Purchasing Power Parity · Palau
Cost of living in 🇵🇼 Palau vs the United States
Palau has a US-relative price level of 0.932 (US = 1.0) — about 7% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Palau
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $53,648 | $46,600 |
| $80,000 | $85,837 | $74,560 |
| $120,000 | $128,755 | $111,840 |
| $180,000 | $193,133 | $167,760 |
| $250,000 | $268,240 | $233,000 |
“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 Palau's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.932 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.847 2025
IMF (WEO) 1.016 2025
World Bank — Consumption 0.963 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.885 2023
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Palau is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇹🇻 Tuvalu — price level 0.922
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas — price level 0.949
- 🇩🇰 Denmark — price level 0.915
- 🇦🇺 Australia — price level 0.91
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg — price level 0.956
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Palau compared to the United States?
- Palau has a price level of 0.932 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 7% 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 Palau?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $107,296 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Palau; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $93,200.
- Where does the Palau 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.