Purchasing Power Parity · San Marino
Cost of living in 🇸🇲 San Marino vs the United States
San Marino has a US-relative price level of 0.77 (US = 1.0) — about 23% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in San Marino
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $64,935 | $38,500 |
| $80,000 | $103,896 | $61,600 |
| $120,000 | $155,844 | $92,400 |
| $180,000 | $233,766 | $138,600 |
| $250,000 | $324,675 | $192,500 |
“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 San Marino's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.770 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.760 2023
IMF (WEO) 0.780 2025
World Bank — Consumption 0.830 2025
CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.674 2022
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). San Marino is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇫🇷 France — price level 0.76
- 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands — price level 0.785
- 🇹🇴 Tonga — price level 0.798
- 🇩🇪 Germany — price level 0.802
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong — price level 0.737
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is San Marino compared to the United States?
- San Marino has a price level of 0.77 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 23% 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 San Marino?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $129,870 of US-equivalent lifestyle in San Marino; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $77,000.
- Where does the San Marino 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.