Purchasing Power Parity · Mexico
Cost of living in 🇲🇽 Mexico vs the United States
Mexico has a US-relative price level of 0.548 (US = 1.0) — about 45% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Mexico
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $91,241 | $27,400 |
| $80,000 | $145,985 | $43,840 |
| $120,000 | $218,978 | $65,760 |
| $180,000 | $328,467 | $98,640 |
| $250,000 | $456,204 | $137,000 |
“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 Mexico's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.548 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.542 2024
IMF (WEO) 0.553 2024
OECD 0.524 2025
Penn World Table 0.623 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.590 2024
Big Mac Index 1.008 2026
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Mexico is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇰🇷 South Korea — price level 0.573
- 🇨🇿 Czechia — price level 0.574
- 🇬🇷 Greece — price level 0.584
- 🇭🇺 Hungary — price level 0.508
- 🇵🇹 Portugal — price level 0.603
Relocating for work? See the fair salary from the US to Mexico or use the Fair Pay Localizer.
Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Mexico compared to the United States?
- Mexico has a price level of 0.548 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 45% cheaper than the United States), based on the median of World Bank, IMF, OECD and Penn World Table figures with reference year 2025.
- What is a $100,000 salary worth in Mexico?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $182,482 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Mexico; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $54,800.
- Where does the Mexico cost-of-living data come from?
- Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD and Penn World Table, blended as a per-country median and refreshed at build time.