DSSR · Cost of Living Allowance (COLA)

Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia COLA (Post Allowance) Rate (DSSR)

Effective date: August 23, 2015 Last updated: August 23, 2015
Cost of Living Allowance (COLA)
15%
% of spendable income

Historical rate trend

Al-Khobar rate history — COLA (Post Allowance) (%). Query any past effective date directly via the API.

Effective date COLA (Post Allowance) (%)
Aug 23, 2015 15%
Jan 12, 2014 15%

Related rates for this location

The same location's rates under other U.S. travel-rate systems:

How this rate is used

The post (cost-of-living) allowance offsets higher overseas costs of goods and services for U.S. government civilian employees assigned to Al-Khobar. It is expressed as a percentage of spendable income and is used by mobility, HR and payroll teams to compute overseas compensation.

Get this data from the API

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/SA?type=cola"
Sample response
{
  "effective_date": "2015-08-23",
  "results": [
    {
      "cola": {
        "effective_date": "2015-08-23",
        "rate": 15
      },
      "iso_code": "SA",
      "location": "Al-Khobar",
      "postcode": "dssr-al-khobar"
    }
  ],
  "verification_url": "https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=184\u0026menu_id=78"
}

Al-Khobar rate FAQ

What is the COLA (Post Allowance) rate for Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia?

The current DSSR COLA (Post Allowance) rate for Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia is 15%, effective Aug 23, 2015.

How has the Al-Khobar COLA (Post Allowance) rate changed?

In Jan 12, 2014 the COLA (Post Allowance) rate was 15%. The full history is shown in the table above and is queryable by effective date via the API.

Source & methodology

Effective period
Effective Aug 23, 2015
Last updated
August 23, 2015

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