Purchasing Power Parity · Marshall Islands
Cost of living in 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands vs the United States
Marshall Islands has a US-relative price level of 1.02 (US = 1.0) — about 2% more expensive than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Marshall Islands
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $49,020 | $51,000 |
| $80,000 | $78,431 | $81,600 |
| $120,000 | $117,647 | $122,400 |
| $180,000 | $176,471 | $183,600 |
| $250,000 | $245,098 | $255,000 |
“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 Marshall Islands's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 1.020 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.947 2025
IMF (WEO) 1.093 2025
World Bank — Consumption 0.952 2021
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.911 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Marshall Islands is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇫🇲 Micronesia — price level 1.024
- 🇻🇺 Vanuatu — price level 0.976
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg — price level 0.956
- 🇮🇱 Israel — price level 1.088
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas — price level 0.949
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Marshall Islands compared to the United States?
- Marshall Islands has a price level of 1.02 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 2% more expensive 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 Marshall Islands?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $98,039 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Marshall Islands; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $102,000.
- Where does the Marshall Islands 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.