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title: "Cost of Living in Jamaica vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Jamaica is about 37% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.627, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Jamaica, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Jamaica

# Cost of living in 🇯🇲 Jamaica vs the United States

Jamaica has a US-relative price level of **0.627** (US = 1.0) — about 37% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.

## What US salaries are worth in Jamaica

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $79,745 | $31,350 |
| $80,000 | $127,592 | $50,160 |
| $120,000 | $191,388 | $75,240 |
| $180,000 | $287,081 | $112,860 |
| $250,000 | $398,724 | $156,750 |

“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=JM).

## How the sources compare

Each provider measures Jamaica's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.

Consensus (median) 0.627 2025

World Bank — GDP 0.602 2025

IMF (WEO) 0.595 2025

Penn World Table 0.656 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.617 2025

CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.602 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/papua-new-guinea/) — price level 0.623
- [🇵🇹 Portugal](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/portugal/) — price level 0.623
- [🇬🇩 Grenada](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/grenada/) — price level 0.617
- [🇸🇮 Slovenia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/slovenia/) — price level 0.638
- [🇯🇵 Japan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/japan/) — price level 0.641

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

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Jamaica compared to the United States?**: Jamaica has a price level of 0.627 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 37% 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 Jamaica?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $159,490 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Jamaica; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $62,700.
- **Where does the Jamaica 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=JM.

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