Calculate North Carolina’s per diem allowance for your business travel

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Per diem rates are essential tools for budgeting, ensuring compliance, and simplifying reimbursement processes. By understanding these rates, employers can better control costs while providing fair allowances for employees on business trips. Keeping up-to-date with North Carolina’s per diem rates is essential for managing travel expenses efficiently and staying compliant. With accurate per diem data, your business can avoid financial surprises and keep travel expenses in check.

North Carolina per diem calculator

To determine per diem rates, enter your travel dates along with the city and county of your destination in North Carolina.

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North Carolina per diem rates

If you're traveling to a North Carolina city without a specific per diem rate, the standard federal rates apply: $110 for lodging and $68 per day for meals and incidentals. The General Services Administration (GSA) sets these rates, effective from October 2024 to September 2025.

To reflect local cost differences, the GSA provides fixed per diem amounts for certain cities. Here are the North Carolina cities with specific per diem rates:

Daily lodging rates, FY 2025
CountyOct 2024NovDecJan 2025FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
Default*$110$110$110$110$110$110$110$110$110$110$110$110
Buncombe$141$141$141$120$120$120$120$120$120$120$120$120
Carteret$123$123$123$123$123$123$123$178$178$178$178$123
Cumberland$124$124$124$124$124$124$124$124$124$124$124$124
Dare$133$133$133$133$133$133$190$190$254$254$254$133
Durham$121$121$121$121$121$121$121$121$121$121$121$121
Guilford$123$112$112$112$112$123$123$123$123$123$123$123
Mecklenburg$131$131$131$131$131$131$131$131$131$131$131$131
New Hanover$147$110$110$110$110$147$147$147$147$147$147$147
Orange$140$140$140$140$140$140$140$140$140$140$140$140
Wake$131$131$131$131$131$131$131$131$131$131$131$131
*Applies to counties without specified rates
Daily meals & incidentals rates, FY 2025
CountyM&IE Rate
Default*$68
Buncombe$80
Carteret$74
Cumberland$68
Dare$74
Durham$74
Guilford$74
Mecklenburg$80
New Hanover$74
Orange$80
Wake$74
*Applies to counties without specified rates

Automate travel spend controls based on per-diem rates

Staying compliant with North Carolina's per diem rates is key to managing travel expenses efficiently and meeting regulatory guidelines. Accurate per diem information ensures employees are fairly compensated while helping your business avoid overspending.

Ramp simplifies business travel by enabling companies to set precise, location-based per diem rates, ensuring compliance and improving expense management. Employees can easily track their allowances during trips, staying within budget and managing expenses with confidence. With flexible features like GSA rate integration and custom multipliers, Ramp streamlines per diem management for both administrators and employees, making travel expense processes smooth and efficient.

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