Locum tenens stipends vs GSA per diem caps
How locum housing and meal stipends are benchmarked against federal GSA lodging and M&IE for the practice city.
Separate caps for housing and meals
Locum agencies typically pay a housing stipend and a meals / incidentals stipend. Each is compared to a different GSA limit for your practice locality—lodging totals vs M&IE totals—not one blended number.
Using the locum calculator
The locum per diem calculator loads GSA rates for your facility ZIP and assignment dates. Enter weekly stipends to see whether housing or meals alone exceeds the federal benchmark.
Related roles
Travel nurses and allied health travelers use the same GSA framework—see the travel nurse calculator and nursing stipends guide for parallel examples. Choosing between staffing models? Read locum vs per diem shift work.
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