Purchasing Power Parity · Norway
Cost of living in 🇳🇴 Norway vs the United States
Norway has a US-relative price level of 0.878 (US = 1.0) — about 12% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Norway
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $56,948 | $43,900 |
| $80,000 | $91,116 | $70,240 |
| $120,000 | $136,674 | $105,360 |
| $180,000 | $205,011 | $158,040 |
| $250,000 | $284,738 | $219,500 |
“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 Norway's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.878 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.909 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.847 2025
OECD 0.909 2025
Penn World Table 0.809 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.962 2025
Big Mac Index 1.295 2026
Eurostat (observed prices) 0.899 2024
Eurostat (GDP) 0.860 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Norway is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — price level 0.881
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand — price level 0.863
- 🇭🇹 Haiti — price level 0.86
- 🇫🇮 Finland — price level 0.852
- 🇦🇺 Australia — price level 0.91
Relocating for work? See the fair salary from the US to Norway or use the Fair Pay Localizer.
Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Norway compared to the United States?
- Norway has a price level of 0.878 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 12% 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 Norway?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $113,895 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Norway; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $87,800.
- Where does the Norway 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.