Purchasing Power Parity · El Salvador
Cost of living in 🇸🇻 El Salvador vs the United States
El Salvador has a US-relative price level of 0.423 (US = 1.0) — about 58% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in El Salvador
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $118,203 | $21,150 |
| $80,000 | $189,125 | $33,840 |
| $120,000 | $283,688 | $50,760 |
| $180,000 | $425,532 | $76,140 |
| $250,000 | $591,017 | $105,750 |
“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 El Salvador's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.423 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.409 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.415 2025
Penn World Table 0.434 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.469 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.421 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). El Salvador is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — price level 0.424
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador — price level 0.424
- 🇯🇴 Jordan — price level 0.428
- 🇩🇯 Djibouti — price level 0.417
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala — price level 0.429
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is El Salvador compared to the United States?
- El Salvador has a price level of 0.423 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 58% 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 El Salvador?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $236,407 of US-equivalent lifestyle in El Salvador; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $42,300.
- Where does the El Salvador 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.