Per diem · TX · GSA FY2027 from October 1, 2026
Per diem rates in Texas, FY2027
Texas has 11 GSA areas in FY2027, and the dearest one is Tarrant County, not Dallas, Austin or Houston.
GSA FY2027 ZIP file published · rates checked · Published by Radif Partners · Rules and data
Federal per diem for the trip
$856
Arlington / Fort Worth / Grapevine, TX · Sun, Oct 25 to Wed, Oct 28
| Lodging, 3 nights at the GSA maximum | $576 |
| M&IE before meal deductions | $280 |
| M&IE paid | $280 |
| Total | $856 |
Rates of fiscal year 2027 (October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027). How this is calculated.
Day by day
| Day | Lodging | M&IE rate | Share | Meals off | M&IE paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 25 FY2027 | $192 | $80 | 75% | – | $60 |
| Mon, Oct 26 FY2027 | $192 | $80 | 100% | – | $80 |
| Tue, Oct 27 FY2027 | $192 | $80 | 100% | – | $80 |
| Wed, Oct 28 FY2027 | – | $80 | 75% | – | $60 |
- GSA areas above the standard rate
- 11
- Highest lodging maximum
- $192
- Where
- Arlington / Fort Worth / Grapevine
- Everywhere else
- $113 + $68
Tarrant County and the city of Grapevine carry the top Texas per diem for FY2027, $192 a night all year with $80 of M&IE, ahead of Dallas and Austin at $184 and well ahead of Houston at $133. Dallas, Austin and San Antonio all dropped the winter peak they had in FY2026 and now hold one figure for twelve months. Out in Howard County, Big Spring rose $19 to $133, the same cap as Houston, and Midland and Odessa reached $136. El Paso, Lubbock, Corpus Christi and Laredo are not listed and take the standard $113 and $68. Run through the FY2027 table, three nights in Dallas from February 8 to February 11, 2027 cost $832 at the federal maximum; the same February trip in 2026, under FY2026 rates, came to $853. Two travel days at 75% of M&IE are included in both totals.
Houston, Plano and Big Spring share one cap
Here is the oddity of the Texas table: Big Spring, Houston and Plano all print $133 for lodging in FY2027. Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties, Collin County and Howard County end up with the same nightly ceiling, and Pecos (Reeves County) is only $8 below them. The meals rate is what separates them: $80 in Houston and Plano, $68 in Big Spring, which is the standard M&IE and the lowest of the 3 Texas tiers. Big Spring is also the area that climbed most, from $114 to $133, while Midland and Odessa went from a range of $118 to $132 to a flat $136.
Grapevine counts by city limits
GSA defines the top area as "Tarrant County / City of Grapevine". The city is listed next to the county, so for a Grapevine hotel the city limits matter as much as the county line, and both lead to $192. Next door, the Dallas area is Dallas County alone at $184, Plano in Collin County is $133, and Denton, in Denton County, has no listing: $113. A ZIP code search in the calculator settles a hotel near any of these lines.
Fort Worth, TX: per diem for a stay
Lodging + M&IE at the federal maximum
$856
| Lodging: 3 × $192 | $576 |
| M&IE: 2 travel days at $60 | $120 |
| M&IE: 2 full days at $80 | $160 |
Lodging taxes on top; provided meals are deducted in the full calculator.
Winter peaks gone in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio
In FY2026 Dallas paid $191 in January, February and March, Austin $187 in January, February and March, and San Antonio $161 in February and March. FY2027 replaces each with one figure: $184, $184 and $149. The off-season months gained $14 in Dallas and $11 in Austin. Only the Gulf beaches keep a season: South Padre Island (Cameron County) peaks at $160 in June and July, Galveston at $154 in June and July.
Texas has its own EIA gasoline price
EIA publishes a weekly series for Texas alone rather than folding it into a region. Regular gasoline averaged $3.874 a gallon there in the week of October 5, 2026, $0.480 under the national $4.354. Diesel is priced in the Gulf Coast series at $5.819, which matters for the truck driver per diem and fuel budgets. A 500-mile Texas drive at 25 miles per gallon burns $77.48 of gasoline at that price, while the IRS rate of 76 cents pays $380.00.
Fuel for a drive at Texas prices
Fuel cost
$41.51
| 10.7 gal × $3.874 | $41.51 |
| Per mile | $0.138 |
| Same miles at the IRS rate ($0.76) | $228 |
Every GSA area in Texas: FY2027 against FY2026
| GSA area | Counties or limits | Lodging FY2027 | M&IE | Lodging FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington / Fort Worth / Grapevine | Tarrant County / City of Grapevine | $192 | $80 | $181 |
| Austin | Travis | $184 | $80 | $173 to $187 |
| Dallas | Dallas | $184 | $80 | $170 to $191 |
| South Padre Island | Cameron | $123 to $160 | $74 | $118 to $140 |
| Galveston | Galveston | $116 to $154 | $74 | $111 to $146 |
| San Antonio | Bexar | $149 | $74 | $137 to $161 |
| Midland / Odessa | Midland / Andrews / Ector / Martin | $136 | $74 | $118 to $132 |
| Big Spring | Howard | $133 | $68 | $114 |
| Houston | Montgomery / Fort Bend / Harris | $133 | $80 | $128 |
| Plano | Collin | $133 | $80 | $123 |
| Pecos | Reeves | $125 | $74 | $121 |
| Rest of the state | All other counties | $113 | $68 | $110 |