The Traveler Pay Auditor is a free tool that analyzes your travel healthcare contract to calculate your true blended hourly rate, verify stipend compliance against GSA per diem caps, and flag wage recharacterization risk before you sign.
How the Auditor Works
Enter your contract terms — or upload your contract PDF for auto-extraction — and the tool calculates:
- True Blended Rate — Your actual hourly rate including all taxable wages and tax-free stipends.
- Taxable vs. Stipend Portion — The dollar split between taxable pay and tax-free stipends.
- GSA Compliance Check — Verifies your housing and meals stipends against current FY2026 GSA per diem caps for your assignment city.
- Recharacterization Flag — Warns if your taxable rate is too low relative to your stipends.
Uploading a Contract PDF
Instead of entering numbers manually, you can upload your agency contract PDF and the tool auto-extracts your pay terms:
- Click the Upload PDF button in the Contract Details panel.
- Select your contract PDF file.
- The tool parses the document and fills in taxable rate, stipends, hours, and GSA location automatically.
- Review the extracted fields and adjust any values as needed.
If the parser can't read your contract, you'll see a message to enter your terms manually. Only PDF files are supported.
Saving and Comparing Audits
To save audits and compare contracts side by side, you need a free myVault account:
- Sign in to save audits to your private history.
- Your data is never visible to other users — only you and myVault admin staff can see your saved audits.
- Use the compare feature to evaluate multiple contracts against each other.
Common Issues
- PDF won't parse — Some agency contract formats aren't recognized. Enter your terms manually instead.
- Can't save audit — You must be signed in. Click the Sign In button to create a free account.
- GSA city not found — Use the manual entry option to enter lodging and M&IE caps directly from gsa.gov.