Purchasing Power Parity · Luxembourg
Cost of living in 🇱🇺 Luxembourg vs the United States
Luxembourg has a US-relative price level of 0.956 (US = 1.0) — about 4% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Luxembourg
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $52,301 | $47,800 |
| $80,000 | $83,682 | $76,480 |
| $120,000 | $125,523 | $114,720 |
| $180,000 | $188,285 | $172,080 |
| $250,000 | $261,506 | $239,000 |
“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 Luxembourg's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.956 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.941 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.970 2025
Penn World Table 1.232 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.986 2025
Eurostat (GDP) 0.912 2024
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.944 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Luxembourg is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas — price level 0.949
- 🇻🇺 Vanuatu — price level 0.976
- 🇵🇼 Palau — price level 0.932
- 🇹🇻 Tuvalu — price level 0.922
- 🇩🇰 Denmark — price level 0.915
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Luxembourg compared to the United States?
- Luxembourg has a price level of 0.956 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 4% 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 Luxembourg?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $104,603 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Luxembourg; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $95,600.
- Where does the Luxembourg 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.