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title: "Cost of Living in Mexico vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Mexico is about 46% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.537, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Mexico, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/ppp/mexico/"
json: "https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=MX"
generator: geo-parity markdown twin
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=MX).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇭🇷 Croatia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/croatia/) — price level 0.532
- [🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/trinidad-and-tobago/) — price level 0.527
- [🇭🇺 Hungary](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/hungary/) — price level 0.526
- [🇩🇲 Dominica](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/dominica/) — price level 0.524
- [🇧🇿 Belize](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/belize/) — price level 0.551

Relocating for work? See the [fair salary from the US to Mexico](https://geo-parity.com/salary/united-states-to-mexico/) or use the [Fair Pay Localizer](https://geo-parity.com/?tab=salary).

- [Everyday prices: United States vs Mexico](https://geo-parity.com/cost-of-living/united-states-vs-mexico/)
- [How much you need to retire in Mexico](https://geo-parity.com/fire/mexico/)

## 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.

Figures are informational estimates from public datasets — not investment or relocation advice. Agents: GET /api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=MX.

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