Purchasing Power Parity · Austria
Cost of living in 🇦🇹 Austria vs the United States
Austria has a US-relative price level of 0.804 (US = 1.0) — about 20% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Austria
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $62,189 | $40,200 |
| $80,000 | $99,502 | $64,320 |
| $120,000 | $149,254 | $96,480 |
| $180,000 | $223,881 | $144,720 |
| $250,000 | $310,945 | $201,000 |
“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 Austria's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.804 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.820 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.834 2025
Penn World Table 0.804 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.848 2025
Eurostat (GDP) 0.793 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Austria is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇩🇪 Germany — price level 0.802
- 🇧🇪 Belgium — price level 0.808
- 🇹🇴 Tonga — price level 0.798
- 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands — price level 0.785
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands — price level 0.827
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Austria compared to the United States?
- Austria has a price level of 0.804 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 20% cheaper than the United States), based on the median of independent votes from the World Bank/IMF (one vote — both use the official exchange rate), the Eurostat-OECD PPP programme and the Penn World Table, reference year 2025.
- What is a $100,000 salary worth in Austria?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $124,378 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Austria; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $80,400.
- Where does the Austria cost-of-living data come from?
- Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table, blended as a per-country median of independent votes and refreshed at build time.