State of Connecticut Office of the State Comptroller MEMORANDUM NO. 97-6
COMPTROLLER'S SEAL STATE OF CONNECTICUT

STATE OF CONNECTICUT

NANCY WYMAN
COMPTROLLER

OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER
55 ELM STREET
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106-1775

MARK OJAKIAN
DEPUTY COMPTROLLER

MEMORANDUM NO. 97-6

February 3, 1997

TO THE HEADS OF ALL STATE AGENCIES

ATTENTION:Chief Administrative and Fiscal Officers, Business Managers, and Payroll and Personnel Officers
SUBJECT: Revision of Maximum Per Diem Rates for Localities

The federal per diem rates stated in Memorandum 96-20 have been revised for travel in the Continental United States effective January 1, 1997. New per diem localities have been added. Federal per diem rates for meals and incidental expenses are $30, $34, $38, and $42 dependent on the locality. A detailed listing of all localities in the Continental United States is attached in the revised Appendix A. Any collective bargaining meals, per diem and incidental expenses exceeding the applicable rate are reportable.

Questions may be directed to the Accounts Payable Division at 860-702-3395.

NANCY WYMAN
STATE COMPTROLLER

APPENDIX A

Key CityCounty and/or Other Defined Location M&IE Rate
CONUS, Standard Rate
(Applies to all locations within CONUS not specifically listed below or encompassed by the boundary definitionof a listed point.)
$30
ALABAMA
BirminghamJefferson38
Gulf ShoresBaldwin34
HuntsvilleMadison34
MobileMobile38
MontgomeryMontgomery30
ARIZONA
Casa GrandePinal30
ChinleApache30
FlagstaffAll points in Coconino County not covered under Grand Canyon per diem area34
Grand CanyonAll points in the Grand Canyon National Park and Kaibab National Forest within Coconino County38
KayentaNavajo30
Phoenix/ScottsdaleMaricopa38
PrescottYavapai34
TusconPima County; Davis-Monthan AFB34
YumaYuma30
ARKANSAS
Hot SpringsGarland30
Little RockPulaski30
CALIFORNIA
ClearlakeLake34
Death ValleyInyo42
EurekaHumboldt34
FresnoFresno34
Gualala/Point ArenaMendocino42
Los AngelesLos Angeles, Kern, Orange and
Ventura Counties; Edwards AFB; Naval
Weapons Center and Ordinance Test
Station, China Lake
42
Mammoth Lake/Bridgeport Mono42
MercedMerced34
ModestoStanislaus34
MontereyMonterey38
NapaNapa42
Oakhurst/MaderaMadera30
OaklandAlameda, Contra Costa and Marin34
Ontario/Victorville/BarstowSan Bernardino38
Palm SpringsRiverside38
Palo Alto/San JoseSanta Clara42
ReddingShasta34
SacramentoSacramento38
San DiegoSan Diego38
San FranciscoSan Francisco42
San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo38
San Mateo/Redwood City San Mateo38
Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara34
Santa CruzSanta Cruz38
Santa RosaSonoma38
South Lake TahoeEl Dorado (see also Stateline, NV) 38
StocktonSan Joaquin34
Tahoe CityPlacer38
VisaliaTulare38
West SacramentoYolo30
Yosemite National Park Mariposa42
COLORADO
AspenPitkin42
BoulderBoulder38
Colorado SpringsEl Paso30
CortezMontezuma30
DenverDenver, Adams, Arapahoe & Jefferson 34
DurangoLa Plata34
Fort Collins/LovelandLarimer30
Glenwood SpringsGarfield34
Grand JunctionMesa30
GunnisonGunnison30
Keystone/SilverthorneSummit42
MontroseMontrose30
Pagosa SpringsArchuleta30
PuebloPueblo30
Steamboat SpringsRoutt34
TellurideSan Miguel38
TrinidadLas Animas30
VailEagle42
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport/DanburyFairfield38
HartfordHartford and Middlesex30
New HavenNew Haven30
New London/GrotonNew London34
Putnam/DanielsonWindham30
Salisbury/LakevilleLitchfield34
VernonTolland30
DELAWARE
DoverKent34
LewesSussex38
WilmingtonNew Castle38
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington, D.C. (also the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church
and Fairfax, and the counties of Arlington, Loudoun, and
Fairfax in Virginia;and the counties of Montgomery and Prince
Georges in Maryland)(See also Maryland and Virginia.)
42
FLORIDA
Altamonte SpringsSeminole34
BradentonManatee30
Cocoa BeachBrevard34
Daytona BeachVolusia34
Fort LauderdaleBroward34
Fort MyersLee34
Fort PierceSaint Lucie30
Fort Walton BeachOkaloosa30
GainesvilleAlachua34
Gulf BreezeSanta Rosa34
JacksonvilleDuval County; Naval Station Mayport 30
Key WestMonroe42
KissimmeeOsceola30
LakelandPolk30
MiamiDade42
NaplesCollier38
OrlandoOrange34
Panama CityBay30
PensacolaEscambia34
Punta GordaCharlotte34
Saint AugustineSaint Johns34
SarasotaSarasota34
StuartMartin34
TallahasseeLeon34
Tampa/St. PetersburgHillsborough and Pinellas38
Vero BeachIndian River30
West Palm BeachPalm Beach38
GEORGIA
AlbanyDougherty30
AthensClarke34
AtlantaClayton, De Kalb, Fulton, Cobb38
and Gwinnett
AugustaRichmond30
ColumbusMuscogee30
ConyersRockdale30
MaconBibb30
SavannahChatham34
IDAHO
BoiseAda34
Coeur D'AleneKootenai34
Idaho FallsBonneville34
Ketchum/Sun ValleyBlaine38
McCallValley34
SandpointBonner30
StanleyCuster34
ILLINOIS
BloomingtonMcLean30
Champaign/UrbanaChampaign34
ChicagoDu Page, Cook and Lake42
DecaturMacon30
JolietWill30
KankakeeKankakee30
PeoriaPeoria34
Rock IslandRock Island30
RockfordWinnebago38
SpringfieldSangamon30
INDIANA
AndersonMadison30
Bloomington/CraneMonroe and Martin34
Burlington Beach/Porter30
Valparaiso
CarmelHamilton38
ElkhartElkhart30
EvansvilleVanderburgh34
Fort WayneAllen30
French LickOrange30
Gary/MerrillvilleLake30
GreenwoodJohnson30
IndianapolisMarion County; Fort Benjamin38
Harrison
LafayetteTippecanoe34
MadisonJefferson30
Michigan CityLa Porte30
MuncieDelaware30
NashvilleBrown30
South BendSt. Joseph30
IOWA
Bettendorf/DavenportScott30
Cedar RapidsLinn34
Des MoinesPolk30
Iowa CityJohnson30
KANSAS
Kansas CityJohnson and Wyandotte (See also Kansas City, MO.) 42
ManhattanRiley30
WichitaSedgwick34
KENTUCKY
CovingtonKenton34
FlorenceBoone30
LexingtonFayette34
LouisvilleJefferson38
LOUISIANA
Baton RougeEast Baton Rouge Parish34
Bossier CityBossier Parish30
GonzalesAscension Parish30
LafayetteLafayette Parish30
Lake CharlesCalcasieu Parish30
New OrleansParishes of Jefferson, Orleans,
Plaquemines and St. Bernard
42
OpelousesSaint Landry30
ShreveportCaddo Parish34
SlidellSt. Tammany Parish30
MAINE
AugustaKennebec30
BangorPenobscot30
Bar HarborHancock34
BathSagadahoc30
CalaisWashington30
Kennebunk/SanfordYork34
KitteryPortsmouth, Naval Shipyard34
(See also Portsmouth, N.H.)
PortlandCumberland38
RockportKnox34
WiscassetLincoln30
MARYLAND
(For the counties of Montgomery & Prince Georges, see
District of Columbia.)
AnnapolisAnne Arundel38
BaltimoreBaltimore and Harford38
ColumbiaHoward42
FrederickFrederick38
GrasonvilleQueen Annes34
HagerstownWashington30
Lexington Park/St. Marys34
St. Inigoes/Leonardtown
LusbyCalvert34
Ocean CityWorcester42
Saint MichaelsTalbot38
SalisburyWicomico34
MASSACHUSETTS
AndoverEssex 38
BostonSuffolk42
Cambridge/LowellMiddlesex34
HyannisBarnstable38
Martha's Vineyard/Dukes and Nantucket42
Nantucket
NorthamptonHampshire30
PittsfieldBerkshire34
PlymouthPlymouth30
QuincyNorfolk34
South Deerfield/Greenfield Franklin30
SpringfieldHampden30
Taunton/New BedfordBristol30
WorcesterWorcester30
MICHIGAN
Ann ArborWashtenaw30
Battle CreekCalhoun30
CadillacWexford30
CharlevoixCharlevoix30
DetroitWayne38
FlintGenesee30
FrankfortBenzie30
GaylordOtsego34
Grand RapidsKent34
GraylingCrawford30
HollandOttawa30
KalamazooKalamazoo30
Lansing/East LansingIngham30
LelandLeelanau30
LudingtonMason30
Mackinac IslandMackinac38
ManisteeManistee30
MidlandMidland30
Mount PleasantIsabella30
MuskegonMuskegon30
OntonagonOntonagon30
PetoskyEmmet34
Pontiac/TroyOakland38
Port HuronSt. Clair38
Sault Ste. MarieChippewa34
South HavenVan Buren30
St. Joseph/BentonBerrien34
Harbor/Niles
Traverse CityGrand Traverse34
WarrenMacomb30
MINNESOTA
DuluthSt. Louis38
HinckleyPine30
Minneapolis/St. PaulAnoka, Hennepin, Dakota and Ramsey
Counties; Fort Snelling Military
Reservation and Navy Astronautics
Group (Detachment BRAVO), Rosemount
38
RochesterOlmsted30
MISSISSIPPI
Biloxi/Gulfport/Harrison, Jackson and Hancock34
Pascagoula/Bay St.Louis
GreenvilleWashington30
JacksonHinds34
PhiladelphiaNeshoba30
RidgelandMadison34
RobinsonvilleTunica30
VicksburgWarren30
MISSOURI
BransonTaney30
Cape GirardeauCape Girardeau30
HannibalMarion30
Jefferson CityCole30
Kansas CityClay, Jackson and Platte (See
also Kansas City, Kansas.)
42
Lake OzarkMiller34
Osage BeachCamden34
SpringfieldGreene34
St. LouisSt. Charles and St. Louis42
MONTANA
Great FallsCascade30
Kalispell/PolsonFlathead and Lake30
NEBRASKA
KearneyBuffalo30
LincolnLancaster30
OmahaDouglas34
NEVADA
ElkoElko30
Incline Village38
Las VegasClark County; Nellis AFB38
RenoAll points in Washoe County
other than the city of Incline Village
34
StatelineDouglas (See also South Lake
Tahoe, California)
38
WinnemuccaHumboldt30
NEW HAMPSHIRE
ConcordMerrimack30
ConwayCarroll34
DurhamStrafford30
HanoverGrafton and Sullivan38
LaconiaBelknap30
ManchesterHillsborough30
Portsmouth/NewingtonRockingham County; Pease AFB
(See also Kittery, Maine.)
34
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic CityAtlantic38
Belle MeadSomerset34
Camden/MoorestownCamden and Burlington38
EdisonMiddlesex38
FlemingtonHunterdon34
Freehold/EatontownMonmouth County; Fort Monmouth34
MillvilleCumberland34
NewarkBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Union42
Ocean City/Cape MayCape May30
Parsippany/DoverMorris County; Picatinny Arsenal38
Princeton/TrentonMercer38
SalemSalem30
Tom's RiverOcean34
NEW MEXICO
AlbuquerqueBernalillo34
CloudcroftOtero30
FarmingtonSan Juan34
GallupMcKinley30
Las Cruces/White Sands Dona Ana30
Los AlamosLos Alamos34
RatonColfax30
Santa FeSanta Fe42
TaosTaos34
NEW YORK
AlbanyAlbany38
AuburnCayuga30
BataviaGenesee34
BinghamtonBroome34
BuffaloErie38
CatskillGreene30
CorningSteuben34
Glens FallsWarren38
IthacaTompkins30
KingstonUlster34
Lake PlacidEssex34
MonticelloSullivan34
New York CityThe boroughs of the Bronx,
Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and
Staten Island; Nassau and Suffolk Counties
42
Niagara FallsNiagara34
OswegoOswego30
OwegoTioga30
Palisades/NyackRockland34
PlattsburghClinton34
PoughkeepsieDutchess30
RochesterMonroe42
Romulus/WaterlooSeneca30
Saratoga SpringsSaratoga38
SchenectadySchenectady34
SyracuseOnondaga34
UticaOneida34
WatertownJefferson30
Watkins GlenSchuyler30
West PointOrange30
White PlainsWestchester42
NORTH CAROLINA
AshevilleBuncombe34
CharlotteMecklenburg38
Duck/Outer BanksDare34
FayettevilleCumberland30
Greensboro/High PointGuilford34
Morehead CityCarteret30
New Bern/HavelockCraven30
Research Park/Raleigh/ Wake, Durham and Orange38
Durham/Chapel Hill
WilmingtonNew Hanover30
Winston-SalemForsyth34
OHIO
AkronSummit34
Bellevue/NorwalkHuron30
CambridgeGuernsey30
CantonStark30
Cincinnati/EvendaleHamilton and Warren34
ClevelandCuyahoga38
ColumbusFranklin34
Dayton/FairbornMontgomery and Greene;
Wright-Patterson AFB
30
ElyriaLorain30
Fairfield/HamiltonButler30
FindlayHancock30
GenevaAshtabula30
JacksonJackson and Pike30
LancasterFairfield30
PerrysburgWood30
Port Clinton/OakharborOttawa30
PortsmouthScioto30
SanduskyErie30
SpringfieldClark34
Tinney/FremontSandusky30
ToledoLucas34
OKLAHOMA
EufaulaMcIntosh30
NormanCleveland30
Oklahoma CityOklahoma30
Tulsa/BartlesvilleOsage, Tulsa and Washington30
OREGON
Ashland/MedfordJackson38
BeavertonWashington38
BendDeschutes30
Clackamas/MilwaukieClackamas30
Coos BayCoos30
Crater Lake/KlamathKlamath38
Falls
Eugene/FlorenceLane34
Gold BeachCurry30
Lincoln City/NewportLincoln38
PortlandMultnomah38
SalemMarion30
SeasideClatsop30
PENNSYLVANIA
AllentownLehigh34
Chester/RadnorDelaware42
EastonNorthampton30
ErieErie30
GettysburgAdams34
HarrisburgDauphin34
King of Prussia/Fort WashingtonMontgomery County, except Bala
Cynwyd (See also Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.)
38
LancasterLancaster34
LebanonLebanon County; Indian Town30
Gap Military Reservation
MechanicsburgCumberland30
MercerMercer30
PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia County; City of38
Bala Cynwyd in Montgomery County
PittsburghAllegheny38
ReadingBerks30
ScrantonLackawanna34
Shippingport/Beaver FallsBeaver30
State CollegeCentre34
UniontownFayette30
Valley Forge/MalvernChester38
WarminsterBucks County; Naval Air34
Development Center
YorkYork34
RHODE ISLAND
East GreenwichKent County; Naval Construction
Battalion Center, Davisville
34
Newport/Block IslandNewport and Washington42
ProvidenceProvidence42
SOUTH CAROLINA
AikenAiken30
CharlestonCharleston and Berkeley34
ColumbiaRichland30
GreenvilleGreenville38
Hilton HeadBeaufort34
Myrtle BeachHorry County; Myrtle Beach AFB34
SpartanburgSpartanburg30
SOUTH DAKOTA
CusterCuster30
Hot SpringsFall River30
Rapid CityPennington30
Sioux FallsMinnehaha30
SpearfishLawrence30
TENNESSEE
ChattanoogaHamilton30
GatlinburgSevier34
Johnson CityWashington30
KnoxvilleKnox County; City of Oak Ridge34
MemphisShelby30
MurfreesboroRutherford30
NashvilleDavidson38
TownsendBlount30
TEXAS
AlbileneTaylor30
AmarilloPotter30
AustinTravis34
BrownsvilleCameron30
College Station/ByranBrazos30
Corpus Christi/Ingelside Nueces and San Patricio30
Dallas/Fort WorthDallas and Tarrant42
Eagle PassMaverick30
El PasoEl Paso34
Fort DavisJeff Davis30
GalvestonGalveston42
GranburyHood30
HoustonHarris County; L.B. Johnson Space
Center and Ellington AFB
38
LajitasBrewster30
LaredoWebb30
LubbockLubbock34
McAllenHidalgo30
Midland/OdessaEctor and Midland30
PlanoCollin34
San AntonioBexar34
TempleBell30
TylerSmith30
VictoriaVictoria30
WacoMcLennan30
UTAH
BullfrogGarfield34
Cedar CityIron30
MoabGrand30
Park CitySummit42
ProvoUtah34
Salt Lake City/OgdenSalt Lake, Weber, and Davis
Counties; Dugway Proving Ground
and Tooele Army Depot
38
St. GeorgeWashington34
VernalUintah30
VERMONT
BrattleboroWindham30
BurlingtonChittenden34
ManchesterBennington34
MiddleburyAddison34
MontpelierWashington30
RutlandRutland30
St. AlbansFranklin30
White River JunctionWindsor30
VIRGINIA
(For the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church, and the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun, see District of Columbia.)
BlacksburgMontgomery30
Charlottesville*42
Lexington*30
Lynchburg*34
Manassas/Manassas Park* Prince William30
Richmond*Chesterfield and Henrico Counties
also Defense Supply Center
; 38
Roanoke*Roanoke34
Virginia Beach*Virginia Beach (also Norfolk
Portsmouth and Chesapeake)*
38
Wallops IslandAccomack30
Williamsburg*Williamsburg (also Hampton, Newport
News, York County, Naval Weapons
Station, Yorktown)*
34
WintergreenNelson42
* Denotes independent cities.
WASHINGTON
Anacortes/Mt. Vernon/Skagit and Island34
Whidbey Island
BellinghamWhatcom34
BremertonKitsap30
Friday HarborSan Juan38
Kelso/LongviewCowlitz34
Lynnwood/EverettSnohomish34
Ocean ShoresGrays Harbor34
Port AngelesClallam34
Port TownsendJefferson30
SeattleKing38
SpokaneSpokane38
TacomaPierce30
Tumwater/OlympiaThurston30
VancouverClark34
WEST VIRGINIA
Berkeley SpringsMorgan30
CharlestonKanawha30
Harpers FerryJefferson30
MartinsburgBerkeley30
MorgantownMonongalia30
ParkersburgWood30
WheelingOhio34
WISCONSIN
AppletonOutagamie30
BrookfieldWaukesha38
Eagle RiverVilas30
Eau ClaireEau Claire34
Green BayBrown30
La CrosseLa Crosse34
Lake GenevaWalworth34
MadisonDane34
MilwaukeeMilwaukee34
MishicotManitowoc30
OshkoshWinnebago34
Racine/KenoshaRacine and Kenosha34
Rhinelander/MinocquaOneida30
Sheboygan/PlymouthSheboygan30
Sturgeon BayDoor30
WautomaWaushara30
Wisconsin DellsColumbia38
WYOMING
CodyPark30
JacksonTeton42
ThermopolisHot Springs30

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