Purchasing Power Parity · Singapore
Cost of living in 🇸🇬 Singapore vs the United States
Singapore has a US-relative price level of 0.605 (US = 1.0) — about 40% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Singapore
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $82,645 | $30,250 |
| $80,000 | $132,231 | $48,400 |
| $120,000 | $198,347 | $72,600 |
| $180,000 | $297,521 | $108,900 |
| $250,000 | $413,223 | $151,250 |
“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 Singapore's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.605 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.605 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.605 2025
OECD 0.602 2024
Penn World Table 0.755 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.783 2025
Big Mac Index 0.928 2026
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Singapore is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica — price level 0.601
- 🇬🇷 Greece — price level 0.598
- 🇸🇨 Seychelles — price level 0.612
- 🇨🇿 Czechia — price level 0.593
- 🇬🇩 Grenada — price level 0.617
Relocating for work? See the fair salary from the US to Singapore or use the Fair Pay Localizer.
Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Singapore compared to the United States?
- Singapore has a price level of 0.605 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 40% 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 Singapore?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $165,289 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Singapore; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $60,500.
- Where does the Singapore 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.