Per Diem Rates 2027: All 295 Areas, Ranked

Your manager approves a three-day trip to Chicago and says per diem applies. But how much is it, why is Chicago's different from Denver's, and does it change in the summer? The answers all come from one federal table.

A per diem is a fixed daily allowance for lodging, meals and incidental expenses on a work trip. In the US, the amounts come from the GSA per diem rates, and the FY 2027 set took effect on 1 October 2026. Most of the country gets the standard rate of $181 a day: $113 for lodging and $68 for meals and incidentals. Another 295 higher-cost areas get more for at least part of the year, up to $499 a night in Park City, Utah in ski season.

Lists of the most expensive cities are easy to find. What we couldn't find was the whole set compared with last year. So we downloaded GSA's full FY 2026 and FY 2027 rate files and compared all 295 areas, month by month. 282 got a higher lodging rate. 13 stayed the same. Not one was cut.

Every figure below is either GSA's own, from the files and notices it published, or our arithmetic on those files, labelled as ours. The data was retrieved on 4 November 2026.

Key findings at a glance

• The standard per diem rate is $181 a day for FY 2027: $113 for lodging, up $3 after a freeze in FY 2026, and $68 for meals and incidentals, unchanged (GSA).
• 295 areas get a higher rate, one fewer than last year. Allentown, Pennsylvania dropped back to the standard rate (GSA).
• 282 of those 295 areas got a higher lodging rate, and none got a lower one. The median rise was $6.25 a night, or 4.2% (our analysis of GSA's files).
• Key West is the most expensive area over a full year, averaging $335 a night. Park City has the highest single rate, $499 a night from December to March (our analysis).
• Half the higher-cost areas change their rate with the seasons. July is the most common peak month, in 96 of the 149 seasonal areas (our analysis).
• Albuquerque got the biggest rise, up 25.7% to an average of $181 a night. Tucson and Bakersfield were close behind at 24% (our analysis).
• The meal rates haven't moved since FY 2025. The five tiers still run from $68 to $92 a day and are due for review in FY 2028 (GSA).
• The IRS high-low rates rose to $329 and $230 a day for travel from 1 October 2026 (IRS Notice 2026-60).

What are the FY 2027 per diem rates?

The standard rate is $181 a day, made up of $113 for lodging and $68 for meals and incidental expenses, known as M&IE. It applies anywhere in the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia that isn't one of the 295 non-standard areas. Each of those gets a higher lodging rate for at least part of the year, and 278 of them a higher M&IE rate as well.

The rates run for the federal fiscal year: travel on or after 1 October 2026, through 30 September 2027. GSA's notice in the Federal Register describes the change in one sentence: "After a rate freeze in FY 2026, for FY 2027 GSA will increase the standard lodging per diem rate by $3 to $113, and 295 non-standard areas will continue to receive a maximum lodging allowance higher than the standard rate."

	FY 2026	FY 2027	Change
Standard lodging rate	$110	$113	+$3
Standard M&IE rate	$68	$68	None
Standard daily total	$178	$181	+$3
M&IE tiers	$68 to $92	$68 to $92	None
Non-standard areas	296	295	−1

The lodging figure is a cap, not an allowance. A federal traveller is repaid what the hotel actually charged, up to the rate. The M&IE figure is a flat daily amount, paid whatever you spend on food.

These rates are set for federal employees. Private employers don't have to use them, but many do, because the IRS treats an allowance at or below the federal rate as tax-free when it's paid under an accountable plan. That's why the same table turns up in company travel policies.

Which areas have the highest per diem rates?

Ranked by the average lodging rate over all twelve months, the most expensive area is Key West, Florida, at $335 a night. Park City, Utah is second at $318, and New York City third at $291.

The most expensive per diem areas for FY 2027

Average maximum lodging rate per night across the 12 months of FY 2027, in US dollars

1. Key West, FL$335
2. Park City, UT$318
3. New York City, NY$291
4. Jackson / Pinedale, WY$290
5. Martha's Vineyard, MA$290
6. Boston / Cambridge, MA$284
7. Santa Monica, CA$283
8. Aspen, CO$277
9. Nantucket, MA$276
10. Vail, CO$276
11. San Francisco, CA$271
12. Sun Valley / Ketchum, ID$264

New York City is the most expensive big city. Its rate drops to $189 in January and February and reaches $358 from September to December. Boston and San Francisco follow. The rest of the top twelve is resorts, places where a hotel room costs more because of where it is, not how big the city is.

Here is how the largest business destinations compare. The averages are ours, worked out from GSA's monthly rates.

Area	FY 2026 average	FY 2027 average	Change	Highest month	M&IE
New York City, NY	$277	$291	+5.1%	$358	$92
Boston / Cambridge, MA	$273	$284	+4.0%	$365	$92
San Francisco, CA	$263	$271	+2.9%	$325	$92
Washington, DC	$234	$246	+5.2%	$295	$92
Nashville, TN	$222	$230	+3.5%	$230	$86
Seattle, WA	$208	$216	+3.8%	$255	$92
San Diego, CA	$205	$215	+4.6%	$249	$86
Denver / Aurora, CO	$194	$203	+4.7%	$227	$92
Chicago, IL	$195	$202	+3.6%	$238	$92
Los Angeles, CA	$191	$199	+4.2%	$199	$86
Philadelphia, PA	$184	$194	+5.0%	$227	$92
Atlanta, GA	$186	$193	+3.8%	$207	$86
Miami, FL	$176	$185	+4.8%	$244	$92
Austin, TX	$176	$184	+4.2%	$184	$80
Dallas, TX	$175	$184	+5.0%	$184	$80
Phoenix / Scottsdale, AZ	$160	$166	+4.1%	$232	$86
Orlando, FL	$147	$153	+4.1%	$178	$80
Las Vegas, NV	$134	$142	+6.0%	$173	$86
Houston, TX	$128	$133	+3.9%	$133	$80

Most of the 295 areas are much closer to the standard rate than these. More than half average under $150 a night:

12-month average lodging rate	Areas
$113 to $149	159
$150 to $199	103
$200 to $249	21
$250 or more	12

The mean across all 295 is $157.53 a night, and the median is $147.42.

Peak month or full year: why the rankings disagree

Most published lists rank areas by their single highest rate. On that measure Park City leads, at $499 a night from December to March, and Nantucket is second at $487 from June to September.

Area	Highest rate	When	Average over the year	Highest daily total with M&IE
Park City, UT	$499	December to March	$318	$591
Nantucket, MA	$487	June to September	$276	$579
Martha's Vineyard, MA	$473	June to September	$290	$565
Key West, FL	$452	February to April	$335	$538
Jackson / Pinedale, WY	$441	June to September	$290	$533
Aspen, CO	$419	December to March	$277	$511
Vail, CO	$417	December to March	$276	$509
Telluride, CO	$367	December to March	$246	$459
Boston / Cambridge, MA	$365	September and October	$284	$457
New York City, NY	$358	September to December	$291	$450

The two rankings answer different questions. If you're booking one trip, the peak rate for that month is what matters. If you're budgeting a year of travel to one place, the average is the better guide. Nantucket's rate falls to $171 a night out of season, under half its summer cap. Key West's never drops below $267, which is why it tops the full-year list.

What changed from FY 2026?

Every area that kept its own rate got the same or more. We matched all 295 areas in the FY 2027 file to their FY 2026 entries and compared the average lodging rate across the year.

Change in the average lodging rate	Areas
Went up	282
Stayed the same	13
Went down	0

The median rise was $6.25 a night, or 4.2%. The mean rise was 4.9%, pulled up by a few large jumps. Fifty-one areas rose by $10 a night or more, and 27 rose by 10% or more. The standard rate rose 2.7%, from $110 to $113.

The biggest per diem increases for FY 2027

Change in the average maximum lodging rate per night, FY 2026 to FY 2027

1. Albuquerque, NM ($181)+25.7%
2. Bakersfield / Ridgecrest, CA ($164)+24.2%
3. Tucson, AZ ($168)+24.1%
4. Ocean Shores, WA ($139)+22.4%
5. New London / Groton, CT ($149)+20.2%
6. Stuart, FL ($168)+17.3%
7. Big Spring, TX ($133)+16.7%
8. South Lake Tahoe, CA ($214)+16.4%
9. Louisville, KY ($164)+15.2%
10. Midland, MI ($138)+15.0%

The thirteen that held still include Charleston, South Carolina, which is among the most expensive areas at $246 a night, along with Spokane, Tallahassee, Boulder and Duluth.

One area left the list. GSA's FY 2027 highlights say "Allentown, PA, which was an NSA in FY 2026, moved into the standard CONUS rate category". A trip to Allentown now pays the standard $113, not its old higher rate. No new areas were added.

Over a longer span, the standard lodging rate has risen from $96 in FY 2021 to $113, a rise of 17.7%. The standard M&IE rate rose from $55 to $68 over the same years, 23.6%. Both FY 2021 figures come from GSA's FY 2021 rate file, and the arithmetic is ours.

When do per diem rates peak?

Half of the 295 areas have seasons. In 149 of them, the lodging rate changes during the year. The other 146 have one rate for all twelve months.

When seasonal per diem areas reach their highest rate

Number of the 149 seasonal areas whose highest FY 2027 lodging rate falls in each month

1. Oct36
2. Nov8
3. Dec19
4. Jan26
5. Feb40
6. Mar47
7. Apr28
8. May22
9. Jun80
10. Jul96
11. Aug86
12. Sep45

Summer dominates. 100 of the 149 seasonal areas peak somewhere in June, July or August: beach towns, national park gateways and New England. A smaller group of 51 peaks between December and March. Those are ski resorts and Florida's winter season. November has the fewest peaks: only 8 areas charge their top rate then.

The swings can be large. Nantucket's summer rate is 2.85 times its off-season rate. Ocean City, Maryland goes from $115 a night, barely above the standard rate, to $306 in summer.

GSA explains how a season is created. It is a "sustained period (two or more months in length) where rates (ADR) are different from the preceding or following period by at least 15%", judged on three years of hotel data.

How does the M&IE rate work?

The M&IE rate is a fixed amount for each full day of travel, in one of five tiers. GSA splits each tier into breakfast, lunch, dinner and $5 of incidental expenses, which the IRS defines as tips for porters, baggage carriers and hotel staff.

M&IE tier	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Incidentals	First and last day	Non-standard areas on this tier
$68	$16	$19	$28	$5	$51.00	17
$74	$18	$20	$31	$5	$55.50	70
$80	$20	$22	$33	$5	$60.00	104
$86	$22	$23	$36	$5	$64.50	71
$92	$23	$26	$38	$5	$69.00	33

The breakdown is GSA's. The count of areas on each tier is ours, from the FY 2027 file. $80 is the most common tier among the higher-cost areas.

On the day you leave and the day you return, the rate is 75% of the tier. That's the "first and last day" column. If a meal is provided, at a conference for example, federal travellers deduct that meal's amount from the day's allowance. Employers outside government set their own rule on this.

GSA says the tiers "were last revised in FY 2025 and are scheduled for review in FY 2028". So the meal side of per diem will stay where it is for at least another year, while the lodging side moves every October.

What does a three-night trip pay?

Here is the maximum a three-night trip pays, using the rates above. It covers three nights of lodging, two full days of M&IE, and two travel days at 75%. The arithmetic is ours.

Destination	Lodging, 3 nights	M&IE, 4 days	Trip maximum
Standard-rate area	$339	$238	$577
Chicago, December to March	$444	$322	$766
Chicago, April to June	$714	$322	$1,036
New York City, January	$567	$322	$889
New York City, October	$1,074	$322	$1,396
Park City, ski season	$1,497	$322	$1,819

The same three nights in New York can be worth $507 more in one month than in another. A travel policy that budgets per diem by city, not by month, will be wrong in both directions.

These maximums cover lodging and meals only. The flight, any rental car and airport transfers are repaid at cost on top, each with its own receipt, such as the airline receipt for the fare.

What are the IRS high-low per diem rates?

The IRS publishes a simpler version for employers. The high-low method uses two rates for the whole country instead of hundreds. From 1 October 2026, under IRS Notice 2026-60:

High-low rate	From 1 Oct 2025	From 1 Oct 2026	Of which M&IE
High-cost locality	$319	$329	$86
Any other CONUS locality	$225	$230	$74

A locality counts as high-cost if its federal per diem rate is "$280 or more" for part of the year. So the IRS list is built from the GSA table. By our count, 88 of the 295 GSA areas reach $280 or more in at least one month, counting lodging and M&IE together. Only 20 stay above it all year.

The notice adds four localities to the high-cost list: Tucson, San Mateo, Foster City and Belmont, Albuquerque, and Cody, Wyoming. It removes one, Panama City, Florida. Tucson and Albuquerque match the GSA file, where they had two of the three biggest rises.

The notice keeps two smaller rates unchanged. Transportation workers can use a special M&IE rate of $80 a day in the continental US and $86 outside it. The incidental-expenses-only deduction stays at $5 a day.

The notice applies to travel on or after 1 October 2026. For the last three months of 2026, IRS Publication 463 lets an employer either switch to the new rates or finish the calendar year on the old ones. An employer using high-low has to stay on it until 31 December, and use the same rates for every employee.

Do you still need receipts on per diem?

For meals, usually not. For lodging, it depends on who you work for. Per diem replaces the receipt as proof of the amount. It doesn't replace proof that the trip happened.

For federal travellers, the Federal Travel Regulation is direct: "You must provide a lodging receipt and a receipt for every authorized expense over $75." Lodging is repaid at cost up to the cap, so the hotel bill is the proof. Meals on M&IE need no receipt. If a receipt is lost, the same rule lets you give "a reason acceptable to your agency" instead, which works much like the missing receipt declaration most employers use.

For employees of private companies, IRS Publication 463 says documentary evidence isn't needed when you "account to your employer under an accountable plan, and you use a per diem allowance method that includes meals and/or lodging". Many employers still ask for the hotel folio, because they cap lodging at cost.

For everyone using the meal allowance, the same publication adds the condition: "you must still keep records to prove the time, place, and business purpose of your travel." Per diem proves the amount. A calendar entry, an itinerary and a hotel bill prove the trip. Keep them as long as the tax return they support can be examined, usually three years, as our guide to how long to keep receipts explains. If they are already gone, our guide to lost receipts for taxes covers what the IRS accepts instead.

The airfare and the rental car are outside per diem altogether, and they need their own receipts. Our guides cover how to get a copy of an airline receipt, a hotel folio and a rental car receipt.

How does GSA set per diem rates?

The lodging rate follows hotel prices from the year before. GSA's own explanation: "Since fiscal year 2005, lodging per diem rates have been based on average daily rate (ADR) data, less five (5) percent." ADR is a hotel's room revenue divided by the rooms it rented.

Three choices shape the number:

1. Which hotels. GSA picks properties "best representing mid-range hotels in each market", with fire-safe certification, in ZIP codes federal employees visit.
2. Which months of data. It typically uses "ADR data from the trailing April-March". So the FY 2027 rates reflect hotel prices from spring 2025 to spring 2026.
3. Which seasons. Any stretch of two months or more where prices move at least 15% becomes its own season.

That lag explains why per diem can feel low in a market where hotel prices are rising fast. If a rate doesn't cover the cost of a trip, GSA's highlights say the Federal Travel Regulation "allows for actual expense reimbursement when per diem rates are insufficient". Agencies can also ask GSA to review an area's rate.

The full table: all 295 areas, ranked

Every non-standard area in GSA's FY 2027 file, ranked by its average lodging rate over the twelve months. "Highest month" is the top lodging rate in the year, and "Change" compares the 12-month average with FY 2026. The ranking, the averages and the changes are our arithmetic on GSA's rates. To look up a single address or ZIP code, use GSA's own per diem lookup at gsa.gov/perdiem.

Download the data: the same 295 areas with every month's lodging rate, the FY 2026 average and the change, as a CSV file. It's free to reuse under CC BY 4.0, with a link back to this page.

Rank	Area	12-month average	Highest month	Change from FY 2026	M&IE
1	Key West, FL	$335	$452	+3.8%	$86
2	Park City, UT	$318	$499	+3.0%	$92
3	New York City, NY	$291	$358	+5.1%	$92
4	Jackson / Pinedale, WY	$290	$441	+3.2%	$92
5	Martha's Vineyard, MA	$290	$473	+2.0%	$92
6	Boston / Cambridge, MA	$284	$365	+4.0%	$92
7	Santa Monica, CA	$283	$283	+3.7%	$92
8	Aspen, CO	$277	$419	+1.2%	$92
9	Nantucket, MA	$276	$487	+1.0%	$92
10	Vail, CO	$276	$417	+3.5%	$92
11	San Francisco, CA	$271	$325	+2.9%	$92
12	Sun Valley / Ketchum, ID	$264	$316	+1.5%	$80
13	Charleston, SC	$246	$288	No change	$92
14	Telluride, CO	$246	$367	+2.9%	$92
15	Washington, DC area	$246	$295	+5.2%	$92
16	Napa, CA	$242	$266	+3.6%	$92
17	Nashville, TN	$230	$230	+3.5%	$86
18	Naples, FL	$225	$326	+3.8%	$80
19	Santa Barbara, CA	$224	$277	+4.7%	$92
20	Big Sky / West Yellowstone/Gardiner, MT	$221	$326	+0.3%	$80
21	Sunnyvale / Palo Alto / San Jose, CA	$218	$218	+13.5%	$92
22	Monterey, CA	$218	$293	+4.1%	$92
23	Seattle, WA	$216	$255	+3.8%	$92
24	San Diego, CA	$215	$249	+4.6%	$86
25	South Lake Tahoe, CA	$214	$262	+16.4%	$86
26	Vero Beach, FL	$214	$259	No change	$74
27	Sedona, AZ	$212	$282	+3.4%	$92
28	Silverthorne / Breckenridge, CO	$208	$296	+3.0%	$92
29	Steamboat Springs, CO	$206	$299	+3.9%	$92
30	Denver / Aurora, CO	$203	$227	+4.7%	$92
31	Bar Harbor / Rockport, ME	$203	$320	+5.0%	$92
32	Chicago, IL	$202	$238	+3.6%	$92
33	Boca Raton / Delray Beach / Jupiter, FL	$200	$265	+9.0%	$86
34	San Mateo / Foster City / Belmont, CA	$200	$217	+9.2%	$86
35	Los Angeles, CA	$199	$199	+4.2%	$86
36	Jekyll Island / Brunswick, GA	$198	$230	+2.7%	$86
37	Yosemite National Park, CA	$196	$212	+3.9%	$86
38	Jamestown / Middletown / Newport, RI	$195	$274	+5.3%	$80
39	Philadelphia, PA	$194	$227	+5.0%	$92
40	Atlanta, GA	$193	$207	+3.8%	$86
41	Arlington / Fort Worth / Grapevine, TX	$192	$192	+6.1%	$80
42	Montpelier, VT	$189	$227	+3.8%	$74
43	Manchester, VT	$188	$223	+4.1%	$86
44	Boise, ID	$186	$201	+5.3%	$86
45	Miami, FL	$185	$244	+4.8%	$92
46	Fort Lauderdale, FL	$185	$232	+4.3%	$86
47	Duluth, MN	$184	$220	No change	$86
48	Austin, TX	$184	$184	+4.2%	$80
49	Dallas, TX	$184	$184	+5.0%	$80
50	Stowe, VT	$184	$184	+4.7%	$86
51	Albuquerque, NM	$181	$208	+25.7%	$80
52	Toms River, NJ	$181	$217	+4.1%	$74
53	San Luis Obispo, CA	$177	$213	+4.4%	$86
54	Kill Devil Hills, NC	$176	$267	+1.9%	$74
55	Hilton Head, SC	$174	$226	+3.6%	$80
56	Cocoa Beach, FL	$174	$212	+0.4%	$74
57	Fort Walton Beach / De Funiak Springs, FL	$174	$274	+3.9%	$86
58	Moab, UT	$173	$223	+0.7%	$86
59	Floral Park / Garden City / Great Neck, NY	$172	$172	+4.9%	$86
60	Port Angeles / Port Townsend, WA	$171	$252	+11.7%	$92
61	Lake Placid, NY	$171	$225	+0.4%	$86
62	Cincinnati, OH	$170	$170	+4.3%	$86
63	Kenton, KY	$170	$170	+4.3%	$86
64	Burlington / Woburn, MA	$170	$187	+5.3%	$86
65	Burlington, VT	$170	$214	+2.7%	$86
66	Tampa / St. Petersburg, FL	$169	$212	+5.1%	$80
67	Mill Valley / San Rafael / Novato, CA	$169	$169	+5.4%	$92
68	Palm Springs, CA	$169	$192	+0.9%	$86
69	Quincy, MA	$168	$190	+7.0%	$80
70	Stuart, FL	$168	$238	+17.3%	$80
71	Tarrytown / White Plains / New Rochelle, NY	$168	$168	+4.3%	$92
72	Coeur d'Alene, ID	$168	$227	+4.4%	$74
73	Newark, NJ	$168	$175	+7.5%	$86
74	Tucson, AZ	$168	$208	+24.1%	$80
75	Bradenton, FL	$167	$237	+4.4%	$80
76	Cleveland, OH	$167	$167	+5.0%	$80
77	Mammoth Lakes, CA	$167	$208	+5.7%	$86
78	Phoenix / Scottsdale, AZ	$166	$232	+4.1%	$86
79	Baltimore City, MD	$166	$166	+10.7%	$86
80	Falmouth, MA	$165	$247	+3.0%	$86
81	Gulf Shores, AL	$165	$221	+6.6%	$74
82	Fort Myers, FL	$165	$213	+4.3%	$80
83	Hershey, PA	$165	$207	+4.6%	$80
84	Lebanon / Lincoln / West Lebanon, NH	$165	$186	+5.4%	$74
85	Truckee, CA	$165	$178	+4.7%	$86
86	New Orleans, LA	$165	$188	+4.0%	$80
87	Montrose, CO	$164	$194	+5.0%	$74
88	Laconia, NH	$164	$191	+4.2%	$74
89	Louisville, KY	$164	$185	+15.2%	$80
90	Bakersfield / Ridgecrest, CA	$164	$164	+24.2%	$74
91	Carlsbad, NM	$164	$164	+5.8%	$74
92	St. Augustine, FL	$164	$178	+4.2%	$80
93	Riverhead / Ronkonkoma / Melville, NY	$163	$163	+5.2%	$86
94	Santa Rosa, CA	$163	$163	+3.8%	$86
95	Santa Fe, NM	$163	$175	+4.8%	$80
96	Incline Village / Reno / Sparks, NV	$163	$183	+11.7%	$80
97	Ocean City, MD	$163	$306	+1.7%	$80
98	Sebring, FL	$163	$236	+15.0%	$74
99	Portland, OR	$161	$161	+3.9%	$86
100	Providence / Bristol, RI	$161	$161	+4.5%	$80
101	Richmond, VA	$161	$161	+2.5%	$80
102	Vancouver, WA	$161	$161	+3.9%	$86
103	Crested Butte / Gunnison, CO	$160	$179	+4.2%	$86
104	Seaside, OR	$160	$237	+2.2%	$86
105	Detroit, MI	$160	$160	+5.3%	$74
106	Portland, ME	$159	$216	+4.6%	$80
107	Petoskey, MI	$159	$230	+5.2%	$86
108	Cambridge / St. Michaels, MD	$159	$195	+2.4%	$80
109	Savannah, GA	$158	$186	+4.4%	$80
110	Grand Lake, CO	$158	$182	+5.0%	$86
111	Northampton, MA	$157	$157	No change	$80
112	Santa Cruz, CA	$157	$181	+5.9%	$86
113	Cody, WY	$156	$213	+5.6%	$74
114	Missoula, MT	$156	$199	+3.1%	$74
115	Bridgeport / Danbury, CT	$156	$156	+6.8%	$86
116	East St. Louis / O'Fallon / Fairview Heights, IL	$156	$156	+4.0%	$86
117	Sacramento, CA	$156	$156	+4.0%	$86
118	St. Louis, MO	$156	$156	+4.0%	$86
119	Olympia / Tumwater, WA	$156	$176	+4.4%	$80
120	Kalispell/Whitefish, MT	$156	$244	+3.0%	$80
121	Kennebunk / Kittery / Sanford, ME	$156	$229	+12.4%	$86
122	Eugene / Florence, OR	$155	$202	+5.7%	$80
123	Traverse City, MI	$155	$235	+2.7%	$80
124	Sarasota, FL	$154	$205	+0.2%	$86
125	Athens, GA	$154	$154	+13.2%	$74
126	Death Valley, CA	$154	$154	+8.5%	$80
127	Wallops Island, VA	$154	$262	+2.1%	$68
128	Orlando, FL	$153	$178	+4.1%	$80
129	Chapel Hill, NC	$153	$153	+9.3%	$80
130	Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN	$153	$153	+3.4%	$92
131	Portsmouth, NH	$153	$186	+4.3%	$74
132	Gulf Breeze, FL	$152	$210	+2.8%	$74
133	Oakland, CA	$152	$152	+4.8%	$92
134	Salt Lake City, UT	$152	$152	+7.0%	$80
135	Princeton / Trenton, NJ	$151	$151	+9.4%	$86
136	Saratoga Springs / Schenectady, NY	$151	$219	+7.1%	$80
137	White River Junction, VT	$150	$172	+4.1%	$86
138	Virginia Beach, VA	$150	$212	+2.9%	$74
139	Pittsfield, MA	$150	$188	+4.7%	$86
140	Annapolis, MD	$150	$169	+4.5%	$80
141	Boulder / Broomfield, CO	$149	$173	No change	$80
142	New London / Groton, CT	$149	$149	+20.2%	$86
143	San Antonio, TX	$149	$149	+5.7%	$74
144	Lewes, DE	$148	$216	+0.2%	$74
145	Eatontown / Freehold, NJ	$148	$148	+1.4%	$86
146	Parsippany, NJ	$148	$148	+3.5%	$80
147	West Sacramento / Davis, CA	$148	$148	+4.2%	$80
148	Myrtle Beach, SC	$147	$202	+12.0%	$74
149	Antioch / Brentwood / Concord, CA	$147	$147	No change	$86
150	Kayenta, AZ	$147	$147	+1.4%	$74
151	Somerset, NJ	$147	$147	+6.5%	$80
152	Conway, NH	$146	$168	+6.0%	$80
153	Bend, OR	$146	$195	+3.1%	$86
154	Hartford, CT	$146	$146	+5.8%	$80
155	Huntsville, AL	$146	$146	+5.3%	$74
156	Oxford, MS	$146	$146	+15.0%	$68
157	Hyannis, MA	$146	$220	+1.3%	$92
158	Centreville, MD	$146	$164	+5.8%	$74
159	Ithaca, NY	$145	$145	+0.7%	$80
160	Durango, CO	$145	$190	+1.9%	$80
161	Atlantic Beach / Morehead City, NC	$144	$178	+2.1%	$74
162	Buffalo, NY	$144	$144	+12.4%	$80
163	Milwaukee, WI	$144	$144	+2.9%	$80
164	Pittsburgh, PA	$144	$144	+4.3%	$80
165	Pensacola, FL	$144	$188	+3.6%	$74
166	Charlotte, NC	$143	$143	+9.2%	$80
167	Tacoma, WA	$143	$143	+5.1%	$86
168	Eureka / Arcata / McKinleyville, CA	$143	$181	+4.4%	$86
169	Las Vegas, NV	$142	$173	+6.0%	$86
170	Charlottesville, VA	$142	$142	+4.4%	$80
171	Raleigh, NC	$142	$142	+8.4%	$74
172	Kingston, NY	$141	$141	+1.4%	$86
173	Springfield / Cranford / New Providence, NJ	$141	$141	+1.4%	$80
174	Daytona Beach, FL	$140	$158	+3.9%	$80
175	Ann Arbor, MI	$140	$140	+4.7%	$80
176	Colorado Springs, CO	$140	$176	+4.3%	$86
177	Helena, MT	$140	$140	+6.1%	$74
178	Indianapolis / Carmel, IN	$140	$140	+5.3%	$80
179	Worcester, MA	$140	$140	+3.7%	$80
180	Punta Gorda, FL	$140	$202	+3.1%	$74
181	Ocean Shores, WA	$139	$155	+22.4%	$86
182	Grand Canyon / Flagstaff, AZ	$139	$152	+4.8%	$80
183	Kansas City / Overland Park, KS	$139	$139	+3.0%	$80
184	Kansas City, MO	$139	$139	+3.0%	$80
185	Rochester, MN	$139	$139	+9.4%	$80
186	Wilmington, NC	$138	$170	+2.7%	$74
187	Beaverton, OR	$138	$138	+4.5%	$80
188	Columbus, OH	$138	$138	+5.3%	$80
189	Midland, MI	$138	$138	+15.0%	$74
190	Mackinac Island, MI	$138	$197	+4.0%	$86
191	Andover, MA	$137	$137	No change	$80
192	Clackamas, OR	$137	$137	+0.7%	$80
193	Oakhurst, CA	$137	$137	+1.5%	$80
194	Sandusky, OH	$137	$174	No change	$68
195	Stockton, CA	$137	$137	+3.8%	$74
196	Panama City, FL	$137	$195	+2.7%	$80
197	Fresno, CA	$136	$136	+5.4%	$86
198	Manchester, NH	$136	$136	+4.6%	$74
199	Midland / Odessa, TX	$136	$136	+5.8%	$74
200	Richland / Pasco, WA	$136	$136	+4.6%	$86
201	Rochester, NY	$136	$136	+3.0%	$80
202	Syracuse / Oswego, NY	$136	$136	+11.5%	$80
203	Visalia, CA	$136	$136	+3.8%	$80
204	Lincoln City, OR	$136	$178	+6.0%	$92
205	Birmingham, AL	$135	$135	+7.1%	$80
206	Brentwood / Franklin, TN	$135	$135	+3.8%	$86
207	Memphis, TN	$135	$135	+4.7%	$74
208	Durham, NH	$134	$156	+3.7%	$74
209	Nyack / Palisades, NY	$134	$134	+3.9%	$80
210	Point Arena / Gualala, CA	$134	$134	+3.9%	$86
211	South Padre Island, TX	$133	$160	+4.9%	$74
212	Glens Falls, NY	$133	$195	+3.8%	$86
213	Albany, NY	$133	$133	+13.7%	$86
214	Big Spring, TX	$133	$133	+16.7%	$68
215	Houston, TX	$133	$133	+3.9%	$80
216	Plano, TX	$133	$133	+8.1%	$80
217	Starkville, MS	$133	$133	+6.4%	$68
218	Bloomington, IN	$132	$154	+10.3%	$74
219	Lafayette / West Lafayette, IN	$132	$132	+4.5%	$74
220	Malvern / Frazer / Berwyn, PA	$132	$132	+11.9%	$80
221	New Haven, CT	$132	$132	+1.5%	$80
222	Southaven, MS	$132	$132	+4.8%	$68
223	State College, PA	$132	$132	+6.5%	$74
224	Tahoe City, CA	$132	$132	+0.8%	$86
225	Deadwood / Spearfish, SD	$131	$168	+5.1%	$80
226	Holland, MI	$131	$158	+1.3%	$74
227	Hamilton, OH	$131	$131	+5.6%	$74
228	Marietta, GA	$131	$131	+4.0%	$74
229	Springfield, MA	$131	$131	+2.3%	$74
230	Asheville, NC	$130	$145	+3.8%	$80
231	Provo, UT	$130	$130	+11.1%	$74
232	Fort Collins / Loveland, CO	$129	$157	+10.0%	$80
233	Barstow / Ontario / Victorville, CA	$129	$129	+4.0%	$86
234	Chester / Radnor / Essington, PA	$129	$129	+1.6%	$80
235	Fayetteville, NC	$129	$129	+4.0%	$68
236	Harrisburg, PA	$129	$129	+4.0%	$74
237	Hot Springs, SD	$129	$161	+1.6%	$74
238	Knoxville, TN	$129	$129	+8.4%	$74
239	Montgomery, PA	$129	$129	+2.4%	$80
240	Troy, NY	$129	$129	+6.6%	$80
241	West Point, NY	$129	$129	+4.9%	$80
242	Augusta, GA	$128	$131	+4.5%	$74
243	Charles Town, WV	$128	$128	+4.9%	$68
244	Flemington, NJ	$128	$128	+3.2%	$80
245	Omaha, NE	$128	$128	+4.9%	$80
246	Rapid City, SD	$128	$173	+4.9%	$74
247	Taos, NM	$128	$128	No change	$74
248	Madison, WI	$128	$138	+2.9%	$80
249	Binghamton, NY	$127	$127	+8.5%	$74
250	Concord, NH	$127	$127	+2.4%	$74
251	Plymouth / Taunton / New Bedford, MA	$127	$127	+0.8%	$80
252	Wilmington, DE	$127	$127	No change	$74
253	Everett / Lynnwood, WA	$127	$147	+5.8%	$86
254	Cortez, CO	$126	$140	+4.1%	$74
255	Blacksburg, VA	$126	$126	+3.3%	$68
256	Mobile, AL	$126	$126	+10.5%	$74
257	Spokane, WA	$126	$126	No change	$86
258	Lancaster, PA	$125	$125	+1.6%	$74
259	Lexington, KY	$125	$125	+5.9%	$80
260	Pecos, TX	$125	$125	+3.3%	$74
261	Roanoke, VA	$125	$125	+5.0%	$74
262	Greensboro, NC	$124	$130	+4.1%	$74
263	Durham, NC	$124	$124	+2.5%	$74
264	Lynchburg, VA	$124	$124	+8.6%	$68
265	Muskegon, MI	$124	$157	+3.5%	$68
266	Poughkeepsie, NY	$124	$124	+7.8%	$80
267	Williamsburg / York, VA	$124	$135	+1.9%	$80
268	Sturgeon Bay, WI	$124	$139	+3.6%	$80
269	Edison / Piscataway, NJ	$123	$123	+0.8%	$80
270	Oakbrook Terrace, IL	$123	$123	+7.0%	$80
271	Galveston, TX	$122	$154	+4.7%	$74
272	Des Moines, IA	$122	$122	+0.8%	$80
273	Reading, PA	$122	$122	+4.3%	$74
274	Niagara Falls, NY	$122	$148	+3.2%	$80
275	South Haven, MI	$122	$148	+3.2%	$68
276	Tallahassee, FL	$121	$138	No change	$80
277	Bucks, PA	$121	$121	+1.7%	$80
278	Loudoun, VA	$121	$121	+5.2%	$80
279	Oklahoma City, OK	$121	$121	+4.3%	$80
280	Chattanooga, TN	$120	$120	+2.6%	$74
281	Dayton / Fairborn, OH	$120	$120	+4.3%	$74
282	Gettysburg, PA	$120	$120	+2.6%	$68
283	Grand Rapids, MI	$120	$120	+0.8%	$80
284	Pontiac / Auburn Hills, MI	$120	$120	+3.4%	$80
285	Douglas, CO	$120	$139	+0.6%	$80
286	Bolingbrook / Romeoville / Lemont, IL	$119	$119	+4.4%	$74
287	Boone, KY	$119	$119	+2.6%	$68
288	Alexandria / Leesville / Natchitoches, LA	$118	$118	+5.4%	$68
289	Aberdeen / Bel Air / Belcamp, MD	$117	$117	+3.5%	$74
290	Charleston, WV	$117	$117	+1.7%	$68
291	Dallas, IA	$117	$117	+1.7%	$80
292	Columbia, MD	$116	$116	+2.7%	$86
293	Cherry Hill / Moorestown, NJ	$115	$115	+2.7%	$80
294	Columbia, SC	$115	$115	No change	$74
295	Hot Springs, AR	$115	$115	+0.9%	$68

Anywhere not on this list pays the standard rate: 13 for lodging and 8 for M&IE.

How we compiled this report

• We used GSA's full rate files, not a lookup. We downloaded the FY 2026, FY 2027 and FY 2021 CONUS rate files from GSA's per diem API on 4 November 2026. Each holds every non-standard area's lodging rate for each month and its M&IE tier.
• We matched areas by GSA's own ID. Some areas changed spelling between years, Conway's county among them. Matching on GSA's destination ID avoided counting a renamed area as new. It also counted Washington DC once, where the file lists it under DC, Maryland and Virginia.
• "Average" means a plain 12-month average of the monthly lodging cap, each month weighted equally. GSA doesn't publish an annual figure. This one is ours.
• We checked our counts against GSA's. The file gives 295 areas for FY 2027 and 296 for FY 2026, matching GSA's highlights, and the one area that left is Allentown, as GSA says.
• The trip examples use the maximums. They assume no meals were provided and that the hotel charged the full cap.

What we could not verify

• The hotel data behind the rates. GSA's ADR figures come from a contractor and aren't published. We can describe the method, not check the inputs.
• How many employers use these rates. We found no reliable count of private companies that adopt GSA per diem, so this report doesn't give one.
• The IRS list against the GSA file, line by line. Our count of 88 areas at $280 or more comes from GSA's file. Notice 2026-60's list runs to about 90 entries, partly because Washington DC appears under three states. We haven't reconciled every line.
• Rates outside the continental US. Alaska, Hawaii and US territories are set by the Defense Department, and foreign rates by the State Department. Neither is covered here.
• Rates for FY 2022 to FY 2025. GSA's API stopped serving our requests after the FY 2021 file, so the long-run comparison uses FY 2021 and FY 2027 only.

Corrections and updates

Published 4 November 2026. No corrections have been made since.

GSA can revise individual rates during the year. If a figure here is wrong, or GSA has changed a rate, tell us. We'll correct it and record the change here.

<a href="https://www.repceipt.com/reports/per-diem-rates">Per Diem Rates 2027: All 295 Areas, Ranked</a> — Repceipt