Purchasing Power Parity · Hong Kong
Cost of living in 🇭🇰 Hong Kong vs the United States
Hong Kong has a US-relative price level of 0.737 (US = 1.0) — about 26% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Hong Kong
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $67,843 | $36,850 |
| $80,000 | $108,548 | $58,960 |
| $120,000 | $162,822 | $88,440 |
| $180,000 | $244,233 | $132,660 |
| $250,000 | $339,213 | $184,250 |
“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 Hong Kong's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.737 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.709 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.708 2025
Penn World Table 0.765 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.740 2025
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Hong Kong is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis — price level 0.728
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay — price level 0.715
- 🇫🇷 France — price level 0.76
- 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda — price level 0.707
- 🇸🇲 San Marino — price level 0.77
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Hong Kong compared to the United States?
- Hong Kong has a price level of 0.737 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 26% 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 Hong Kong?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $135,685 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Hong Kong; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $73,700.
- Where does the Hong Kong 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.