Per diem is increasing to between $68 and $92. Image: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffGSA has announced the per diem rates for federal employees traveling on official business in fiscal year 2025, starting October 1, including an increase from $107 to $110 per day in the standard lodging rate for destinations without specific rates.
The range of the meals and incidental expenses portion will increase from between $59 and $79 per day to between $68 and $92 per day. The lowest figure acts as the standard “M&IE” rate for destinations without specific lodgings rates.
There will be no change in the number of destinations with their own lodgings rates, about 300, with some of those rates increasing. Lodgings rates at some of those destinations vary by season. Destinations with higher lodgings rates tend to have higher M&IE rates, as well.
The covered areas for specific destinations and the rates are at gsa.gov/perdiem (note that the fiscal 2024 destinations and rates continue to apply for travel through September 30).
If there is no lodging available at the rate for a location, employees may request that their agency approve an actual expense reimbursement, which may be for up to three times that location’s rate.
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