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title: "Cost of Living in Hong Kong vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Hong Kong is about 26% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.737, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Hong Kong, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/ppp/hong-kong/"
json: "https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=HK"
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=HK).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/saint-kitts-and-nevis/) — price level 0.728
- [🇺🇾 Uruguay](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/uruguay/) — price level 0.715
- [🇫🇷 France](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/france/) — price level 0.76
- [🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/antigua-and-barbuda/) — price level 0.707
- [🇸🇲 San Marino](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/san-marino/) — price level 0.77

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

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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.

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

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