Purchasing Power Parity · Mexico
Cost of living in 🇲🇽 Mexico vs the United States
Mexico has a US-relative price level of 0.537 (US = 1.0) — about 46% 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 | $93,110 | $26,850 |
| $80,000 | $148,976 | $42,960 |
| $120,000 | $223,464 | $64,440 |
| $180,000 | $335,196 | $96,660 |
| $250,000 | $465,549 | $134,250 |
“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) 0.537 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.537 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.535 2025
OECD 0.537 2025
Penn World Table 0.623 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.588 2025
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
- 🇭🇷 Croatia — price level 0.532
- 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago — price level 0.527
- 🇭🇺 Hungary — price level 0.526
- 🇩🇲 Dominica — price level 0.524
- 🇧🇿 Belize — price level 0.551
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 0.537 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 46% 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 Mexico?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $186,220 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Mexico; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $53,700.
- Where does the Mexico 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.