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A location code is sometimes required to compute Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA) and Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). Use this tool to find the location code of an area.
CONUS COLA is paid to military members stationed in high-cost areas in the U.S. The rate varies by geographic location, rank, years of service and dependency status.
The Allowances Division acquires and analyzes housing and cost-of-living data to determine military compensation through the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH), Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA), Outside the Continental U.S. Cost of Living Allowance (OCONUS COLA), and CONUS COLA for members of the eight Uniformed Services.
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Information for 2025. Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 72.5 million Americans will increase 2.5 percent in 2025. The 2.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to nearly 68 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2025.
Overseas COLA spendable income tables are now updated by calendar year and published on January 1. The 2024 Spendable income table has not been approved by leadership. Use the 2023 table until 2024 is approved.
Since 1975, Social Security general benefit increases have been cost-of-living adjustments or COLAs. The 1975-82 COLAs were effective with Social Security benefits payable for June in each of those years; thereafter COLAs have been effective with benefits payable for December.
The latest COLA is 2.5 percent for Social Security benefits and SSI payments. Social Security benefits will increase by 2.5 percent beginning with the December 2024 benefits, which are payable in January 2025.
Based upon changes in the cost-of-living data and currency fluctuations (explained below), OCOLA rates increase or decrease over time. The Department of Defense released updates to the OCOLA...
Annual Rates by Grade and Step Grade Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 1 $ 26,146 $ 27,023 $ 27,891 $ 28,758 $ 29,625 $ 30,133 $ 30,994 $ 31,861 $ 31,896 $ 32,705 2 29,399 30,099 31,073 31,896 32,256 33,205 34,154 35,103 36,052 37,001
Each Locality Area has a Locality Pay Adjustment percentage, updated yearly, which specifies how much over the GS Base Pay government employees working within that locality will earn. Therefore, localities with a higher cost of living have a higher adjustment percentage then cheaper localities.