Texas Per Diem Rates for FY 2021
There are fifteen areas in Texas for which location-specific per diem rates are specified by the federal government. For travel to areas within Texas that do not have specified per diem rates, the general per diem rates are used.
The per diem rates shown here are effective beginning October 2020. For a full schedule of per diem rates by month and year for these areas, click on any of the Texas destination names below.
General Texas Per Diems:
$96.00per night lodging |
$55.00per day meals |
Destination | County | Meal Rate | Lodging Rate |
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Arlington / Fort Worth / Grapevine | Tarrant County / City of Grapevine County | $61.00 | $167.00 |
Austin | Travis County | $61.00 | $140.00 |
Big Spring | Howard County | $61.00 | $136.00 |
Corpus Christi | Nueces County | $56.00 | $103.00 |
Dallas | Dallas County | $66.00 | $161.00 |
El Paso | El Paso County | $61.00 | $98.00 |
Galveston | Galveston County | $61.00 | $99.00 |
Houston (L.B. Johnson Space Center) | Montgomery / Fort Bend / Harris County | $61.00 | $122.00 |
Midland / Odessa | Midland / Andrews / Ector / Martin County | $61.00 | $183.00 |
Pecos | Reeves County | $66.00 | $134.00 |
Plano | Collin County | $56.00 | $122.00 |
Round Rock | Williamson County | $56.00 | $102.00 |
San Antonio | Bexar County | $61.00 | $124.00 |
South Padre Island | Cameron County | $56.00 | $96.00 |
Waco | McLennan County | $56.00 | $107.00 |
Per-diems for other cities in Texas:
If you are traveling to a city in Texas that does not have a specific per diem rate the standard per-diem rates of $96.00 per night for lodging and $55.00 per day for meals and incidentals apply.
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