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title: "Cost of Living in Austria vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Austria is about 20% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.804, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Austria, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=AT).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇩🇪 Germany](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/germany/) — price level 0.802
- [🇧🇪 Belgium](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/belgium/) — price level 0.808
- [🇹🇴 Tonga](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/tonga/) — price level 0.798
- [🇸🇧 Solomon Islands](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/solomon-islands/) — price level 0.785
- [🇳🇱 Netherlands](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/netherlands/) — price level 0.827

Relocating for work? use the [Fair Pay Localizer](https://geo-parity.com/?tab=salary).

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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.

Figures are informational estimates from public datasets — not investment or relocation advice. Agents: GET /api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=AT.

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/ppp/austria/ · JSON: https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=AT