Purchasing Power Parity · Philippines
Cost of living in 🇵🇭 Philippines vs the United States
Philippines has a US-relative price level of 0.336 (US = 1.0) — about 66% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Philippines
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $148,810 | $16,800 |
| $80,000 | $238,095 | $26,880 |
| $120,000 | $357,143 | $40,320 |
| $180,000 | $535,714 | $60,480 |
| $250,000 | $744,048 | $84,000 |
“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 Philippines's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.336 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.332 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.332 2025
Penn World Table 0.340 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.357 2025
Big Mac Index 0.440 2026
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Philippines is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan — price level 0.337
- 🇺🇬 Uganda — price level 0.334
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon — price level 0.333
- 🇹🇬 Togo — price level 0.333
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia — price level 0.34
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Philippines compared to the United States?
- Philippines has a price level of 0.336 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 66% 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 Philippines?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $297,619 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Philippines; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $33,600.
- Where does the Philippines 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.