Purchasing Power Parity · Dominican Republic
Cost of living in 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic vs the United States
Dominican Republic has a US-relative price level of 0.402 (US = 1.0) — about 60% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Dominican Republic
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $124,378 | $20,100 |
| $80,000 | $199,005 | $32,160 |
| $120,000 | $298,507 | $48,240 |
| $180,000 | $447,761 | $72,360 |
| $250,000 | $621,891 | $100,500 |
“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 Dominican Republic's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.402 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.385 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.385 2025
Penn World Table 0.420 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.384 2025
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Dominican Republic is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇲🇦 Morocco — price level 0.401
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro — price level 0.408
- 🇽🇰 Kosovo — price level 0.409
- 🇳🇦 Namibia — price level 0.395
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina — price level 0.41
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Dominican Republic compared to the United States?
- Dominican Republic has a price level of 0.402 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 60% 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 Dominican Republic?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $248,756 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Dominican Republic; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $40,200.
- Where does the Dominican Republic 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.