2025 OCONUS Living Pattern Survey

DD-P&R(A)2125

Overseas Living Pattern Survey (LPS) For Uniformed Services
Cost-of-Living Allowances (COLA)
U. S. Department of Defense

Purpose of the survey
The Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) is paid to Service members stationed in high cost overseas locations. COLA helps to maintain purchasing power so members can purchase about the same level of goods and services overseas as in the United States. This survey is designed to identify where and how you purchase goods and services. The information obtained from this survey is used in computing your COLA. You do not need to report costs in this survey as the costs are collected by DoS annually.

Time to complete
Please take about 20 minutes to complete this survey. Please answer all of the questions. All of the requested information is necessary to compute a cost-of-living index for your location.

Part 1. General Information.

1. Select the location of your permanent duty station:

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Country

2. What is your permanent duty station per your orders?

3. Select your branch of service.

4. Select your pay grade.

5. How many months have you been at this duty station?

6. Where do you reside?

7. How many family members live with you?

8. Do you use commissaries for any purchases?

If yes, enter the names/locations of all commissaries.

9. Do you use exchanges for any purchases?

If yes, enter the names/locations of all exchanges.

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	2025 OCONUS Living Pattern Survey DD-P&R(A)2125 Overseas Living Pattern Survey (LPS) For Uniformed Services Cost-of-Living Allowances (COLA) U. S. Department of Defense Purpose of the survey The Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) is paid to Service members stationed in high cost overseas locations. COLA helps to maintain purchasing power so members can purchase about the same level of goods and services overseas as in the United States. This survey is designed to identify where and how you purchase goods and services. The information obtained from this survey is used in computing your COLA. You do not need to report costs in this survey as the costs are collected by DoS annually. Time to complete Please take about 20 minutes to complete this survey. Please answer all of the questions. All of the requested information is necessary to compute a cost-of-living index for your location. Part 1. General Information. 1. Select the location of your permanent duty station: This question requires a web browser with JavaScript enabled. Country City Please answer question 1 (Country) before continuing. Please answer question 1 (City) before continuing. 2. What is your permanent duty station per your orders? Please answer question PDS () before continuing. 3. Select your branch of service. 4. Select your pay grade. 5. How many months have you been at this duty station? 6. Where do you reside? 7. How many family members live with you? Please answer question Demographic Information (3. Select your branch of service.) before continuing. Please answer question Demographic Information (4. Select your pay grade.) before continuing. Please answer question Demographic Information (5. How many months have you been at this duty station?) before continuing. Your answer to question Demographic Information (5. How many months have you been at this duty station?) must be a whole number. Your numeric answer for question Demographic Information (5. How many months have you been at this duty station?) does not fall within the range of 0 to 2147483647. Please answer question Demographic Information (6. Where do you reside?) before continuing. Please answer question Demographic Information (7. How many family members live with you?) before continuing. Your answer to question Demographic Information (7. How many family members live with you?) must be a whole number. Your numeric answer for question Demographic Information (7. How many family members live with you?) does not fall within the range of 0 to 30. 8. Do you use commissaries for any purchases? If yes, enter the names/locations of all commissaries. Yes No Please answer question Commissaries before continuing. 9. Do you use exchanges for any purchases? If yes, enter the names/locations of all exchanges. Yes No Please answer question Exchanges before continuing. 20%