Purchasing Power Parity · Italy
Cost of living in 🇮🇹 Italy vs the United States
Italy has a US-relative price level of 0.686 (US = 1.0) — about 31% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Italy
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $72,886 | $34,300 |
| $80,000 | $116,618 | $54,880 |
| $120,000 | $174,927 | $82,320 |
| $180,000 | $262,391 | $123,480 |
| $250,000 | $364,431 | $171,500 |
“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 Italy's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.686 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.690 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.681 2025
OECD 0.690 2025
Penn World Table 0.691 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.729 2025
Big Mac Index 1.138 2026
Eurostat (observed prices) 0.658 2024
Eurostat (GDP) 0.661 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Italy is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇰🇮 Kiribati — price level 0.685
- 🇦🇩 Andorra — price level 0.681
- 🇪🇪 Estonia — price level 0.678
- 🇼🇸 Samoa — price level 0.674
- 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda — price level 0.707
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Italy compared to the United States?
- Italy has a price level of 0.686 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 31% 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 Italy?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $145,773 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Italy; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $68,600.
- Where does the Italy 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.