Effective Date: June 1, 2026

This table reflects the post rating levels and the additional allowances as established in accordance with paragraph 58.1.1(b) and section 58.5 of this directive.

Post

Post Rating
Level

Temporary Level/
Special Payment FSD 58.5.1
(Effective Date)

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

V

 

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

II

III (2026/02/28 – 2026/07/31)

Abuja, Nigeria

V

 

Accra, Ghana

IV

 

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

V

 

Algiers, Algeria

V

 

Amman, Jordan

III

 

Ankara, Turkey

III

 

Astana, Kazakhstan (formerly Nur-Sultan)

V

 

Athens, Greece

I

 

Baghdad, Iraq

V

20% (2026/02/01)

Bamako, Mali

V

15% (2026/02/01)

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

III

 

Bangalore, India

III

 

Bangkok, Thailand

IV

 

Beijing, China

IV

 

Beirut, Lebanon

V

20% (2026/04/30) 

Belgrade, Serbia

III

 

Bogotá, Colombia

III

 

Brasilia, Brazil

III

 

Bratislava, Slovakia

I

 

Bucharest, Romania

II

 

Budapest, Hungary

I

 

Buenos Aires, Argentina

I

 

Bydgoszcz, Poland

I

 

Cairo, Egypt

V

 

Caracas, Venezuela

V

 

Chandigarh, India

III

 

Chongqing, China

IV

 

Colombo, Sri Lanka

IV

 

Cotonou, Benin

V

 

Dakar, Senegal

IV

 

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

V

 

Dhaka, Bangladesh

V

 

Doha, Qatar

III

 

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

II

III (2026/02/28 – 2026/07/31)

Elblag, Poland

I

 

Georgetown, Guyana

IV

 

Guadalajara, Mexico

II

 

Guangzhou, China

IV

 

Guatemala, Guatemala

IV

 

Hanoi, Vietnam

V

 

Harare, Zimbabwe

V

 

Havana, Cuba

V

 

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

IV

 

Hong Kong, China

I

 

Islamabad, Pakistan

V

 

Istanbul, Turkey

III

 

Izmir, Turkey

IV

 

Jakarta, Indonesia

III

 

Johannesburg, South Africa

III

 

Juba, South Sudan

V

35% (2025/09/01)

Khartoum, Sudan

V

 

Kigali, Rwanda

V

 

Kingston, Jamaica

IV

 

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

V

 

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

II

 

Kuwait City, Kuwait

IV

 

Kyiv, Ukraine

V

 

La Paz, Bolivia

IV

 

Lagos, Nigeria

V

 

Lima, Peru

III

 

Lusaka, Zambia

III

 

Managua, Nicaragua

V

 

Manila, Philippines

III

 

Maputo, Mozambique

V

 

Mexico, Mexico

II

 

Monterrey, Mexico

III

 

Montevideo, Uruguay

I

 

Moscow, Russia

V

 

Mumbai, India

III

 

Nagoya, Japan

I

 

Nairobi, Kenya

V

 

Naples, Italy

I

 

New Delhi, India

IV

 

Nuuk, Greenland

II

 

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

V

 

Panama City, Panama

II

 

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

V

 

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

V

60% (2025/12/01)

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

III

 

Pretoria, South Africa

II

 

Pyeongtaek, South Korea

II

 

Quito, Ecuador

III

 

Rabat, Morocco

II

 

Ramallah, West Bank

V

 

Riga, Latvia

I

 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

II

 

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

V

 

San José, Costa Rica

II

 

San Salvador, El Salvador

IV

 

Santiago, Chile

I

 

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

III

 

São Paulo, Brazil

II

 

Semarang, Indonesia

III

 

Seoul, South Korea

II

 

Shanghai, China

III

 

Sibiu, Romania

III

 

Suva, Fiji

III

 

Szczecin, Poland

I

 

Taipei, Taiwan

II

 

Tallinn, Estonia

I

 

Tartu, Estonia

I

 

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

V

 

Tel Aviv, Israel

III

 

Thule, Greenland

II

 

Tokyo, Japan

I

 

Tunis, Tunisia

III

 

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

V

 

Vientiane, Laos

V

 

Vilnius, Lithuania

I

 

Vyskov, Czech Republic

I

 

Warsaw, Poland

I

 

Yangon, Myanmar

V

 

Yaoundé, Cameroon

V

 

Yerevan, Armenia

IV

 

Yokosuka, Japan

I

 

Zagreb, Croatia

II

 

* Special Risk Premium – paragraph 58.5.1(f)

Notes:

  1. The post rating levels and the additional allowances as shown in this appendix shall be revised and amended by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the recommendation of the appropriate foreign service interdepartmental coordinating committee, as and when required.
  2. Notwithstanding section 107 of the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act, revisions to this appendix shall not constitute a change in terms and conditions of employment for employees subject to the Foreign Service Directives.