Allowance and Post Differential

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 06 STATE 094913 SIPDIS, PASS TO ALL USAID MISSIONS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ALOW AMGT APER AFIN SUBJECT: Allowance and Post Differential Reclassifications TL:SR-716 Ref: Section 920 Standardized Regulations (GC,FA) ¶1. Effective September 13, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-716. ¶2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. ¶3. Important: Read this entire message as posts may be listed more than once. Changes are listed by allowance or differential rather than by post. ¶4. Taiwan has been included, when applicable, under arrangement with the American Institute in Taiwan. ¶5. The Danger Pay changes for Israel and Jerusalem are based on Danger Pay Factor surveys submitted by Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, respectively. ¶6. The Post (Hardship) Differential changes for Lithuania are based on a Post (Hardship) Differential survey submitted by Vilnius. ¶7. The Post Allowance changes for Singapore, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, are based on updated Retail Price Surveys submitted by Singapore, Cape Town, and London, respectively. The Post Allowance changes for all areas in Brazil except Sao Paulo are based on a Retail Price Survey submitted by Brasilia. All other Post Allowance changes are based on currency exchange rate information reported to the Office of Allowances as of the first Thursday of Pay Period 18 (September 3, 2009). ¶8. The Education ?At-Post? Allowance rate changes are based on updated information provided by posts for the 2009-2010 school year. ¶9. This information is available on the State Department internet and intranet sites. The internet site address is: http://aoprals.state.gov. The intranet (internal State Department network) site address is: http://aoprals.a.state.gov/. STATE 00094913 002 OF 006 DANGER PAY FROM TO ISRAEL TEL AVIV 20 15 JERUSALEM JERUSALEM 20 15 WEST BANK 25 20 POST DIFFERENTIAL FROM TO LITHUANIA VILNIUS 0 5 OTHER 0 5 POST ALLOWANCE FROM TO AUSTRIA OTHER 50 60 VIENNA 50 60 BRAZIL AMAZONAS 15 25 BELO HORIZONTE 15 25 BRASILIA 15 25 CAMPINAS 15 25 FORTALEZA 15 25 GOIAS 15 25 MARANHAO MATO GROSSO & DO SUL 15 25 OTHER AREA #1 15 25 OTHER AREA #2 15 25 PAR PIAUI 15 25 RECIFE, PERNAMBUCO 15 25 RONDONIA 15 25 RORIAMA 15 25 SAO PAULO 25 20 CZECH REPUBLIC OTHER 42 50 PRAGUE 42 50 FRANCE BELLEAU 60 70 BONY 60 70 DRAGUIGNAN 60 70 EPINAL 60 70 FERE EN TARDENOIS 60 70 FONTAINEBLEAU 60 70 GARCHES 70 80 LE HAVRE 60 70 LYON 70 80 MARSEILLE 70 80 MONTPELLIER 70 80 OTHER 60 70 PARIS 70 80 ROMAGNE-SOUS-MONTFAUCON 60 70 SEVRES 70 80 ST. AVOLD 60 70 STATE 00094913 003 OF 006 ST. JAMES 60 70 ST. LAURENT 60 70 ST. MIHIEL 60 70 STRASBOURG 60 70 SURESNES 70 80 VERSAILLES 70 80 GERMANY AUGSBURG 35 42 BABENHAUSEN 35 42 BAD AIBLING 35 42 BAD KREUZNACH 35 42 BAD NAUHEIM 35 42 BAUMHOLDER 35 42 BERCHTESGADEN 35 42 BIRKENFELD 35 42 BOEBLINGEN 35 42 BREMEN 35 42 BREMERHAVEN 35 42 BUTZBACH 35 42 DARMSTADT 35 42 DELMENHORST 35 42 ERLANGEN 35 42 FLENSBURG 35 42 FRANKFURT AM MAIN 35 42 FRIEDBERG 35 42 FUERTH 35 42 GARLSTEDT 35 42 GEILENKIRCHEN 35 42 GELNHAUSEN 35 42 GERMERSHEIM 35 42 GIEBELSTADT 35 42 GIESSEN 35 42 GRAFENWOEHR 35 42 GREFRATH 35 42 GREVEN 35 42 HANAU 35 42 HANDORF 35 42 HANNOVER 35 42 HEIDELBERG 35 42 HEILBRONN 35 42 IDAR-OBERSTEIN 35 42 KAISERSLAUTERN, LANDKREIS 35 42 KARLSRUHE 35 42 KERPEN 35 42 KITZINGEN 35 42 KOBLENZ 35 42 LEIMEN 35 42 LEIPZIG 35 42 LUDWIGSBURG 35 42 MAINZ 35 42 MANNHEIM 35 42 MAYEN 35 42 MUENSTER 35 42 NELLINGEN 35 42 NEUBRUECKE 35 42 NOERVENICH 35 42 NUERNBERG 35 42 OBER RAMSTADT 35 42 STATE 00094913 004 OF 006 OSTERHOLZ-SCHARMBECK 35 42 OTHER 35 42 PIRMASENS 35 42 RHEINAU 35 42 RHEINBERG 35 42 SCHWABACH 35 42 SCHWETZINGEN 35 42 SECKENHEIM 35 42 SEMBACH 35 42 STUTTGART 35 42 VILSECK 35 42 WERTHEIM 35 42 WIESBADEN 35 42 WORMS 35 42 WUERZBURG 35 42 ZIRNDORF 35 42 ZWEIBRUCKEN 35 42 IRELAND DUBLIN 50 60 LIMERICK 50 60 OTHER 50 60 SHANNON AREA 50 60 ITALY AVELLINO 42 50 BRINDISI 42 50 CATANIA 42 50 GAETA 42 50 GENOA 42 50 GIOIA TAURO 42 50 LA SPEZIA 42 50 LEGHORN 42 50 MOUNT VERGINE 42 50 NAPLES 42 50 OTHER 42 50 PISA 42 50 PORDENONE-AVIANO 42 50 SARDINIA 50 60 SIGONELLA 42 50 VERONA 42 50 VICENZA 42 50 MALI BAMAKO 25 30 OTHER 25 30 MEXICO GUADALAJARA 5 0 HERMOSILLO 5 0 MERIDA 5 0 MEXICO CITY, D.F. 5 0 PORTUGAL ALVERCA 20 25 AZORES 20 25 LAJES FIELD 20 25 LISBON 20 25 OTHER 20 25 STATE 00094913 005 OF 006 PONTA DELGADA 20 25 REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 42 50 OTHER 42 50 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE 30 25 SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN 5 25 SUDAN JUBA 15 20 KHARTOUM 15 20 OTHER 15 20 TAIWAN KAOHSIUNG 25 30 OTHER 25 30 TAIPEI 25 30 UNITED KINGDOM BELFAST 35 50 BRACKNELL 42 60 CAVERSHAM 42 60 EDINBURGH 42 60 FARNBOROUGH 35 50 FT. HALSTEAD 42 60 HIGH WYCOMBE 42 60 LIVERPOOL 25 35 LONDON 42 60 LOUDWATER 42 60 READING 42 60 ROCHESTER 42 60 SOUTHAMPTON 30 42 URUGUAY MONTEVIDEO 10 15 OTHER 10 15 ZAMBIA LUSAKA 15 20 OTHER 15 20 EDUCATION ALLOWANCE FROM TO AWAY AWAY AT FROM AT FROM GRADE POST POST GRADE POST POST ITALY MILAN K-2 25700 25700 K-2 24550 24550 3-5 28200 28200 3-5 26850 26850 6-8 30750 30750 6-8 29250 29250 9-10 31700 31700 9-10 30150 30150 11 33250 33250 11 31550 31550 12 33650 33650 12 29000 29000 STATE 00094913 006 OF 006 KYRGYZSTAN BISHKEK K-12 18700 61400 K-12 19700 61400 SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN K 8550 57200 K 9300 57200 1-5 10250 57200 1-5 11050 57200 6-8 11350 57200 6-8 12250 57200 9-11 12500 57200 9-11 13400 57200 12 13050 57200 12 14000 57200 CLINTON