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Difficult to Staff Incentive Differential (also known as Service Need Differential)


Difficult-to-Staff Incentive Differential (DTSID) is also known as Service Need Differential (SND):
This differential is paid to an employee assigned to a post with a Post Hardship Differential rate of 5% or higher, after an agency has determined that especially adverse conditions of environment warrant additional pay as a recruitment and retention incentive to fill the employee's position at that post. The DTSID/SND is a percentage of basic compensation (up to 15%). Check with your agency representative for more information because each agency develops unique procedures to implement this differential (or may choose not to implement it). Note that DTSID/SND and Danger Pay compensation together may not equal more than 35% of an employee's basic compensation. General guidance can be found in DSSR 1000.


LINKS: (Intranet ONLY)

Service Needs Differential Posts

Service Needs Differential (SND) Program 
SOP B-22


RESOURCES:

FAQ
 - Service Need Differential (Difficult to Staff Incentive Differential)

Foreign Service Assignment Notebook

GTM/CDA
 is the main point of contact for the questions related to SND for the Department of State

For other agencies, please contact your Personnel/Human Resources Office