Saint Petersburg rate history — COLA (Post Allowance) (%). Query any past effective date directly via the API.
| Effective date | COLA (Post Allowance) (%) |
|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2026 | 5% |
| Nov 17, 2024 | 5% |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 0% |
| Jun 4, 2023 | 5% |
| May 21, 2023 | 10% |
| Apr 23, 2023 | 5% |
| Feb 26, 2023 | 10% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 20% |
| Jan 15, 2023 | 15% |
| Jan 1, 2023 | 20% |
| Dec 18, 2022 | 30% |
| Nov 20, 2022 | 35% |
| Oct 23, 2022 | 30% |
| Aug 14, 2022 | 42% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 50% |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 35% |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 60% |
| Dec 5, 2021 | 15% |
| Nov 21, 2021 | 20% |
| Nov 7, 2021 | 25% |
| Oct 10, 2021 | 20% |
| Oct 11, 2020 | 5% |
| Oct 4, 2015 | 10% |
| Oct 19, 2014 | 0% |
| Sep 21, 2014 | 5% |
| Aug 10, 2014 | 10% |
| Jun 1, 2014 | 15% |
| Mar 9, 2014 | 10% |
| Jan 26, 2014 | 15% |
| Jan 12, 2014 | 20% |
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 Saint Petersburg. 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/RU?type=cola"{
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"results": [
{
"cola": {
"effective_date": "2026-07-12",
"rate": 5
},
"iso_code": "RU",
"location": "Saint Petersburg",
"postcode": "10197"
}
],
"verification_url": "https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=184\u0026menu_id=78"
}The current DSSR COLA (Post Allowance) rate for Saint Petersburg, Russia is 5%, effective Jul 12, 2026.
In Nov 17, 2024 the COLA (Post Allowance) rate was 5%. The full history is shown in the table above and is queryable by effective date via the API.
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