dec. 1, 2001	Sept. 30, 2017
	Barranquilla	$50	Oct. 1, 2017
	Other	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
Congo, Republic of		$150	April 1, 2012
Congo, Democratic Republic of (formerly Zaire)		$100	June 7, 2005
Cook Islands	Rarotonga	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Other	$100	Jan. 1, 2001
Costa Rica	San José	$0	Dec. 1, 2007
	Other	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
*Côte D’Ivoire		$150	June 1, 2020
	Note 3	$100	June 1, 2003	May 31, 2020
Cuba	Guantanamo Bay (Other)	$100	Oct. 4, 2006
	Guantanamo Bay, Joint Task Force	$150	Oct. 4, 2006
	*Guantanamo Bay, Joint Task Force (Note 3 and 4)	$100	Dec. 26, 2006
	Havana	$150	Jan. 1, 2001
	Other	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
Djibouti (Note 3)		$100	Aug. 1, 2002
Dominican Republic		$100	June 1, 2012
East Timor (Timor-Leste)		$150	June 1, 2014
Ecuador		$100	Oct. 1, 2017
	Guayaquil	$100	Jan. 1, 2001	Sept. 30, 2017
	Quito	$50	June 1, 2012	Sept. 30, 2017
	Other	$50	June 1, 2012	Sept. 30, 2017
Egypt (Note 3)		$100	Apr. 1, 2012
El Salvador		$100	June 1, 2012
Equatorial Guinea		$150	Sept. 1, 2007
*Eritrea		$150	June 1, 2020
	Note 3	$100	Aug. 1, 2002	May 31, 2020
Estonia		$50	Jan. 1, 2001
Ethiopia (Note 3)		$100	Jan. 18, 2002
Fiji		$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	April 1, 2012	Dec. 31, 2017
Gabon		$150	Oct. 1, 2017
	Libreville	$100	June 1, 2012	Sept. 30, 2017
	Other	$150	Jan. 1, 2001	Sept. 30, 2017
Gambia		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Georgia		$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	Nov. 1, 2007	Dec. 31, 2017
Ghana		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Greece	Athens	$50	April 1, 2012
	Elefsis	$50	April 1, 2012
	Ellinikon	$50	April 1, 2012
	Kavala Relay Station	$100	Dec. 1, 2004	Dec. 31, 2007
	Mt. Parnis	$50	April 1, 2012
	Mt. Pateras	$50	April 1, 2012
	Nea Makri	$50	April 1, 2012
	Piraeus	$50	April 1, 2012
	Tanagra	$50	April 1, 2012
	Other (Note 5)	$0	Jan. 1, 2001
Greenland		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Grenada		$50	Jan. 1, 2001
Guatemala	Guatemala City	$100	April 1, 2012
	Other	$150	April 1, 2012
Guinea		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Guinea-Bissau		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Guyana		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Haiti (Note 3)		$150	June 1, 2014	Jan. 7, 2020
		$100	Jan. 8, 2020
Honduras		$150	Oct. 1, 2017
		$100	June 1, 2012	Sept. 30, 2017
Hungary	Budapest	$0	Jan. 1, 2001
	Other	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
Iceland		$50	Oct. 1, 2017
	Keflavik-Grindavik	$0	Dec. 1, 2001	Sept. 30, 2017
	Reykjavik	$50	Sept. 1, 2007	Sept. 30, 2017
	Other	$50	April 1, 2012	Sept. 30, 2017
India		$150	Feb. 1, 2004
*Indonesia (Note 3) (Provinces):		$100	Nov. 1, 2001	Sept. 30, 2017
	Central Java	$150	June 1, 2020
		$100	Oct. 1, 2017	May 31, 2020
	East Kalimantan	$150	June 1, 2020
		$100	Oct. 1, 2017	May 31, 2020
	Central Sulawesi	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
	Papua	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
	Region of Aceh	$150	June 1, 2020
		$100	Oct. 1, 2017	May 31, 2020
*Indonesia (City)	Jakarta	$150	June 1, 2020
		$100	Oct. 1, 2017	May 31, 2020
Indonesia	Other	$150	Oct. 1, 2017
Iraq (includes Al Basrah Oil Terminal) (Note 3)		$100	March 23, 2010
Israel		$50	Oct. 1, 2017
Jamaica	Kingston	$150	Oct. 1, 2017
		$100	Sept. 1, 2007	Sept. 30, 2017
	Other	$0	Jan. 1, 2001
Jordan (Note 3)		$100	May 28, 2016
		$50	Jan. 18, 2002	June 27, 2016
Kazakhstan		$150	Jan. 1, 2001	Dec. 31, 2017
	Almaty	$100	Jan. 1, 2018
	Other	$150	Jan. 1, 2018
Kenya (Note 3)		$100	May 23, 2002
Kiribati, Republic of	Kiritimati (Christmas Island)	$50	Feb. 8, 2011
	Other	$0	Feb. 8, 2011
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of (North Korea)		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)	Area 1 (Note 6)	$150	Jan. 1, 2001
	Camp Yongin	$100	Feb. 1, 2003
	Gwangju Air Base	$100	Oct. 1, 2004
	Pohang	$100	Nov. 1, 2003
	Other	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
Kosovo (Note 3)		$100	Sept. 1, 2007
Kuwait		$50	June 1, 2012
Kyrgyzstan		$150	June 1, 2014
Laos		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Latvia		$50	Jan. 1, 2001
Lebanon (Note 3)		$100	Dec. 1, 2004
Lesotho		$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	Dec. 1, 2004	Dec. 31, 2017
Liberia		$100	June 1, 2014
Libya (Note 3)		$100	April 26, 2011
Lithuania		$50	April 1, 2012
Macedonia		$50	June 1, 2012
Madagascar		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Malawi		$150	Dec. 1, 2004
Malaysia		$50	Oct. 14, 2001
Mali (Note 3)		$100	June 7, 2017
		$150	Oct. 1, 2013	June 6, 2017
Malta		$50	Sept. 1, 2007
Marshall Islands	Majuro	$150	April 1, 2012
	Other	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
Mauritania		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Mauritius		$50	Jan. 1, 2001
Mexico	Ciudad Juárez	$150	Oct. 1, 2017
		$50	April 1, 2012	Sept. 30, 2017
	Guadalajara	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
		$50	April 1, 2012	Sept. 30, 2017
	Hermosillo	$100	April 1, 2012
	Matamoros	$150	Oct. 1, 2017
		$50	April 1, 2012	Sept. 30, 2017
	Mazatlan	$50	April 1, 2012
	Merida	$100	April 1, 2012
	Metapa	$100	Sept. 1, 2007
	Mexico City Distrito Federal./Ciudad de México	$100	Feb. 1, 2004
	Monterrey	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
		$50	Sept. 1, 2007	Sept. 30, 2017
	Nogales	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
		$50	Sept. 1, 2007	Sept. 30, 2017
	Nuevo Laredo	$150	Oct. 1, 2017
		$50	Feb. 1, 2004	Sept. 30, 2017
	Reynosa	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
		$50	April 1, 2012	Sept. 30, 2017
	Tapachula	$100	Jan. 1, 2001
	Tijuana	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
		$50	Sept. 1, 2007	Sept. 30, 2017
	Tuxtla Gutiérrez	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Other	$0	Jan. 1, 2001
Micronesia, Federated States of		$150	Dec. 1, 2004
Moldova		$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	Jan. 1, 2001	Dec. 31, 2017
Mongolia		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Montenegro	Podgorica	$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	June 1, 2014	Dec. 31, 2017
	Other	$50	June 1, 2012
Morocco	Casablanca	$50	April 1, 2012
	Rabat	$50	Oct. 1, 2017
	Salé	$50	Oct. 1, 2017
	Other	$0	Apr. 1, 2012
Mozambique		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Namibia		$50	Sept. 1, 2007
Nicaragua		$150	Oct. 1, 2017
	Managua	$100	Dec. 1, 2007	Sept. 30, 2017
	Other	$150	Feb. 1, 2004	Sept. 30, 2017
Niger (Note 3)		$100	June 7, 2017
		$150	Jan. 1, 2001	June 6, 2017
Nigeria		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Oman	Muscat	$50	Oct. 1, 2017
		$0	June 1, 2012	Sept. 30, 2017
	Salalah	$100	April 1, 2012	Dec. 31, 2017
	Other	$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	April 1 2012	Dec. 31, 2017
Pakistan (Note 3)		$100	Nov. 1, 2001
Palau		$50	Jan. 1, 2001
Panama		$50	Oct. 1, 2017
	Panama City	$0	Jan. 1, 2001	Sept. 30, 2017
	Other	$50	Jan. 1, 2001	Sept. 30, 2017
Papua New Guinea		$150	Jan.1, 2001
Paraguay		$50	Jan. 1, 2001
Peru		$100	June 1, 2012
Philippines		$100	Jan. 1, 2001	Dec. 31, 2017
	Davao City	$0	Jan. 1, 2018
	Other	$100	Jan. 1, 2018
Qatar	Al Udeid Air Base	$50	April 1, 2002
	Camp Snoopy (Doha International Air Base)	$50	April 1, 2002	Sept. 30, 2017
	Camp As Sayliyah	$50	April 1, 2002
	Doha	$50	Oct. 1, 2017
	Other	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
		$50	April 1, 2002	Sept. 30, 2017
Romania		$50	June 1, 2012
Russia		$150	Oct. 1, 2017
	Moscow	$100	June 1, 2012	Sept. 30, 2017
	St. Petersburg	$100	June 1, 2012	Sept. 30, 2017
	Other	$150	Oct. 14, 2001	Sept. 30, 2017
Rwanda		$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	June 1, 2014	Dec. 31, 2017
Samoa		$150	April 1, 2012
São Tomé and Principe		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
*Saudi Arabia (Note 3)		$100	Sept. 14, 2019
		$150	June 1, 2014	Sept. 13, 2019
Senegal		$150	April 1, 2012
Serbia	Belgrade	$50	Jan. 1, 2018
	Other	$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	June 1, 2014	Dec. 31, 2017
Sierra Leone		$150	Nov. 1, 2007
Slovakia		$50	Dec. 1, 2004	Dec. 31, 2017
Solomon Islands		$100	Jan. 1, 2001
Somalia (Note 3)		$100	April 1, 2012
South Africa		$50	Sept. 1, 2007
South Sudan (Note 3)		$100	April 1, 2012
Sri Lanka		$100	April 1, 2018
		$150	Oct. 14, 2001	Dec. 31, 2017
Sudan (Note 3)		$100	April 1, 2012
Suriname		$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	Feb. 1, 2004	Dec. 31, 2017
Swaziland (Eswatini)		$100	April 1, 2012
Syria (Note 3)		$100	July 31, 2003
Taiwan	Kaohsiung	$50	June 1, 2012	Dec. 31, 2017
	Taipei	$0	Jan. 1, 2018
		$50	Dec. 1, 2007	Dec. 31, 2017
	Other	$50	Jan. 1, 2018
		$100	June 1, 2012	Dec. 31, 2017
Tajikistan		$150	June 1, 2014
Tanzania		$150	Feb. 1, 2004
Thailand	Bangkok	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Chiang Mai	$50	Jan. 1, 2001
	Songkhla	$150	Sept. 1, 2007	Dec. 31, 2017
	Other	$100	Jan. 1, 2018
		$150	Dec. 1, 2014	Dec. 31, 2017
Togo		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Trinidad and Tobago		$50	June 1, 2012
Tunisia		$100	Oct. 1, 2017
Turkey (Note 3)	Afyon	$100	Aug. 5, 2003
	Batman	$100	Aug. 5, 2003
	Corlu	$100	Aug. 5, 2003
	Diyarbakir	$100	Aug. 5, 2003
	Eskisehir	$50	Aug. 23, 2002
	Gaziantep	$100	Aug. 5, 2003
	Iskendrun	$100	Aug. 5, 2003
	Konya	$100	Aug. 5, 2003
	Kürecik (Kepez)	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
	Mardin	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
	Mersin	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
	Nusaybin	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
	Oguzeli	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
	Pirinclik	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
	Sabiha Gokcen	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
	Sanliurfa	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
	Tasucu	$100	Oct. 1, 2017
	Other	$0	May 23, 2002
Turkmenistan		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Uganda (Note 3)		$100	June 23, 2004
Ukraine		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	$50	Oct. 1, 2017
		$0	Dec. 1, 2007	Sept. 30, 2017
	Dubai	$50	Oct. 1, 2017
		$0	Jan. 1, 2001	Sept. 30, 2017
	Other	$150	Oct. 1, 2017
		$100	Jan. 1, 2001	Sept. 30, 2017
United States	Alaska
	Annette Island (Alaska)	$150	July 11, 2002
	Areas Above 66°33’ NorthLatitude	$150	Jan. 1, 2001
	Clear, Alaska	$150	July 28, 2008
	Cordova, Alaska	$150	Feb. 23, 2006
	Eareckson Air Station (Alaska)	$150	July 1, 2002
	Fort Greely (Alaska)	$150	Oct. 1, 2002
	Unalaska, Alaska	$150	Nov. 1, 2001
	Other	$0	Nov. 1, 2001
Uzbekistan		$150	June 1, 2004
Vanuatu		$100	Sept. 1, 2007
Venezuela		$150	Nov. 28, 2008
Vietnam		$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Western Sahara (Disputed Territory)	Laayoune	$150	Dec. 1, 2001
	MINURSO UN Team Site Locations	$150	Dec. 1, 2001
	Other	$0	Dec. 1, 2001
Yemen (Note 3)		$100	Feb. 1, 2004
Zambia	Lusaka	$100	June 1, 2012
	Other	$150	Jan. 1, 2001
Zimbabwe		$150	Sept. 1, 2017
	Harare	$150	Aug. 1, 2003	Aug. 31, 2017

Notes

1. All service members on qualifying duty at places within the listed country, state or region are entitled to HDP-L. Only land areas are designated for hardship duty, except any installations located on an ice shelf inside the Antarctic or Arctic Circle regions are also included in the designation for the area.
2. When the ending date is not shown in the Through column, the special pay is currently payable.
3. The HDP-L monthly entitlement decreases to a maximum payment of $100 when service members are authorized a concurrent payment of $225 for HFP or IDP.  See paragraph 170301.
4. When required to perform duties within the detention facility.
5. Includes Crete, Iraklion and Souda Bay.
6. Includes:
   1. Alamo Army Security Agency (Detachment L)
   2. Bayonet Training Area
   3. Bull’s Eye No. 1 and No. 2
   4. Camp Bonifas
   5. Camp Casey
   6. Camp Castle
   7. Camp Edwards
   8. Camp Essayons
   9. Camp Falling Water
   10. Camp Garry Owen North
   11. Camp Giant
   12. Camp Greaves
   13. Camp Hovey
   14. Camp Howze
   15. Camp Jackson
   16. Camp Kwang Sa-Ri
   17. Camp Kyle
   18. Camp Mobile
   19. Camp Nimble
   20. Camp Page
   21. Camp Red Cloud
   22. Camp Sears
   23. Camp Stanley
   24. Camp Stanton (H-112)
   25. Charlie Block
   26. Concord
   27. Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) South Half
   28. Freedom Bridge
   29. Gimbols Gun Training Area
   30. Hwaakson Evenreach Army Training Center (ATC)
   31. Joint Security Area Swiss-Swede Camp
   32. Kamaksan Army Security Agency (Detachment M), H220 Heliport, La Guardia
   33. Liberty Bell
   34. Papyonsan Army Training Center
   35. Shinbuk Relay (Hill 754)
   36. Warrior Base
   37. Watkins Range
   38. Yongpyong (Indian Head Training Center)

Hardship Duty Pay – Location (HDP-L)

All service members permanently assigned to or serving temporarily as additional duty/temporary duty (TAD/TDY), deployed or attached status for more than 30 consecutive days in a designated area are eligible for HDP-L. 

Eligibility for HDP-L begins the day of arrival at the new station for service members on permanent reassignment.

Service members serving TDY in a designated area are ineligible for HDP-L during the first 30 days of consecutive duty. HDP-L for temporary assignment begins on the 31st day and is payable retroactive to the date the service member reported for duty at the designated location.

HDP-L entitlements will be terminated on the day the service member departs the station as a result of permanent change of station (PCS) reassignment or on the last day of the effective period. Termination dates may vary based on specific situations as defined by the DoD.

Hardship Duty Pay – Mission (HDP-M)

Hardship duty pay – mission (HDP-M) is payable to service members, both officer and enlisted, for performing designated hardship missions. HDP-M is payable at the full monthly rate during any part of which the member performs a specified mission.

Hardship Duty Pay – Tempo (HDP-T)

Hardship duty pay – tempo (HDP-T) programs are for the mobilization or deployment tempo requiring the service member to perform duties in an operational environment for periods that exceed rotation norms. Military departments determine whether or not to implement HDP-T programs.

Hardship Duty Pay – Restriction of Movement (HDP-ROM)

Hardship duty pay – restriction of movement (HDP-ROM) is pay compensating service members who are not currently in a travel status and are ordered to self-isolate. The pay is set at $100 per day and is not to exceed $1,500 per month.

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