Quarterly Report April 2000: Housing Costs

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Quarterly Report
Quarters Allowances, April 2000
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Table 2

		Exchange Rate³			Annual Allowance by family status and salary range
Country and City¹	Survey Date²	Effective Date	Foreign Unit	Number Per US$	Family Status⁴	Less Than $36,400	$36,400 to $67,999	$68,000 and above
Australia: Melbourne	Oct-98	Dec-98	Dollar	1.58	Family	$15,500	$16,800	$17,600
					Single	14,100	15,500	16,800

Azores: Lajes Field	Mar-00	Mar-00	Escudo	204	Family	9,800	14,800	15,000
					Single	8,700	9,900	14,800

Bahrain: Manama	Feb-00	Feb-00	Dinar	0.3770	Family	21,700	26,500	29,500
					Single	19,300	25,500	27,000

Barbados	Nov-99	Dec-99	Dollar	2.00	Family	30,600	34,100	37,500
					Single	27,300	30,600	35,800

Belgium: Brussels	Jul-99	Aug-99	Franc	39.4	Family	26,000	28,900	30,300
					Single	23,100	26,000	28,900
Shape/Chievres	Jul-99	Aug-99	Franc	39.4	Family	16,900	18,800	19,700
					Single	15,000	16,900	18,800

Bermuda	Dec-95	Oct-96	Dollar	1.00	Family	23,600	26,200	26,200
					Single	21,900	21,900	24,800

Canada: Calgary	Mar-99	Apr-99	Dollar	1.48	Family	16,600	18,400	20,300
					Single	14,700	16,600	19,300
Montreal	Jan-00	Jan-00	Dollar	1.45	Family	25,500	28,300	28,300
					Single	22,600	25,500	28,300
Ottawa	Mar-99	Apr-99	Dollar	1.48	Family	18,700	20,800	22,900
					Single	16,600	18,700	21,800
Toronto	Mar-99	May-99	Dollar	1.48	Family	23,800	26,500	29,200
					Single	21,200	23,800	27,800
Vancouver	Mar-99	Apr-99	Dollar	1.48	Family	17,600	19,600	22,000
					Single	15,700	17,600	20,600

Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo	Mar-94	Apr-94	Peso	12.8	Family	11,000	13,700	14,400
					Single	9,700	11,000	14,400

Ecuador: Quito	Feb-99	Aug-99	Sucre	7000	Family	16,800	18,600	22,300
					Single	15,000	16,800	21,500

France: Paris	Feb-99	Mar-99	Franc	5.45	Family	40,200	44,800	49,300
					Single	36,000	40,200	47,000

Germany: Augsburg	Jul-99	Sep-99	Mark	1.85	Family	17,400	18,700	20,000
					Single	15,500	17,400	18,900
Berlin	Jun-97	Dec-98	Mark	1.67	Family	21,800	26,300	27,000
					Single	20,300	21,800	27,000
Bonn	Jun-97	Dec-98	Mark	1.67	Family	17,500	19,800	20,600
					Single	16,000	17,500	19,800
Frankfurt	Jul-99	Sep-99	Mark	1.85	Family	21,700	24,600	25,700
					Single	19,600	21,700	24,600
Hanau	Jul-99	Sep-99	Mark	1.85	Family	18,000	20,000	20,800
					Single	16,000	18,000	20,000
Heidelberg-Mannheim	Jul-99	Oct-99	Mark	1.85	Family	23,000	26,000	26,900
					Single	20,500	23,000	26,500
Kaiserslautern	Jul-99	Sep-99	Mark	1.85	Family	24,600	27,300	28,700
					Single	21,900	24,600	27,300
Karlsruhe	Jul-97	Dec-98	Mark	1.63	Family	17,300	18,900	19,900
					Single	15,300	17,300	18,900
Leipzig	May-95	Dec-98	Mark	1.63	Family	13,000	14,300	15,100
					Single	11,300	13,000	14,700
Nuernberg	Mar-99	Jul-99	Mark	1.73	Family	16,000	17,700	18,400
					Single	14,100	16,000	17,700
Stuttgart	Mar-99	Sep-99	Mark	1.73	Family	21,500	23,800	25,000
					Single	19,000	21,500	24,000
Wiesbaden	Jul-99	Sep-99	Mark	1.85	Family	25,100	27,800	30,500
					Single	22,200	25,100	29,100

Greece: Athens	Jan-97	Mar-97	Drachma	246	Family	15,300	17,000	17,000
					Single	14,000	15,900	17,000

Guatemala: Guatemala City	Dec-99	Feb-00	Quetzal	7.75	Family	21,500	25,300	28,000
					Single	19,100	21,500	25,300

Honduras: Tegucigalpa	Apr-97	Jun-97	Lempira	11.14	Family	12,400	17,200	17,200
					Single	12,000	14,200	16,600

Iceland: Keflavik-Grindavik	May-99	Aug-99	Kronur	73.3	Family	12,300	13,500	13,500
					Single	10,800	12,300	13,500

Italy: Brindisi	Feb-98	May-98	Lira	1,648	Family	8,300	9,400	10,400
					Single	7,500	8,300	9,800
Catania	Mar-99	Jul-99	Lira	1,683	Family	14,200	15,800	17,400
					Single	12,600	14,700	16,600
Leghorn	Jul-99	Aug-99	Lira	1,849	Family	14,200	15,800	16,600
					Single	12,600	14,200	15,800
Naples	Mar-99	Jul-99	Lira	1,683	Family	19,200	21,400	23,300
					Single	17,100	19,200	22,400
Pordenone-Aviano	Aug-99	Nov-99	Lira	1,827	Family	13,600	14,700	16,300
					Single	11,900	13,600	15,400
Rome	Feb-99	May-99	Lira	1,771	Family	29,500	32,600	35,800
					Single	26,100	29,500	34,300
Vicenza	Jul-99	Aug-99	Lira	1,849	Family	15,300	17,700	19,000
					Single	13,500	15,300	18,500

Japan: Misawa	Apr-00	Apr-00	Yen	105	Family	22,800	24,700	27,500
					Single	22,100	23,600	26,300
Okinawa	Mar-99	Aug-99	Yen	117	Family	23,600	26,000	27,300
					Single	20,800	25,900	26,700
Tokyo City	Jan-99	Jun-99	Yen	113	Family	64,400	71,300	78,600
					Single	57,100	65,200	74,900
Tokyo-To5	Oct-98	Jun-99	Yen	113	Family	31,400	35,100	38,300
					Single	28,000	31,400	36,600
Yokohama	Jan-99	Jun-99	Yen	113	Family	25,900	28,600	31,500
					Single	23,100	25,900	30,200
Yokosuka	Jan-99	May-99	Yen	113	Family	27,500	30,500	32,500
					Single	24,400	27,500	31,500

Korea: Osan	May-99	Dec-99	Won	1144	Family	18,200	20,200	21,200
					Single	16,200	18,200	20,200
Pusan	May-99	Dec-99	Won	1144	Family	19,300	21,400	21,400
					Single	17,100	19,300	21,400
Seoul	May-99	Dec-99	Won	1144	Family	33,800	37,500	41,200
					Single	30,000	33,800	39,300
Taegu	May-99	Dec-99	Won	1144	Family	19,200	21,300	22,400
					Single	17,000	19,200	21,300
Uijongbu	Oct-98	Dec-98	Won	1359	Family	20,200	22,400	23,500
					Single	17,900	20,200	22,400

Luxembourg	Feb-99	Mar-99	Franc	35.4	Family	28,200	30,900	34,300
					Single	25,000	28,200	32,700

Mexico: Mexico, D.F.	May-95	Jul-95	Peso	6.36	Family	30,800	34,100	37,500
					Single	27,300	30,800	35,800


Netherlands: Brunssum	Jul-99	Aug-99	Guilder	2.15	Family	17,800	20,200	20,500
					Single	16,000	18,800	19,900
The Hague	Jun-97	Dec-98	Guilder	1.89	Family	27,400	30,100	33,600
					Single	24,200	27,400	28,600

Norway: Oslo	Jun-97	Dec-98	Kroner	7.44	Family	17,200	20,400	21,600
					Single	16,600	17,200	20,400

Panama: Panama City	Mar-99	Jul-99	Balboa	1.00	Family	26,600	29,400	32,200
					Single	23,700	26,600	30,800

Paraguay: Asuncion	Oct-95	Nov-95	Guarani	1,968	Family	19,200	21,300	21,900
					Single	17,000	19,200	21,900

Peru: Lima	May-97	Jun-97	New Sol	2.63	Family	24,600	27,300	27,300
					Single	21,800	24,600	25,400

Portugal: Lisbon	Aug-99	Sep-99	Escudo	190	Family	28,800	32,100	35,400
					Single	25,700	28,800	34,400

Singapore	Feb-99	Apr-99	Dollar	1.69	Family	29,900	33,800	35,800
					Single	26,900	29,900	34,500

Spain: Madrid	Oct-98	Dec-98	Peseta	144	Family	23,700	26,300	29,700
					Single	21,000	23,700	27,600


Rota	Jan-00	Mar-00	Peseta	154	Family	16,700	19,500	20,500
					Single	14,600	16,700	20,000
Switzerland: Bern	May-99	Jun-99	Franc	1.51	Family	29,500	32,900	36,300
					Single	26,300	29,500	34,800
Geneva	Jun-99	Aug-99	Franc	1.54	Family	38,200	45,400	47,900
					Single	33,900	38,200	44,400

Quarterly Report Quarters Allowances, April 2000

Table 2

Quarterly Report
Quarters Allowances, April 2000