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Travel Reimbursement Schedule

For Travel After January 1, 2024

NOTICE: REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL AFTER JANUARY 1, 2024

Effective January 1, 2024, State travel reimbursement rates for lodging and mileage for automobile travel, as well as allowances for meals, shall be set at the maximum rates established by the federal government for travel expenses, subsistence expenses, and mileage allowances under 5 U.S.C. 5701 through 5711.

Lodging

  2024
County Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Will $113 $113 $113 $113 $113 $113 $113 $113 $113
Cook / Lake $146 $146 $146 $216 $216 $216 $213 $213 $233
St. Clair $150 $150 $150 $150 $150 $150 $150 $150 $150
DuPage $114 $114 $114 $114 $114 $114 $114 $114 $114
Applies for all locations without specified rates $107 $107 $107 $107 $107 $107 $107 $107 $107

Mileage

Category Rate
Auto $0.67/mile (effective January 1, 2024) (see section 3000.300(f)(2) of the Travel Regulation Council Rules)

Meal or Per Diem Reimbursement Schedule

  Meals: or Per Diem:
Primary Destination, by County Breakfast Lunch Dinner   Per Quarter Per Day
Cook / Lake $18 $20 $36   $18.50 $74
St. Clair, Dupage, Will $14 $16 $29   $14.75 $59
All other Illinois counties $13 $15 $26   $13.50 $54

For travel outside of the State of Illinois, coordinate reimbursement rates with your agency’s travel coordinator.

For Travel Before January 1, 2024

The following rates are effective for Agencies under the jurisdiction of the Board.

Mileage

Category Rate
Auto $0.655/mile (effective January 1, 2023) (see section 3000.300(f)(2) of the Travel Regulation Council Rules)

Per Diem/Meals – Within the State of Illinois

Category Rate
Breakfast $8.50
Lunch $12.50
Dinner $23.00
Per Diem – Quarter $11.00
Per Diem – Day $44.00

Per Diem/Meals – Outside the State of Illinois

Category Rate
Breakfast $9.50
Lunch $13.50
Dinner $25.00
Per Diem – Quarter $12.00
Per Diem – Day $48.00

Lodging – Within the State of Illinois

Category Rate
​Chicago Metro ​Federal Rate *
Suburban Cook County $134.00
Counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will $95.00
Downstate Illinois – Counties of Champaign, Kankakee, LaSalle, McLean, Macon, Madison, Peoria, Rock Island, St. Clair, Sangamon, Tazewell, and Winnebago $85.00
Downstate Illinois – All other counties $75.00

Lodging – Outside the State of Illinois

Category Rate
District of Columbia (includes the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, and Fairfax, the counties of Arlington, Loudoun, and Fairfax in Virginia; and the counties of Montgomery and Prince Georges in Maryland) (See Section 3000.400(b) of the Travel Regulation Council Rules and Travel Update 07-03 for Clarification) *
New York City (includes the boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island; Nassau and Suffolk Counties) $110.00
All other out-of-state locations $110.00
Out-of-Country Actual Reasonable

* The maximum reimbursement rate in Cook County and in the District of Columbia is equal to the rate established by the federal government. However, hotels in Suburban Cook County (on the Preferred Hotel Listing) have agreed to offer state employees rates of $134.00 or less for Fiscal Year 2023. Hotels in the Chicago Metro area (City of Chicago) will utilize the Federal General Services Administration rate which fluctuates. When making reservations in the Chicago Metro Area Employees should always attempt to obtain a room at or below the rate listed for the time period at www.gsa.gov.​