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Meal and Tip Reimbursement Limits 

A. Standard Meal Allowance for FY 2012 (Including Tax and Tip)

  1. Breakfast....$ 8.00
  2. Lunch.........$10.00
  3. Dinner........$24.00

B. Porter fees and hotel tips. The reimbursable rate is $1.00 per bag.

C. Meal rates for high cost metropolitan areas for FY 2012 are below. 

 

FY 2012
Meal Reimbursement Rates in High Cost Metropolitan Areas*

State

City

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Total

OH

Akron

9

9

23

41

NY

Albany

9

10

24

43

CA

Anaheim/Santa Ana

10

10

23

43

GA

Atlanta

9

12

25

46

AL

Birmingham

10

10

23

43

MA

Boston

12

11

28

51

NY

Buffalo

8

10

26

44

NC

Charlotte

11

10

25

46

WY

Cheyenne

8

9

24

41

IL

Chicago

13

12

29

54

OH

Cleveland

9

9

23

41

TX

Dallas

12

10

27

49

CO

Denver

10

9

23

42

MI

Detroit

9

10

23

42

FL

Fort Lauderdale

9

9

26

44

MI

Grand Rapids

8

9

23

40

CT

Hartford

10

10

23

43

HI

Honolulu

13

12

27

52

TX

Houston

10

10

25

45

IN

Indianapolis

8

9

25

42

MO

Kansas City

10

9

22

41

NV

Las Vegas

10

10

25

45

CA

Los Angeles

13

12

26

51

WI

Madison

10

9

23

42

FL

Miami

12

12

27

51

WI

Milwaukee

9

9

23

41

MN

Minneapolis/St. Paul

10

10

23

43

AL

Mobile

10

10

22

42

TN

Nashville

9

10

27

46

LA

New Orleans

9

9

25

43

NY

New York City **

10

10

23

43

NY

New York City ***

17

19

42

78

NJ

Newark

12

11

24

47

VA

Norfolk

10

10

23

43

CA

Oakland

10

10

23

43

FL

Orlando

9

10

23

42

PA

Philadelphia

11

10

26

47

AZ

Phoenix

10

10

23

43

PA

Pittsburgh

10

10

27

47

OR

Portland

9

9

26

44

RI

Providence

8

10

27

45

NC

Raleigh

10

10

23

43

VA

Richmond

9

10

24

43

NY

Rochester

8

10

29

47

CA

Sacramento

10

11

21

42

MO

St. Louis

12

10

29

51

UT

Salt Lake City

9

10

27

46

TX

San Antonio

9

9

22

40

CA

San Diego

11

11

27

49

CA

San Francisco

15

13

28

56

CA

San Jose

11

10

25

46

WA

Seattle

10

10

29

49

FL

Tampa/Clearwater/St.Petersburg

9

9

23

41

OH

Toledo

9

9

22

40

DE

Wilmington

11

10

26

47

           

* Prices include tax and gratuity
** NYC Metro area, excluding Manhattan
*** Manhattan only

Counties Included in High Cost Metropolitan Areas

ALABAMA
Birmingham

Blount County
Jefferson County
Shelby County
St. Clair County
Walker County

Mobile

Baldwin County
Mobile County

ARIZONA
Phoenix

Maricopa County

CALIFORNIA
Anaheim-Santa Ana

Orange County

Los Angeles

Los Angeles County

Oakland

Alameda County
Contra Costa County

Sacramento

El Dorado County
Placer County
Sacramento County
Yolo County

San Diego

San Diego County

San Francisco

Marin County
San Francisco County
San Mateo County

San Jose

Santa Clara County

COLORADO
Denver

Adams County
Arapahoe County
Denver County
Douglas County
Jefferson County

CONNECTICUT

Hartford

Hartford County
Litchfield County
New London County
Tolland County

DELAWARE

Wilmington

New Castle County, DE
Salem County, NJ

FLORIDA
Fort Lauderdale

Broward County

Miami

Dade County

Orlando

Orange County
Osceola County
Seminole County

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater

Hernando County
Hillsborough County
Pasco County
Pinellas County

GEORGIA

Atlanta

Barrow County
Butts County
Cherokee County
Clayton County
Cobb County
Coweta County
DeKalb County
Douglas County
Fayette County
Forsyth County
Fulton County
Gwinnett County
Henry County
Newton County
Paulding County
Rockdale County
Spalding County
Walton County

HAWAII
Honolulu

Honolulu County

ILLINOIS

Chicago

Cook County
DuPage County
McHenry County

(For additional Illinois counties, see St. Louis, MO)

INDIANA

Indianapolis

Boone County
Hamilton County
Hancock County
Hendricks County
Johnson County
Marion County
Morgan County
Shelby County

KANSAS

(For Kansas counties see Kansas City, MO)

LOUISIANA

New Orleans

Jefferson Parish
Orleans Parish
St. Bernard Parish
St. Charles Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish
St. Tammany Parish

MASSACHUSETTS
Boston

Bristol County
Essex County
Middlesex County
Norfolk County
Plymouth County
Suffolk County
Worcester County

MICHIGAN
Detroit

Lapeer County
Livingston County
Macomb County
Monroe County
Oakland County
St. Clair County
Wayne County

Grand Rapids

Kent County
Ottawa County

MINNESOTA
Minneapolis - St. Paul

Anoka County, MN
Carver County, MN
Chisago County, MN
Dakota County, MN
Hennepin County, MN
Isanti County, MN
Ramsey County, MN
Scott County, MN
Washington County, MN
Wright County, MN
St. Croix County, WI

MISSOURI
Kansas City

Cass County, MO
Clay County, MO
Jackson County, MO
Lafayette County, MO
Platte County, MO
Ray County, MO
Johnson County, KS
Leavenworth County, KS
Miami County, KS
Wyandotte County, KS

St. Louis

Clinton, County, IL
Jersey County, IL
Madison County, IL
Monroe County, IL
St. Clair County, IL
Franklin County, MO
Jefferson County, MO
St. Charles County, MO
St. Louis County, MO
St. Louis City, MO

 

NEVADA
Las Vegas

Clark County

NEW JERSEY
Newark

Essex County
Morris County
Sussex County
Union County

(For additional New Jersey counties see Philadelphia, PA. and Wilmington, DE)

NEW YORK
Albany

Albany County
Greene County
Montgomery County
Rensselaer County
Saratoga County
Schenectady County

Buffalo

Erie County

New York

Bronx County
Kings County
New York County
Putnam County
Queens County
Richmond County
Rockland County
Westchester County

Rochester

Livingston County
Monroe County
Ontario County
Orleans County
Wayne County

NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte

Cabarrus County, NC
Gaston County, NC
Lincoln County, NC
Mecklenburg County, NC
Rowan County, NC
Union County, NC
York County, SC

Raleigh

Durham County
Franklin County
Orange County
Wake County

OHIO
Akron

Portage County
Summit County

Cleveland

Cuyahoga County
Geauga County
Lake County
Medina County

Toledo

Fulton County
Lucas County
Wood County

OREGON
Portland

Clackamas County
Multnomah County
Washington County
Yamhill County

PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia

Bucks County, PA
Chester County, PA
Delaware County, PA
Montgomery County, PA
Philadelphia County, PA
Burlington County, NJ
Camden County, NJ
Gloucester, NJ

Pittsburgh

Allegheny County
Fayette County
Washington County
Westmoreland County

RHODE ISLAND
Providence

Bristol County
Kent County
Newport County
Providence County
Washington County

SOUTH CAROLINA

Greenville-Spartanburg

(For South Carolina counties see Charlotte, NC)

TENNESSEE

Nashville

Chetham County
Davidson County
Dickson County
Robertson County
Rutherford County
Sumner County
Williamson County
Wilson County

TEXAS

Dallas

Collin County
Dallas County
Denton County
Ellis County
Kaufmann County
Rockwall County

Houston

Fort Bend County
Harris County
Liberty County
Montgomery County
Waller County

San Antonio

Bexer County
Comal County
Guadalupe County

UTAH
Salt Lake City

Davis County
Salt Lake County
Weber County

VIRGINIA
Norfolk

Gloucester County
James City County
York County
Chesapeake city
Hampton city
Newport News city
Norfolk city
Poquoson city
Portsmouth city
Suffolk city
Virginia Beach city
Williamsburg city

Richmond

Charles City County
Chesterfield County
Dinwiddie County
Goochland County
Hanover County
Henrico County
New Kent County
Powhatan County
Prince George County
Colonial Heights City
Hopewell City
Petersburg City
Richmond City

WASHINGTON
Seattle

King County
Snohomish County

WISCONSIN
Madison

Dane County

Milwaukee

Milwaukee County
Ozaukee County
Washington County
Waukesha County

(For additional Wisconsin counties see Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN)

WYOMING
Cheyenne

Laramie County