Purchasing Power Parity · Netherlands
Cost of living in 🇳🇱 Netherlands vs the United States
Netherlands has a US-relative price level of 0.827 (US = 1.0) — about 17% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Netherlands
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $60,459 | $41,350 |
| $80,000 | $96,735 | $66,160 |
| $120,000 | $145,103 | $99,240 |
| $180,000 | $217,654 | $148,860 |
| $250,000 | $302,297 | $206,750 |
“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 Netherlands's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.827 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.844 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.872 2025
OECD 0.844 2025
Penn World Table 0.826 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.867 2025
Big Mac Index 1.138 2026
Eurostat (observed prices) 0.811 2024
Eurostat (GDP) 0.810 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Netherlands is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇮🇪 Ireland — price level 0.833
- 🇨🇦 Canada — price level 0.834
- 🇸🇪 Sweden — price level 0.841
- 🇧🇪 Belgium — price level 0.808
- 🇦🇹 Austria — price level 0.804
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Netherlands compared to the United States?
- Netherlands has a price level of 0.827 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 17% 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 Netherlands?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $120,919 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Netherlands; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $82,700.
- Where does the Netherlands 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.