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title: "Cost of Living in Philippines vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Philippines is about 66% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.336, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Philippines, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=PH).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇰🇿 Kazakhstan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/kazakhstan/) — price level 0.337
- [🇺🇬 Uganda](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/uganda/) — price level 0.334
- [🇨🇲 Cameroon](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/cameroon/) — price level 0.333
- [🇹🇬 Togo](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/togo/) — price level 0.333
- [🇪🇹 Ethiopia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/ethiopia/) — price level 0.34

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

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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.

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

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