Purchasing Power Parity · Singapore
Cost of living in 🇸🇬 Singapore vs the United States
Singapore has a US-relative price level of 0.611 (US = 1.0) — about 39% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2024.
What US salaries are worth in Singapore
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $81,833 | $30,550 |
| $80,000 | $130,933 | $48,880 |
| $120,000 | $196,399 | $73,320 |
| $180,000 | $294,599 | $109,980 |
| $250,000 | $409,165 | $152,750 |
“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 Singapore's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.611 2024
World Bank — GDP 0.602 2024
IMF (WEO) 0.620 2024
OECD 0.602 2024
Penn World Table 0.755 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.780 2024
Big Mac Index 0.945 2026
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Singapore is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇵🇹 Portugal — price level 0.603
- 🇯🇵 Japan — price level 0.63
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates — price level 0.634
- 🇬🇷 Greece — price level 0.584
- 🇪🇸 Spain — price level 0.642
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Singapore compared to the United States?
- Singapore has a price level of 0.611 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 39% cheaper than the United States), based on the median of World Bank, IMF, OECD and Penn World Table figures with reference year 2024.
- What is a $100,000 salary worth in Singapore?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $163,666 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Singapore; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $61,100.
- Where does the Singapore 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.