MOP-Chapter18

CHAPTER 18 – Authorized Rates for Various Services

Per Diem Rates for State Fiscal Year 2025 (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025)

Approved Rates (covers both lodging and meals):

In-State $166.00 per day
In-State – County of Santa Fe (Special Area) $231.00 per day
Out-of-State $166.00 per day
Except for Santa Fe County, per diem rates are set at the standard federal General Services Administration rate.

Meals (apart from lodging):

Prior to February 1, 2024: $0.52 per mile (State Mileage Rate is 80% of the prior year’s federal Internal Revenue Service Standard Mileage Rate, per New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration regulation and Commission for the Blind policy)
As of February 1, 2024: $0.66 per mile through December 31, 2024 (State Mileage Rate is 100% of the prior year’s federal Internal Revenue Service Standard Mileage Rate, per New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration regulation and Commission for the Blind policy)

Santa Fe and Santa Fe County: Effective March 1, 2024, Living Wage, $14.60 per hour.
Las Cruces: Effective January 1, 2024, minimum wage, $12.36 per hour.
Rest of New Mexico: Effective January 1, 2023, minimum wage, $12.00 per hour.
New Mexico State Government Employees: Effective July 1, 2022, Minimum Pay Rate, $15.00 per hour.

Rate for Cell Phone Voice/Text/Data Plans: Renewed August 1, 2023, $75.00 per month

Tier 1: Effective July 27, 2023, $15.00 per hour, tagged to the minimum Pay Rate for New Mexico State Government Employees.
Tier 2: Effective January 1, 2024, $24.96 per hour, based on higher level of knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the field of study. Tagged to the pay rate for Post-Masters Graduate Assistants at the University of New Mexico, where most graduate-level tutors are graduate assistants.