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title: "Cost of Living in Russia vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Russia is about 68% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.316, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Russia, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/ppp/russia/"
json: "https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=RU"
generator: geo-parity markdown twin
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Purchasing Power Parity · Russia

# Cost of living in 🇷🇺 Russia vs the United States

Russia has a US-relative price level of **0.316** (US = 1.0) — about 68% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2024.

## What US salaries are worth in Russia

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $158,228 | $15,800 |
| $80,000 | $253,165 | $25,280 |
| $120,000 | $379,747 | $37,920 |
| $180,000 | $569,620 | $56,880 |
| $250,000 | $791,139 | $79,000 |

“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=RU).

## How the sources compare

Each provider measures Russia's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.

Consensus (median) 0.316 2024

World Bank — GDP 0.314 2024

IMF (WEO) 0.314 2024

Penn World Table 0.318 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.314 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇬🇪 Georgia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/georgia/) — price level 0.319
- [🇲🇷 Mauritania](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/mauritania/) — price level 0.319
- [🇸🇷 Suriname](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/suriname/) — price level 0.322
- [🇰🇪 Kenya](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/kenya/) — price level 0.323
- [🇲🇱 Mali](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/mali/) — price level 0.323

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Russia compared to the United States?**: Russia has a price level of 0.316 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 68% 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 2024.
- **What is a $100,000 salary worth in Russia?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $316,456 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Russia; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $31,600.
- **Where does the Russia 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=RU.

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