Purchasing Power Parity · Samoa
Cost of living in 🇼🇸 Samoa vs the United States
Samoa has a US-relative price level of 0.674 (US = 1.0) — about 33% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Samoa
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $74,184 | $33,700 |
| $80,000 | $118,694 | $53,920 |
| $120,000 | $178,042 | $80,880 |
| $180,000 | $267,062 | $121,320 |
| $250,000 | $370,920 | $168,500 |
“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 Samoa's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.674 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.628 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.719 2025
World Bank — Consumption 0.674 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.625 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Samoa is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇪🇪 Estonia — price level 0.678
- 🇦🇩 Andorra — price level 0.681
- 🇰🇮 Kiribati — price level 0.685
- 🇮🇹 Italy — price level 0.686
- 🇪🇸 Spain — price level 0.658
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Samoa compared to the United States?
- Samoa has a price level of 0.674 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 33% 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 Samoa?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $148,368 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Samoa; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $67,400.
- Where does the Samoa 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.