Purchasing Power Parity · Indonesia
Cost of living in 🇮🇩 Indonesia vs the United States
Indonesia has a US-relative price level of 0.299 (US = 1.0) — about 70% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Indonesia
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $167,224 | $14,950 |
| $80,000 | $267,559 | $23,920 |
| $120,000 | $401,338 | $35,880 |
| $180,000 | $602,007 | $53,820 |
| $250,000 | $836,120 | $74,750 |
“Feels like” = income ÷ price level; “cost of a US lifestyle” = income × price level. Try your own number in the interactive calculator.
How the sources compare
Each provider measures Indonesia's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.299 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.299 2024
IMF (WEO) 0.299 2024
OECD 0.287 2025
Penn World Table 0.316 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.322 2024
Big Mac Index 0.411 2026
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Indonesia is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇹🇭 Thailand — price level 0.296
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia — price level 0.306
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam — price level 0.288
- 🇵🇭 Philippines — price level 0.338
- 🇮🇳 India — price level 0.244
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Indonesia compared to the United States?
- Indonesia has a price level of 0.299 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 70% cheaper than the United States), based on the median of World Bank, IMF, OECD and Penn World Table figures with reference year 2025.
- What is a $100,000 salary worth in Indonesia?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $334,448 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Indonesia; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $29,900.
- Where does the Indonesia cost-of-living data come from?
- Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD and Penn World Table, blended as a per-country median and refreshed at build time.