Hotel rate benchmarks
Hotel rate benchmarks for city caps
Look up the US government's FY2027 lodging rate for any city in the continental US, choose how far above it your cap should sit, and download the caps as a table for your travel policy.
GSA FY2027 lodging
Monterey, CA
County or area: Monterey
| Nights | GSA max a night |
|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 to Jan 31, 2027 | $196 |
| Feb 1, 2027 to Jun 30, 2027 | $209 |
| Jul 1, 2027 to Aug 31, 2027 | $293 |
| Sep 1, 2027 to Sep 30, 2027 | $196 |
Maximum federal reimbursement for a night's lodging, excluding taxes. Not a market rate.
Suggested nightly cap
$293
Highest season $293.00 × 1.00 = $293.00, rounded up to $293.
GSA range: $196 to $293 a night. Average across the year: $217.82.
In your city list
Source: GSA FY2027 per diem rates (rates file), checked Oct 21, 2026. GSA rates are the maximum federal reimbursement for lodging, excluding taxes, not market rates.
Your city caps (1)
Caps at 1.00 × the highest season, rounded up to a whole dollar. Change the multiple or basis above to update them.
| Destination | GSA range | GSA average | Your cap | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey, CA | $196–$293 | $217.82 | $293 | Remove Monterey, CA |
Amounts are US dollars. Paste them into the policy group they apply to: each group (standard, senior, executive) has its own city limits. The portal matches the whole city name on the trip, ignoring case, so edit names to match how your trips are written. GSA groups that share a rate are split into one line per city, and a few GSA names are written the way trips are: District of Columbia as Washington, New York City as New York and Baltimore City as Baltimore.
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About the data
What the GSA rate is, and what it isn't
- The US General Services Administration (GSA) sets a maximum nightly lodging rate for federal employees traveling in each county of the continental US. It excludes taxes and isn't a market price.
- GSA lists 295 destinations, 149 of them with seasonal rates. Every other county gets the standard rate of $113 a night.
- Because it's public and set by an independent body, it's a reference finance and travelers can both check. Use it as the floor, then choose how far above it your cap sits.
- Rates here are the FY2027 rates (Oct 1, 2026 to Sep 30, 2027), copied from GSA's file without changes. GSA publishes new rates each fiscal year, usually in August, effective October 1.
- To budget for a year of hotel nights, the travel budget planner can use any of these rates, department by department.
- To price a single trip, the trip cost estimator applies these rates night by night and adds GSA meals and incidentals.
- For meals and incidentals rates and every destination by state, see GSA per diem rates.
- To negotiate rates with the hotels your travelers use most, the hotel RFP guide has a timeline and a question set to download.
Source: GSA FY2027 per diem rates (rates file), checked Oct 21, 2026.
All 295 GSA destinations, with the standard rate
| Destination | County or area | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard CONUS rate | Everywhere not listed | $113 | $113 |
| Birmingham, AL | Jefferson | $135 | $135 |
| Gulf Shores, AL | Baldwin | $144 | $221 |
| Huntsville, AL | Madison | $146 | $146 |
| Mobile, AL | Mobile | $126 | $126 |
| Hot Springs, AR | Garland | $115 | $115 |
| Grand Canyon / Flagstaff, AZ | Coconino / Yavapai less the city of Sedona | $113 | $152 |
| Kayenta, AZ | Navajo | $147 | $147 |
| Phoenix / Scottsdale, AZ | Maricopa | $122 | $232 |
| Sedona, AZ | City Limits of Sedona | $172 | $282 |
| Tucson, AZ | Pima | $154 | $208 |
| Antioch / Brentwood / Concord, CA | Contra Costa | $147 | $147 |
| Bakersfield / Ridgecrest, CA | Kern | $164 | $164 |
| Barstow / Ontario / Victorville, CA | San Bernardino | $129 | $129 |
| Death Valley, CA | Inyo / NAWS China Lake | $154 | $154 |
| Eureka / Arcata / McKinleyville, CA | Humboldt | $130 | $181 |
| Fresno, CA | Fresno | $136 | $136 |
| Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles / Orange / Ventura / Edwards AFB less the city of Santa Monica | $199 | $199 |
| Mammoth Lakes, CA | Mono | $146 | $208 |
| Mill Valley / San Rafael / Novato, CA | Marin | $169 | $169 |
| Monterey, CA | Monterey | $196 | $293 |
| Napa, CA | Napa | $194 | $266 |
| Oakhurst, CA | Madera | $137 | $137 |
| Oakland, CA | Alameda | $152 | $152 |
| Palm Springs, CA | Riverside | $141 | $192 |
| Point Arena / Gualala, CA | Mendocino | $134 | $134 |
| Sacramento, CA | Sacramento | $156 | $156 |
| San Diego, CA | San Diego | $208 | $249 |
| San Francisco, CA | San Francisco | $232 | $325 |
| San Luis Obispo, CA | San Luis Obispo | $170 | $213 |
| San Mateo / Foster City / Belmont, CA | San Mateo | $194 | $217 |
| Santa Barbara, CA | Santa Barbara | $214 | $277 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | Santa Cruz | $149 | $181 |
| Santa Monica, CA | City limits of Santa Monica | $283 | $283 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | Sonoma | $163 | $163 |
| South Lake Tahoe, CA | El Dorado | $168 | $262 |
| Stockton, CA | San Joaquin | $137 | $137 |
| Sunnyvale / Palo Alto / San Jose, CA | Santa Clara | $218 | $218 |
| Tahoe City, CA | Placer | $132 | $132 |
| Truckee, CA | Nevada | $148 | $178 |
| Visalia, CA | Tulare | $136 | $136 |
| West Sacramento / Davis, CA | Yolo | $148 | $148 |
| Yosemite National Park, CA | Mariposa | $184 | $212 |
| Aspen, CO | Pitkin | $173 | $419 |
| Boulder / Broomfield, CO | Boulder / Broomfield | $125 | $173 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | El Paso | $128 | $176 |
| Cortez, CO | Montezuma | $113 | $140 |
| Crested Butte / Gunnison, CO | Gunnison | $140 | $179 |
| Denver / Aurora, CO | Denver / Adams / Arapahoe / Jefferson | $170 | $227 |
| Douglas, CO | Douglas | $113 | $139 |
| Durango, CO | La Plata | $122 | $190 |
| Fort Collins / Loveland, CO | Larimer | $120 | $157 |
| Grand Lake, CO | Grand | $128 | $182 |
| Montrose, CO | Montrose | $143 | $194 |
| Silverthorne / Breckenridge, CO | Summit | $164 | $296 |
| Steamboat Springs, CO | Routt | $126 | $299 |
| Telluride, CO | San Miguel | $186 | $367 |
| Vail, CO | Eagle | $205 | $417 |
| Bridgeport / Danbury, CT | Fairfield | $156 | $156 |
| Hartford, CT | Hartford | $146 | $146 |
| New Haven, CT | New Haven | $132 | $132 |
| New London / Groton, CT | New London | $149 | $149 |
| District of Columbia, DC | 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) | $192 | $295 |
| Lewes, DE | Sussex | $126 | $216 |
| Wilmington, DE | New Castle | $127 | $127 |
| Boca Raton / Delray Beach / Jupiter, FL | Palm Beach / Hendry | $157 | $265 |
| Bradenton, FL | Manatee | $151 | $237 |
| Cocoa Beach, FL | Brevard | $166 | $212 |
| Daytona Beach, FL | Volusia | $128 | $158 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | Broward | $150 | $232 |
| Fort Myers, FL | Lee | $141 | $213 |
| Fort Walton Beach / De Funiak Springs, FL | Okaloosa / Walton | $113 | $274 |
| Gulf Breeze, FL | Santa Rosa | $131 | $210 |
| Key West, FL | Monroe | $267 | $452 |
| Miami, FL | Miami-Dade | $151 | $244 |
| Naples, FL | Collier | $170 | $326 |
| Orlando, FL | Orange | $145 | $178 |
| Panama City, FL | Bay | $115 | $195 |
| Pensacola, FL | Escambia | $127 | $188 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | Charlotte | $127 | $202 |
| Sarasota, FL | Sarasota | $131 | $205 |
| Sebring, FL | Highlands | $148 | $236 |
| St. Augustine, FL | St. Johns | $157 | $178 |
| Stuart, FL | Martin | $154 | $238 |
| Tallahassee, FL | Leon | $113 | $138 |
| Tampa / St. Petersburg, FL | Pinellas / Hillsborough | $155 | $212 |
| Vero Beach, FL | Indian River | $181 | $259 |
| Athens, GA | Clarke | $154 | $154 |
| Atlanta, GA | Fulton / Dekalb | $188 | $207 |
| Augusta, GA | Richmond | $113 | $131 |
| Jekyll Island / Brunswick, GA | Glynn | $176 | $230 |
| Marietta, GA | Cobb | $131 | $131 |
| Savannah, GA | Chatham | $153 | $186 |
| Dallas, IA | Dallas | $117 | $117 |
| Des Moines, IA | Polk | $122 | $122 |
| Boise, ID | Ada | $176 | $201 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | Kootenai | $148 | $227 |
| Sun Valley / Ketchum, ID | Blaine / Elmore | $183 | $316 |
| Bolingbrook / Romeoville / Lemont, IL | Will | $119 | $119 |
| Chicago, IL | Cook / Lake | $148 | $238 |
| East St. Louis / O'Fallon / Fairview Heights, IL | St. Clair | $156 | $156 |
| Oakbrook Terrace, IL | DuPage | $123 | $123 |
| Bloomington, IN | Monroe | $121 | $154 |
| Indianapolis / Carmel, IN | Marion / Hamilton | $140 | $140 |
| Lafayette / West Lafayette, IN | Tippecanoe | $132 | $132 |
| Kansas City / Overland Park, KS | Wyandotte / Johnson / Leavenworth | $139 | $139 |
| Boone, KY | Boone | $119 | $119 |
| Kenton, KY | Kenton | $170 | $170 |
| Lexington, KY | Fayette | $125 | $125 |
| Louisville, KY | Jefferson | $132 | $185 |
| Alexandria / Leesville / Natchitoches, LA | Allen / Jefferson Davis / Natchitoches / Rapides / Vernon Parishes | $118 | $118 |
| New Orleans, LA | Orleans / Jefferson Parishes | $138 | $188 |
| Andover, MA | Essex | $137 | $137 |
| Boston / Cambridge, MA | Suffolk, city of Cambridge | $213 | $365 |
| Burlington / Woburn, MA | Middlesex less the city of Cambridge | $152 | $187 |
| Falmouth, MA | City limits of Falmouth | $138 | $247 |
| Hyannis, MA | Barnstable less the city of Falmouth | $131 | $220 |
| Martha's Vineyard, MA | Dukes | $199 | $473 |
| Nantucket, MA | Nantucket | $171 | $487 |
| Northampton, MA | Hampshire | $157 | $157 |
| Pittsfield, MA | Berkshire | $142 | $188 |
| Plymouth / Taunton / New Bedford, MA | Plymouth / Bristol | $127 | $127 |
| Quincy, MA | Norfolk | $146 | $190 |
| Springfield, MA | Hampden | $131 | $131 |
| Worcester, MA | Worcester | $140 | $140 |
| Aberdeen / Bel Air / Belcamp, MD | Harford | $117 | $117 |
| Annapolis, MD | Anne Arundel | $130 | $169 |
| Baltimore City, MD | Baltimore City | $166 | $166 |
| Cambridge / St. Michaels, MD | Dorchester / Talbot | $147 | $195 |
| Centreville, MD | Queen Anne | $127 | $164 |
| Columbia, MD | Howard | $116 | $116 |
| Ocean City, MD | Worcester | $115 | $306 |
| Bar Harbor / Rockport, ME | Hancock / Knox | $137 | $320 |
| Kennebunk / Kittery / Sanford, ME | York | $130 | $229 |
| Portland, ME | Cumberland / Sagadahoc | $119 | $216 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | Washtenaw | $140 | $140 |
| Detroit, MI | Wayne | $160 | $160 |
| Grand Rapids, MI | Kent | $120 | $120 |
| Holland, MI | Ottawa | $118 | $158 |
| Mackinac Island, MI | Mackinac | $122 | $197 |
| Midland, MI | Midland | $138 | $138 |
| Muskegon, MI | Muskegon | $113 | $157 |
| Petoskey, MI | Emmet | $123 | $230 |
| Pontiac / Auburn Hills, MI | Oakland | $120 | $120 |
| South Haven, MI | Van Buren | $113 | $148 |
| Traverse City, MI | Grand Traverse | $134 | $235 |
| Duluth, MN | St. Louis | $159 | $220 |
| Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN | Hennepin / Ramsey | $153 | $153 |
| Rochester, MN | Olmsted | $139 | $139 |
| Kansas City, MO | Jackson / Clay / Cass / Platte | $139 | $139 |
| St. Louis, MO | St. Louis / St. Louis City / St. Charles | $156 | $156 |
| Oxford, MS | Lafayette | $146 | $146 |
| Southaven, MS | Desoto | $132 | $132 |
| Starkville, MS | Oktibbeha | $133 | $133 |
| Big Sky / West Yellowstone/Gardiner, MT | Gallatin/Park | $169 | $326 |
| Helena, MT | Lewis and Clark | $140 | $140 |
| Kalispell/Whitefish, MT | Flathead | $126 | $244 |
| Missoula, MT | Missoula | $135 | $199 |
| Asheville, NC | Buncombe | $125 | $145 |
| Atlantic Beach / Morehead City, NC | Carteret | $123 | $178 |
| Chapel Hill, NC | Orange | $153 | $153 |
| Charlotte, NC | Mecklenburg | $143 | $143 |
| Durham, NC | Durham | $124 | $124 |
| Fayetteville, NC | Cumberland | $129 | $129 |
| Greensboro, NC | Guilford | $116 | $130 |
| Kill Devil Hills, NC | Dare | $120 | $267 |
| Raleigh, NC | Wake | $142 | $142 |
| Wilmington, NC | New Hanover | $113 | $170 |
| Omaha, NE | Douglas | $128 | $128 |
| Concord, NH | Merrimack | $127 | $127 |
| Conway, NH | Carroll | $131 | $168 |
| Durham, NH | Strafford | $127 | $156 |
| Laconia, NH | Belknap | $145 | $191 |
| Lebanon / Lincoln / West Lebanon, NH | Grafton | $150 | $186 |
| Manchester, NH | Hillsborough | $136 | $136 |
| Portsmouth, NH | Rockingham | $129 | $186 |
| Cherry Hill / Moorestown, NJ | Camden / Burlington | $115 | $115 |
| Eatontown / Freehold, NJ | Monmouth | $148 | $148 |
| Edison / Piscataway, NJ | Middlesex | $123 | $123 |
| Flemington, NJ | Hunterdon | $128 | $128 |
| Newark, NJ | Essex / Bergen / Hudson / Passaic | $164 | $175 |
| Parsippany, NJ | Morris | $148 | $148 |
| Princeton / Trenton, NJ | Mercer | $151 | $151 |
| Somerset, NJ | Somerset | $147 | $147 |
| Springfield / Cranford / New Providence, NJ | Union | $141 | $141 |
| Toms River, NJ | Ocean | $169 | $217 |
| Albuquerque, NM | Bernalillo | $154 | $208 |
| Carlsbad, NM | Eddy | $164 | $164 |
| Santa Fe, NM | Santa Fe | $129 | $175 |
| Taos, NM | Taos | $128 | $128 |
| Incline Village / Reno / Sparks, NV | Washoe | $156 | $183 |
| Las Vegas, NV | Clark | $120 | $173 |
| Albany, NY | Albany | $133 | $133 |
| Binghamton, NY | Broome | $127 | $127 |
| Buffalo, NY | Erie | $144 | $144 |
| Floral Park / Garden City / Great Neck, NY | Nassau | $172 | $172 |
| Glens Falls, NY | Warren | $121 | $195 |
| Ithaca, NY | Tompkins | $145 | $145 |
| Kingston, NY | Ulster | $141 | $141 |
| Lake Placid, NY | Essex | $145 | $225 |
| New York City, NY | Bronx / Kings / New York / Queens / Richmond | $189 | $358 |
| Niagara Falls, NY | Niagara | $113 | $148 |
| Nyack / Palisades, NY | Rockland | $134 | $134 |
| Poughkeepsie, NY | Dutchess | $124 | $124 |
| Riverhead / Ronkonkoma / Melville, NY | Suffolk | $163 | $163 |
| Rochester, NY | Monroe | $136 | $136 |
| Saratoga Springs / Schenectady, NY | Saratoga / Schenectady | $137 | $219 |
| Syracuse / Oswego, NY | Onondaga / Oswego | $136 | $136 |
| Tarrytown / White Plains / New Rochelle, NY | Westchester | $168 | $168 |
| Troy, NY | Rensselaer | $129 | $129 |
| West Point, NY | Orange | $129 | $129 |
| Cincinnati, OH | Hamilton / Clermont | $170 | $170 |
| Cleveland, OH | Cuyahoga | $167 | $167 |
| Columbus, OH | Franklin | $138 | $138 |
| Dayton / Fairborn, OH | Greene / Montgomery | $120 | $120 |
| Hamilton, OH | Butler / Warren | $131 | $131 |
| Sandusky, OH | Erie | $120 | $174 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | Oklahoma | $121 | $121 |
| Beaverton, OR | Washington | $138 | $138 |
| Bend, OR | Deschutes | $123 | $195 |
| Clackamas, OR | Clackamas | $137 | $137 |
| Eugene / Florence, OR | Lane | $146 | $202 |
| Lincoln City, OR | Lincoln | $127 | $178 |
| Portland, OR | Multnomah | $161 | $161 |
| Seaside, OR | Clatsop | $145 | $237 |
| Bucks, PA | Bucks | $121 | $121 |
| Chester / Radnor / Essington, PA | Delaware | $129 | $129 |
| Gettysburg, PA | Adams | $120 | $120 |
| Harrisburg, PA | Dauphin County excluding Hershey | $129 | $129 |
| Hershey, PA | Hershey | $151 | $207 |
| Lancaster, PA | Lancaster | $125 | $125 |
| Malvern / Frazer / Berwyn, PA | Chester | $132 | $132 |
| Montgomery, PA | Montgomery | $129 | $129 |
| Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia | $174 | $227 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | Allegheny | $144 | $144 |
| Reading, PA | Berks | $122 | $122 |
| State College, PA | Centre | $132 | $132 |
| Jamestown / Middletown / Newport, RI | Newport | $150 | $274 |
| Providence / Bristol, RI | Providence / Bristol | $161 | $161 |
| Charleston, SC | Charleston / Berkeley / Dorchester | $218 | $288 |
| Columbia, SC | Richland / Lexington | $115 | $115 |
| Hilton Head, SC | Beaufort | $132 | $226 |
| Myrtle Beach, SC | Horry | $113 | $202 |
| Deadwood / Spearfish, SD | Lawrence | $113 | $168 |
| Hot Springs, SD | Fall River / Custer | $113 | $161 |
| Rapid City, SD | Pennington | $113 | $173 |
| Brentwood / Franklin, TN | Williamson | $135 | $135 |
| Chattanooga, TN | Hamilton | $120 | $120 |
| Knoxville, TN | Knox | $129 | $129 |
| Memphis, TN | Shelby | $135 | $135 |
| Nashville, TN | Davidson | $230 | $230 |
| Arlington / Fort Worth / Grapevine, TX | Tarrant County / City of Grapevine | $192 | $192 |
| Austin, TX | Travis | $184 | $184 |
| Big Spring, TX | Howard | $133 | $133 |
| Dallas, TX | Dallas | $184 | $184 |
| Galveston, TX | Galveston | $116 | $154 |
| Houston, TX | Montgomery / Fort Bend / Harris | $133 | $133 |
| Midland / Odessa, TX | Midland / Andrews / Ector / Martin | $136 | $136 |
| Pecos, TX | Reeves | $125 | $125 |
| Plano, TX | Collin | $133 | $133 |
| San Antonio, TX | Bexar | $149 | $149 |
| South Padre Island, TX | Cameron | $123 | $160 |
| Moab, UT | Grand | $113 | $223 |
| Park City, UT | Summit | $227 | $499 |
| Provo, UT | Utah | $130 | $130 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | Salt Lake / Tooele | $152 | $152 |
| Blacksburg, VA | Montgomery | $126 | $126 |
| Charlottesville, VA | City of Charlottesville / Albemarle | $142 | $142 |
| Loudoun, VA | Loudoun | $121 | $121 |
| Lynchburg, VA | Campbell / Lynchburg City | $124 | $124 |
| Richmond, VA | City of Richmond | $161 | $161 |
| Roanoke, VA | City limits of Roanoke | $125 | $125 |
| Virginia Beach, VA | City of Virginia Beach | $129 | $212 |
| Wallops Island, VA | Accomack | $132 | $262 |
| Williamsburg / York, VA | James City / York Counties / City of Williamsburg | $113 | $135 |
| Burlington, VT | Chittenden | $131 | $214 |
| Manchester, VT | Bennington | $171 | $223 |
| Montpelier, VT | Washington | $167 | $227 |
| Stowe, VT | Lamoille | $184 | $184 |
| White River Junction, VT | Windsor | $134 | $172 |
| Everett / Lynnwood, WA | Snohomish | $120 | $147 |
| Ocean Shores, WA | Grays Harbor | $136 | $155 |
| Olympia / Tumwater, WA | Thurston | $149 | $176 |
| Port Angeles / Port Townsend, WA | Clallam / Jefferson | $131 | $252 |
| Richland / Pasco, WA | Benton / Franklin | $136 | $136 |
| Seattle, WA | King | $188 | $255 |
| Spokane, WA | Spokane | $126 | $126 |
| Tacoma, WA | Pierce | $143 | $143 |
| Vancouver, WA | Clark / Cowlitz / Skamania | $161 | $161 |
| Madison, WI | Dane | $113 | $138 |
| Milwaukee, WI | Milwaukee | $144 | $144 |
| Sturgeon Bay, WI | Door | $113 | $139 |
| Charles Town, WV | Jefferson | $128 | $128 |
| Charleston, WV | Kanawha | $117 | $117 |
| Cody, WY | Park | $128 | $213 |
| Jackson / Pinedale, WY | Teton / Sublette | $215 | $441 |
Questions
About GSA rates and hotel caps
Are GSA lodging rates what hotels charge?
No. They're the most the US government will reimburse a federal employee for a night's lodging in that place, before taxes. GSA sets them from hotel data, but they aren't market rates. That's why the hotel rate benchmarks tool treats the GSA rate as a floor and lets you choose the multiple.
Do the rates include taxes?
No. Hotel taxes are excluded, so decide whether your cap is before or after tax and say so in your policy.
When do the rates change?
GSA publishes new rates for each federal fiscal year, usually in August, and they take effect on October 1. These are the FY2027 rates, effective Oct 1, 2026 to Sep 30, 2027. GSA can also revise a rate during the year.
What about cities outside the continental US?
GSA covers the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia. Rates for Alaska, Hawaii and US territories are set by the Defense Department, and rates for other countries by the State Department. The hotel rate benchmarks tool doesn't include them.
Why might my city show a different rate than I expected?
GSA sets rates by county, so a city's rate is its county's rate. Anywhere GSA doesn't list separately gets the standard rate, and some destinations change rate by season.
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