Copenhagen rate history — COLA (Post Allowance) (%). Query any past effective date directly via the API.
| Effective date | COLA (Post Allowance) (%) |
|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2026 | 50% |
| Jun 15, 2025 | 60% |
| May 18, 2025 | 50% |
| May 4, 2025 | 60% |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 50% |
| Dec 1, 2024 | 42% |
| Oct 8, 2023 | 50% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 60% |
| Jan 15, 2023 | 50% |
| Jan 1, 2023 | 60% |
| Nov 6, 2022 | 50% |
| Oct 9, 2022 | 42% |
| Aug 14, 2022 | 50% |
| Apr 24, 2022 | 60% |
| Oct 10, 2021 | 70% |
| Aug 2, 2020 | 50% |
| Nov 11, 2018 | 42% |
| Aug 6, 2017 | 50% |
| Apr 2, 2017 | 42% |
| Mar 5, 2017 | 35% |
| Feb 5, 2017 | 42% |
| Dec 11, 2016 | 35% |
| May 29, 2016 | 42% |
| May 15, 2016 | 50% |
| Dec 27, 2015 | 42% |
| Nov 29, 2015 | 35% |
| May 17, 2015 | 42% |
| May 3, 2015 | 35% |
| Apr 5, 2015 | 42% |
| Mar 22, 2015 | 35% |
| Feb 8, 2015 | 42% |
| Nov 16, 2014 | 50% |
| Jul 27, 2014 | 60% |
| Jan 12, 2014 | 70% |
The same location's rates under other U.S. travel-rate systems:
The post (cost-of-living) allowance offsets higher overseas costs of goods and services for U.S. government civilian employees assigned to Copenhagen. It is expressed as a percentage of spendable income and is used by mobility, HR and payroll teams to compute overseas compensation.
The exact request that returns this page's data. Change the
date parameter to query any historical effective
date, or pull it straight into your ERP, payroll, or expense system.
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \ "https://api.allowancesapi.com/v1/dssr/allowances/DK?type=cola"{
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"results": [
{
"cola": {
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"rate": 50
},
"iso_code": "DK",
"location": "Copenhagen",
"postcode": "10129"
}
],
"verification_url": "https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=184\u0026menu_id=78"
}The current DSSR COLA (Post Allowance) rate for Copenhagen, Denmark is 50%, effective Jul 12, 2026.
In Jun 15, 2025 the COLA (Post Allowance) rate was 60%. The full history is shown in the table above and is queryable by effective date via the API.
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