Manila rate history — COLA (Post Allowance) (%). Query any past effective date directly via the API.
| Effective date | COLA (Post Allowance) (%) |
|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2026 | 0% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 0% |
| May 18, 2025 | 5% |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 0% |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 5% |
| May 7, 2023 | 0% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 5% |
| Jan 15, 2023 | 0% |
| Jan 1, 2023 | 5% |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 0% |
| May 22, 2022 | 5% |
| Apr 10, 2022 | 10% |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 5% |
| Oct 10, 2021 | 10% |
| Oct 11, 2020 | 0% |
| Apr 12, 2020 | 10% |
| Mar 29, 2020 | 5% |
| Nov 10, 2019 | 10% |
| Aug 18, 2019 | 5% |
| Aug 4, 2019 | 10% |
| Apr 14, 2019 | 5% |
| Sep 18, 2016 | 0% |
| Sep 4, 2016 | 5% |
| Jul 10, 2016 | 0% |
| May 29, 2016 | 5% |
| May 15, 2016 | 0% |
| Apr 3, 2016 | 5% |
| Nov 15, 2015 | 0% |
| Jun 28, 2015 | 5% |
| Feb 23, 2014 | 10% |
| Feb 9, 2014 | 5% |
| Jan 12, 2014 | 10% |
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 Manila. 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/PH?type=cola"{
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"results": [
{
"cola": {
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"rate": 0
},
"iso_code": "PH",
"location": "Manila",
"postcode": "10301"
}
],
"verification_url": "https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=184\u0026menu_id=78"
}The current DSSR COLA (Post Allowance) rate for Manila, Philippines is 0%, effective Jul 12, 2026.
In Jun 29, 2025 the COLA (Post Allowance) rate was 0%. The full history is shown in the table above and is queryable by effective date via the API.
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