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Per diem · MS · GSA FY2027 from October 1, 2026

Per diem rates in Mississippi, FY2027

Mississippi has 3 GSA areas in FY2027, and not one of them pays more than the base meal allowance.

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Selected: Oxford, MS · GSA area Oxford, MS

3 nights, 4 travel days

Meals provided, room price, lodging tax

0 = assume the GSA maximum

Reimbursed apart (FTR § 301-11.16)

Meals from an airline or a free hotel breakfast are not deducted. Count only meals paid by the government or included in a conference fee.

Federal per diem for the trip

$676

Oxford, MS · Sun, Oct 25 to Wed, Oct 28

Lodging, 3 nights at the GSA maximum$438
M&IE before meal deductions$238
M&IE paid$238
Total$676

Rates of fiscal year 2027 (October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027). How this is calculated.

Day by day
DayLodgingM&IE rateShareMeals offM&IE paid
Sun, Oct 25 FY2027$146$6875%–$51
Mon, Oct 26 FY2027$146$68100%–$68
Tue, Oct 27 FY2027$146$68100%–$68
Wed, Oct 28 FY2027–$6875%–$51
GSA areas above the standard rate
3
Highest lodging maximum
$146
Where
Oxford
Everywhere else
$113 + $68

Mississippi per diem in FY2027 differs from the standard rate only on lodging. Oxford (Lafayette County) pays $146 a night, Starkville (Oktibbeha County) $133 and Southaven (DeSoto County) $132, all year round, while every other county takes the standard $113. The M&IE is $68 everywhere in the state, listed areas included, from October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. That makes the gap between a listed and an unlisted county easy to compute: on a three-night trip from November 9 to 12, 2026, Oxford is worth $676.00 at the federal maximum and a standard-rate city such as Jackson $577.00, a difference of exactly $99 that comes from the three nights of lodging alone. The calculator above opens on Oxford; any Mississippi city or ZIP code changes it.

Mississippi meals never leave the base tier

GSA uses 5 meal tiers for the continental United States, from $68 to $92. All 3 Mississippi areas are on the lowest, $68, the same figure as the standard rate. For a traveler, the meal side of a Mississippi claim is the same in Oxford, Jackson or a rural county: $68 for a full day, $51.00 on the first and last day. The GSA breakdown for that tier is $16 for breakfast, $19 for lunch, $28 for dinner and $5 of incidentals, which is what comes off when a conference serves lunch. Only the hotel cap separates one place from another.

Oxford's rise from FY2026

Lafayette County moved from $127 to $146, a gain of $19 a night, against $8 for Starkville, $6 for Southaven and $3 for the standard rate. Oxford already led the Mississippi list a year ago; the gap with the other two areas has widened, and Oxford is now $33 above the standard. Since none of the three areas is seasonal, the monthly picker of the mini calculator below shows the same cap in every month; only the number of nights changes the total. A traveler who books a room above the cap pays the difference personally unless the agency or employer approves actual expenses, which under the FTR can reach 300% of the area rate, so Oxford's higher line also raises that ceiling.

Oxford, MS: per diem for a stay

Lodging + M&IE at the federal maximum

$676

Lodging: 3 × $146$438
M&IE: 2 travel days at $51$102
M&IE: 2 full days at $68$136

Lodging taxes on top; provided meals are deducted in the full calculator.

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Jackson, Gulfport and Hattiesburg on the standard rate

The largest Census places in Mississippi are outside the three listed counties: Jackson (Hinds County), Gulfport (Harrison County), Hattiesburg (Forrest County), Biloxi (Harrison County) and Tupelo (Lee County) all take $113 a night. Southaven's area, by contrast, is the whole of DeSoto County, so Southaven, Olive Branch, Horn Lake and Hernando share its $132. Fuel is cheap by national standards: Mississippi is priced in the EIA Gulf Coast series, $3.911 a gallon of regular in the week of October 5, 2026, against $4.354 for the United States. The road trip cost calculator adds the drive to the per diem.

Every GSA area in Mississippi: FY2027 against FY2026

GSA per diem files. Lodging is the nightly maximum; seasonal areas change by month. The five M&IE tiers did not change between the two years; an area can still move from one tier to another.
GSA areaCounties or limitsLodging FY2027M&IELodging FY2026
OxfordLafayette$146$68$127
StarkvilleOktibbeha$133$68$125
SouthavenDesoto$132$68$126
Rest of the stateAll other counties$113$68$110

Questions travelers ask

What is the M&IE rate in Oxford, Mississippi for FY2027?

$68 a day, the same as the standard CONUS rate and the same as every other Mississippi location. Oxford's higher per diem comes only from lodging, $146 a night against the standard $113. On the first and last day of travel the M&IE is $51.00, and provided meals come off at the GSA breakdown.

Do Gulfport and Biloxi have a special per diem in Mississippi?

No. Harrison County is not a GSA area in FY2027, so Gulfport and Biloxi take the standard $113 for lodging and $68 for M&IE from October 1, 2026. Only Lafayette, Oktibbeha and DeSoto counties are listed in Mississippi, and all three are flat all year.

Is Southaven, Mississippi per diem the same in Olive Branch and Horn Lake?

Yes. The Southaven area covers all of DeSoto County, so Southaven, Olive Branch, Horn Lake and Hernando share the same FY2027 rate: $132 a night and $68 of M&IE, up from $126 of lodging in FY2026. The rate does not change by month, and the M&IE is the same base figure paid in any unlisted county.

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