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Lancaster, Pennsylvania Per Diem Rates for FY 2025

Rates Apply To:

Lancaster, Pennsylvania:
Lancaster County

Lodging Rate:
$123.00
Meal Rate:
$74.00
FY 2025 Per Diem Rates apply from October 2024 - September 2025.

Lancaster has a fixed per-diem rate set by the General Services Administration (GSA), which is used to reimburse overnight travel expenses within the area for Federal employees as well as employees of private companies which also use the GSA's per diem rates.

The lodging per-diem rate of $123.00 is intended to cover the costs of one night's lodging at a hotel in Lancaster, based on the average daily rate in the local lodging industry. Many hotels and motels offer business travellers rooms at exactly the local per-diem rate.

The meals & incidentals rate (M&IE rate) of $74.00 is intended to cover the costs of a single days' worth of meals and incidental costs (such as tips and parking) based on the average cost for these expenses in the Lancaster area. If you spend less than the $74.00 per diem, you can generally keep the remainder.

Month Lodging Per Diem Meals & Incidentals Per Diem
October, 2024$123.00$74.00
November, 2024$123.00$74.00
December, 2024$123.00CURRENT RATE$74.00CURRENT RATE
January, 2025$123.00$74.00
February, 2025$123.00$74.00
March, 2025$123.00$74.00
April, 2025$123.00$74.00
May, 2025$123.00$74.00
June, 2025$123.00$74.00
July, 2025$123.00$74.00
August, 2025$123.00$74.00
September, 2025$123.00$74.00
† Note: Per diem rates are determined based on Fiscal Year which runs from October 2024 to September 2025.

Traveling for the government is referred to as Temporary Duty, or TDY. A TDY trip for which per-diems are issued can last up to 180 consecutive days before it's considered Permanent Change of Station (PCS), and no longer eligible for per-diems.

Updated per diem rates are released every fiscal year by the GSA based on a national study of accommodation and meal costs, and can vary month-to-month due to seasonal pricing changes or stay the same throughout the year depending on the area in question.

The per diem rates in the Lancaster area are fixed on a yearly basis, due to relatively static seasonal food and lodging rates.

Per Diem Meals & Incidentals Rate
The federal government provides one lodging per-diem for each night traveled, and one meals & incidentals per-diem for each full day traveled. However, on your first and last days of travel, you may be issued only half of the meal / daily per diem rate.
If you spend less then the $74.00 meals & incidentals per diem in any day, you get to keep the remainder.

Other Per-Diem Areas in Pennsylvania

There are a total of thirteen areas in Pennsylvania for which location specific per-diem rates is set by the GSA. For travel to areas within Pennsylvania for which there are not specified per diem rates, general per diem rates are used. For more details, see the Pennsylvania per diem rates homepage or choose any area from the list below.


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Source: www.federalpay.org/perdiem/2025/pennsylvania/lancaster