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title: "Cost of Living in Singapore vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Singapore is about 40% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.605, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Singapore, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/ppp/singapore/"
json: "https://geo-parity.com/api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=SG"
generator: geo-parity markdown twin
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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](https://geo-parity.com/?target=SG).

## 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

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇨🇷 Costa Rica](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/costa-rica/) — price level 0.601
- [🇬🇷 Greece](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/greece/) — price level 0.598
- [🇸🇨 Seychelles](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/seychelles/) — price level 0.612
- [🇨🇿 Czechia](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/czechia/) — price level 0.593
- [🇬🇩 Grenada](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/grenada/) — price level 0.617

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

- [Everyday prices: United States vs Singapore](https://geo-parity.com/cost-of-living/united-states-vs-singapore/)
- [How much you need to retire in Singapore](https://geo-parity.com/fire/singapore/)

## 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.

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

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