Handbook F-15 Revision: Fiscal Year 2010 Travel Per Diem Rates Updates

Effective October 1, 2009, Handbook F-15, Travel and Relocation, is revised with new travel per diem rates.

Handbook F-15, Travel and Relocation

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Part 4 Appendices

Appendix A Rates

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A-2 Travel Per Diem Rates

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A-2.3 Average Cost Localities

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Unless a city is listed in the table in A-2.4, High Cost Localities, the daily per diem rate is $46.

A-2.4 High Cost Localities

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State and Key City

County and/or Other Location

Rate ($)

Standard CONUS Rate applies to all destinations or counties not specifically listed

$46

Alabama

Birmingham

Jefferson and Shelby

$56

Gulf Shores

Baldwin

$51

Huntsville

Madison and Limestone

$51

Mobile

Mobile

$51

Montgomery

Montgomery

$51

Arizona

 

Grand Canyon / Flagstaff

Coconino (except the city limits of Sedona), Yavapai

$66

Phoenix / Scottsdale

Maricopa

$71

Sedona

City Limits of Sedona

$66

Tucson

Pima

$56

Arkansas

Little Rock

Pulaski

$61

California

Antioch / Brentwood / Concord

Contra Costa

$66

Bakersfield / Delano (Naval Weapons Center and Ordnance Test Station, China Lake)

Kern

$56

Barstow / Ontario / Victorville

San Bernardino

$56

Benicia / Dixon / Fairfield

Solano

$56

Brawley / Calexico / El Centro

Imperial

$51

Eureka / Arcata / McKinleyville

Humboldt

$61

Fresno

Fresno

$61

Los Angeles

Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, and Edwards AFB

$71

Mammoth Lakes

Mono

$61

Mill Valley / San Rafael / Novato

Marin

$56

Modesto

Stanislaus

$51

Monterey

Monterey

$71

Napa

Napa

$66

Oakhurst

Madera

$56

Oakland

Alameda

$61

Palm Springs

Riverside

$71

Point Arena / Gualala

Mendocino

$66

Redding

Shasta

$61

Sacramento

Sacramento

$61

San Diego

San Diego

$71

San Francisco

San Francisco

$71

San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo

$66

San Mateo / Foster City / Belmont

San Mateo

$61

Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara

$66

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz

$66

Santa Monica

City limits of Santa Monica

$71

Santa Rosa

Sonoma

$61

South Lake Tahoe

El Dorado

$71

Stockton

San Joaquin

$56

Sunnyvale / Palo Alto / San Jose

Santa Clara

$56

Tahoe City

Placer

$61

Truckee

Nevada

$71

Visalia / Lemoore

Tulare and Kings

$61

West Sacramento

Yolo

$51

Yosemite National Park

Mariposa

$71

Colorado

Aspen

Pitkin

$71

Boulder / Broomfield

Boulder and Broomfield

$61

Colorado Springs

El Paso

$66

Cortez

Montezuma

$51

Crested Butte / Gunnison

Gunnison

$51

Denver / Aurora

Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, and Jefferson

$66

Douglas County

Douglas

$61

Durango

La Plata

$61

Fort Collins / Loveland

Larimer

$56

Glenwood Springs / Grand Junction

Garfield / Mesa

$51

Montrose

Montrose

$56

Silverthorne / Breckenridge

Summit

$56

Steamboat Springs

Routt

$56

Telluride

San Miguel

$71

Vail

Eagle

$71

Connecticut

Bridgeport / Danbury

Fairfield

$71

Cromwell / Old Saybrook

Middlesex

$61

Hartford

Hartford

$56

Lakeville / Salisbury

Litchfield

$66

New Haven

New Haven

$61

New London / Groton

New London

$61

Putnam / Danielson / Storrs

Windham / Tolland

$56

Delaware

Wilmington

New Castle

$56

District of Columbia

District of Columbia

Washington DC (also the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax, and the counties of Arlington and Fairfax, in Virginia; and the counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s in Maryland) (See also Maryland and Virginia)

$71

Florida

Altamonte Springs

Seminole

$61

Boca Raton / Delray Beach / Jupiter

Palm Beach

$71

Bradenton

Manatee

$56

Cocoa Beach

Brevard

$51

Daytona Beach

Volusia

$51

Fort Lauderdale

Broward

$71

Fort Myers

Lee

$56

Fort Pierce

Saint Lucie

$51

Fort Walton Beach / De Funiak Springs

Okaloosa and Walton

$51

Gainesville

Alachua

$51

Gulf Breeze

Santa Rosa

$51

Jacksonville / Jacksonville Beach / Mayport Naval Station

Duval, City of Jacksonville, and Nassau

$51

Key West

Monroe

$71

Miami

Miami-Dade

$66

Naples

Collier

$61

Orlando

Orange

$56

Panama City

Bay

$51

Punta Gorda

Charlotte

$51

Sarasota

Sarasota

$56

St. Augustine

St. Johns

$56

Stuart

Martin

$51

Tampa / St. Petersburg

Pinellas and Hillsborough

$51

Vero Beach

Indian River

$51

Georgia

Atlanta

Fulton, Dekalb and Cobb

$56

Augusta

Richmond

$51

Duluth / Norcross / Lawrenceville

Gwinnett

$51

Jekyll Island / Brunswick

Glynn

$56

Peachtree City / Jonesboro / Morrow

Fayette / Coweta / Clayton

$51

Savannah

Chatham

$56

Idaho

Boise

Ada

$51

Bonner's Ferry / Standpoint

Bonner / Boundary / Shoshone

$61

Coeur d'Alene

Kootenai

$61

Sun Valley / Ketchum

Blaine

$71

Illinois

Bolingbrook / Romeoville / Lemont

Will

$51

Chicago

Cook and Lake

$71

Elgin / Aurora

City of Elgin, Kane

$56

Oak Brook Terrace

Dupage

$61

O’Fallon / Fairview Heights / Collinsville

Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair

$56

Springfield

Sangamon

$56

Indiana

Bloomington

Monroe

$56

Brownsburg / Plainfield

Hendricks

$61

Ft. Wayne

Allen

$56

Indianapolis / Carmel

Marion, Hamilton, Fort Benjamin Harrison military base

$61

Lafayette

Tippecanoe

$51

Michigan City

La Porte

$56

South Bend

St. Joseph

$56

Valparaiso / Burlington Beach

Porter

$51

Iowa

Cedar Rapids

Linn

$51

Des Moines

Polk

$51

Kansas

Kansas City / Overland Park

Wyandotte and Johnson

$61

Wichita

Sedgwick

$56

Kentucky

Boone County

Boone

$51

Kenton County

Kenton

$56

Lexington

Fayette

$61

Louisville

Jefferson

$61

Louisiana

Baton Rouge

East Baton Rouge Parish

$56

Covington / Slidell

St. Tammany Parish

$56

Lafayette

Lafayette Consolidated Government

$56

Lake Charles

Calcasieu Parish

$61

New Orleans

Orleans, St. Bernard, Jefferson, and Plaquemine Parishes

$71

Maine

Bar Harbor

Hancock

$61

Kennebunk / Kittery / Sanford

York

$56

Portland

Cumberland / Sagadahoc

$56

Rockport

Knox

$56

Maryland

Aberdeen / Bel Air / Belcamp

Harford

$56

Annapolis

Anne Arundel

$61

Baltimore City

Baltimore City

$71

Baltimore County

Baltimore

$61

Cambridge / St. Michaels

Dorchester and Talbot

$61

Columbia

Howard

$61

Frederick

Frederick

$56

Hagerstown

Washington

$56

La Plata / Indian Head

Charles

$51

Lexington Park / Leonardtown / Lusby

St. Mary’s and Calvert

$61

Ocean City

Worcester

$71

Washington, DC Metro Area

Montgomery and Prince George's

$71

Massachusetts

Andover

Essex

$56

Boston / Cambridge

Suffolk, city of Cambridge

$71

Burlington / Woburn

Middlesex

$71

Falmouth

City limits of Falmouth

$51

Hyannis

Barnstable

$56

Martha’s Vineyard

Dukes

$71

Nantucket

Nantucket

$61

Northampton

Hampshire

$56

Pittsfield

Berkshire

$61

Plymouth / Taunton / New Bedford

Plymouth / Bristol

$56

Quincy

Norfolk

$51

Springfield

Hampden

$51

Worcester

Worcester

$61

Michigan

Ann Arbor

Washtenaw

$56

Benton Harbor / St. Joseph / Stevensville

Berrien

$51

Charlevoix

Charlevoix

$61

Detroit

Wayne

$56

East Lansing / Lansing

Ingham and Eaton

$51

Flint

Genessee

$51

Grand Rapids

Kent

$51

Holland

Ottawa

$56

Kalamazoo / Battle Creek

Kalamazoo / Calhoun

$51

Mackinac Island

Mackinac

$66

Mount Pleasant

Isabella

$51

Petoskey

Emmet

$51

Pontiac / Auburn Hills

Oakland

$56

South Haven

Van Buren

$56

Traverse City and Leland

Grand Traverse and Leelanau

$51

Warren

Macomb

$51

Minnesota

Duluth

St. Louis

$56

Eagan / Burnsville / Mendota Heights

Dakota

$56

Minneapolis / St. Paul

Hennepin and Ramsey

$71

Rochester

Olmsted

$51

Mississippi

Gulfport / Biloxi

Harrison

$56

Hattiesburg

Forrest and Lamar

$51

Robinsonville

Tunica

$51

Missouri

Columbia

Boone

$51

Jefferson City

Cole

$51

Kansas City

Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte

$56

Springfield

Greene

$56

St. Louis

St. Louis, St. Louis City and St. Charles, Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Warren, and Washington

$66

Montana

Big Sky / West Yellowstone

Gallatin

$61

Butte

Silver Bow

$51

Helena

Lewis and Clark

$56

Missoula / Polson / Kalispell

Missoula / Lake / Flathead

$51

Nebraska

Omaha

Douglas

$61

Nevada

Incline Village / Reno / Sparks

Washoe

$51

Las Vegas

Clark

$71

Stateline, Carson City

Douglas, Carson City

$61

New Hampshire

Concord

Merrimack

$51

Conway

Caroll

$61

Laconia

Belknap

$51

Lebanon / Lincoln / West Lebanon

Grafton / Sullivan

$56

Manchester

Hillsborough

$56

Portsmouth

Rockingham

$61

New Jersey

Atlantic City / Ocean City / Cape May

Atlantic and Cape May

$66

Belle Mead

Somerset

$56

Cherry Hill / Moorestown

Camden and Burlington

$61

Eatontown / Freehold

Monmouth

$56

Edison / Piscataway

Middlesex

$51

Flemington

Hunterdon

$61

Newark

Essex, Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic

$61

Parsippany

Morris

$56

Princeton / Trenton

Mercer

$61

Springfield / Cranford / New Providence

Union

$56

Tom’s River

Ocean

$51

New Mexico

Albuquerque

Bernalillo

$56

Los Alamos

Los Alamos

$51

Santa Fe

Santa Fe

$71

Taos

Taos

$66

New York

Albany

Albany

$61

Buffalo

Erie

$56

Floral Park / Garden City / Great Neck

Nassau

$66

Glens Falls

Warren

$66

Kingston

Ulster

$66

Lake Placid

Essex

$61

Manhattan (includes the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island)

Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond

$71

Niagara Falls

Niagara

$51

Nyack / Palisades

Rockland

$61

Poughkeepsie

Dutchess

$66

Riverhead / Ronkonkoma / Melville

Suffolk

$71

Rochester

Monroe

$51

Saratoga Springs / Schenectady

Saratoga and Schenectady

$56

Syracuse

Onondaga

$56

Tarrytown / White Plains / New Rochelle

Westchester

$71

Troy

Rensselaer

$51

West Point

Orange

$51

North Carolina

Asheville

Buncombe

$51

Atlantic Beach / Morehead City

Carteret

$56

Chapel Hill

Orange

$56

Charlotte

Mecklenburg

$51

Durham

Durham

$51

Fayetteville

Cumberland

$51

Greensboro

Guilford

$56

Greenville

Pitt

$51

Kill Devil

Dare

$61

Raleigh

Wake

$66

Wilmington

New Hanover

$56

Winston-Salem

Forsyth

$56

Ohio

Akron

Summit

$51

Canton

Stark

$51

Cincinnati

Hamilton and Clermont

$56

Cleveland

Cuyahoga

$56

Columbus

Franklin

$56

Dayton / Fairborn

Greene, Darke, and Montgomery

$56

Hamilton

Butler and Warren

$51

Rittman

Wayne and Medina

$51

Toledo

Lucas

$51

Youngstown

Mahoning and Trumbull

$51

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma

$66

Tulsa

Tulsa, Creek, Osage, and Rogers

$61

Oregon

Ashland / Crater Lake

Jackson / Klamath

$56

Beaverton

Washington

$51

Bend

Deschutes

$61

Clackamas

Clackamas

$61

Eugene / Florence

Lane

$51

Lincoln City

Lincoln

$56

Portland

Multnomah

$66

Seaside

Clatsop

$51

Pennsylvania

Allentown / Easton / Bethlehem

Lehigh and Northampton

$51

Bucks County

Bucks

$71

Chester / Radnor / Essington

Delaware

$51

Gettysburg

Adams

$51

Harrisburg

Daupin

$51

Hershey

City of Hershey

$56

Lancaster

Lancaster

$56

Malvern / Frazer / Berwyn

Chester

$51

Mechanicsburg

Cumberland

$56

Montgomery County

Montgomery

$66

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

$66

Pittsburgh

Allegheny

$71

Reading

Berks

$56

Scranton

Lackawanna

$56

State College

Centre

$56

Rhode Island

East Greenwich / Warwick / North Kingstown

Kent and Washington

$56

Jamestown / Middletown / Newport

Newport

$71

Providence

Providence

$71

South Carolina

Charleston

Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester

$56

Columbia

Richland / Lexington

$51

Greenville

Greenville

$56

Hilton Head

Beaufort

$61

Myrtle Beach

Horry

$51

South Dakota

Rapid City

Pennington

$51

Sturgis / Spearfish

Meade, Butte, and Lawrence

$51

Tennessee

Brentwood / Franklin

Williamson

$56

Chattanooga

Hamilton

$56

Knoxville

Knox

$56

Memphis

Shelby

$61

Nashville

Davidson

$66

Texas

Arlington / Fort Worth / Grapevine

Tarrant county and city limits of Grapevine

$56

Austin

Travis

$71

Beaumont

Jefferson

$51

College Station

Brazos

$56

Corpus Christi

Nueces

$51

Dallas

Dallas County and City of Dallas

$71

El Paso

El Paso

$51

Galveston

Galveston

$56

Houston (L.B. Johnson Space Center)

Montgomery, Fort Bend, and Harris

$71

Hunt County

Hunt County

$51

Laredo

Webb

$56

McAllen

Hidalgo

$56

Plano

Collin

$61

Round Rock

Williamson

$51

San Antonio

Bexar

$66

South Padre Island

Cameron

$56

Waco

McLennan

$51

Utah

Park City

Summit

$71

Provo

Utah

$51

Salt Lake City

Salt Lake and Tooele

$61

Vermont

Burlington / St. Albans

Chittenden and Franklin

$66

Manchester

Bennington

$71

Middlebury

Addison

$61

Montpelier

Washington

$61

Stowe

Lamoille

$71

White River Junction

Windsor

$56

Virginia

Charlottesville

City of Charlottesville, Albemarle, Greene

$56

Chesapeake / Suffolk

Cities of Chesapeake and Suffolk

$56

Chesterfield / Henrico Counties

Chesterfield / Henrico

$51

Fredericksburg

City of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania

$56

Hampton City / Newport News

Cities of Hampton City and Newport News

$56

James City and York Counties, Williamsburg

James City and York Counties, City of Williamsburg

$51

Loudoun County

Loudoun

$61

Lynchburg

Campbell, Lynchburg City

$51

Norfolk / Portsmouth

Cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth

$61

Richmond City

City of Richmond

$66

Roanoke

City limits of Roanoke

$51

Virginia Beach

City of Virginia Beach

$56

Wallops Island

Accomack

$56

Washington, DC Metro Area

Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church; Arlington and Fairfax

$71

Washington

Anacortes / Coupeville / Oak Harbor

Skagit, Island, San Juan

$61

Bremerton

Kitsap

$66

Everett / Lynnwood

Snohomish

$61

Ocean Shores

Grays Harbor

$51

Olympia / Tumwater

Thurston

$61

Port Angeles / Port Townsend

Clallam and Jefferson

$61

Seattle

King

$71

Spokane

Spokane

$61

Tacoma

Pierce

$61

Vancouver

Clark, Cowlitz, and Skamania

$56

West Virginia

Charleston

Kanawha

$51

Shepherdstown

Jefferson

$51

Wisconsin

Brookfield / Racine

Waukesha / Racine

$56

Green Bay

Brown

$51

Lake Geneva

Walworth

$51

Madison

Dane

$56

Milwaukee

Milwaukee

$61

Sheboygan

Sheboygan

$51

Sturgeon Bay

Door

$56

Wisconsin Dells

Columbia

$61

Wyoming

Cody

Park

$51

Evanston / Rock Springs

Sweetwater / Uinta

$51

Gillette

Campbell

$51

Jackson / Pinedale

Teton and Sublette

$56

Sheridan

Sheridan

$56

A-2.5 Special Situations — Meal Reductions

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Per Diem Rate

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

High Cost

$71 per day

$13

$19

$34

 

$66 per day

$12

$17

$32

 

$61 per day

$11

$16

$29

 

$56 per day

$10

$14

$27

 

$51 per day

$9

$13

$24

Standard

$46 per day

$8

$12

$21

Norman, OK

$46 per day

$6

$12

$18

Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico,
U.S. Possessions

$71 per day

$13

$19

$34

International

 

15% of applicable daily rate

25% of applicable daily rate

40% of applicable daily rate

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