Purchasing Power Parity · Brazil
Cost of living in 🇧🇷 Brazil vs the United States
Brazil has a US-relative price level of 0.458 (US = 1.0) — about 54% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Brazil
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $109,170 | $22,900 |
| $80,000 | $174,672 | $36,640 |
| $120,000 | $262,009 | $54,960 |
| $180,000 | $393,013 | $82,440 |
| $250,000 | $545,852 | $114,500 |
“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 Brazil's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.458 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.457 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.457 2025
OECD 0.458 2025
Penn World Table 0.502 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.462 2025
Big Mac Index 0.756 2026
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Brazil is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇦🇷 Argentina — price level 0.458
- 🇷🇸 Serbia — price level 0.458
- 🇭🇳 Honduras — price level 0.456
- 🇵🇦 Panama — price level 0.455
- 🇷🇴 Romania — price level 0.455
Relocating for work? See the fair salary from the US to Brazil or use the Fair Pay Localizer.
Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Brazil compared to the United States?
- Brazil has a price level of 0.458 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 54% 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 Brazil?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $218,341 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Brazil; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $45,800.
- Where does the Brazil 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.