Fayetteville per diem ratesNorth Carolina · FY 2027
Fayetteville’s meals-and-incidentals rate equals the standard $68, which only 17 non-standard areas keep. Fayetteville’s $68 meal rate is the lowest among the 10 North Carolina areas.
Four days in Fayetteville
Monday, October 5, 2026, to Thursday: up to $625, three nights of lodging plus $238 M&IE.
One cap covers all twelve months, 14.2% above the standard rate.
Fayetteville since FY 2021
Since FY 2021 Fayetteville’s full-year average has grown 18.4%; ranked by that growth, Fayetteville sits between Las Vegas (NV) and Tarrytown / White Plains / New Rochelle (NY). Against FY 2026, Fayetteville’s full-year average rose 4%, between Barstow / Ontario / Victorville (CA) and Harrisburg (PA) among year-on-year changes. In FY 2021 Fayetteville ranked 236th of 293 by full-year average, between Dayton / Fairborn (OH) and Southaven (MS). Along the way: up 8.3% in FY 2023, up 4.2% in FY 2024, up 0.8% in FY 2025.
Fayetteville among the 295
Fayetteville’s full-year average lodging cap, $129 a night, ranks eighth of the 10 North Carolina areas, between Asheville ($130) and Greensboro ($124). Exactly the same one-rate cap applies in Barstow / Ontario / Victorville (CA), Knoxville (TN), Montgomery (PA), Troy (NY) and West Point (NY). Nationally, Fayetteville is 234th of 295 on that measure, between Chester / Radnor / Essington (PA, $129) and Harrisburg (PA, $129). North Carolina, area by area.