Purchasing Power Parity · Spain
Cost of living in 🇪🇸 Spain vs the United States
Spain has a US-relative price level of 0.658 (US = 1.0) — about 34% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Spain
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $75,988 | $32,900 |
| $80,000 | $121,581 | $52,640 |
| $120,000 | $182,371 | $78,960 |
| $180,000 | $273,556 | $118,440 |
| $250,000 | $379,939 | $164,500 |
“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 Spain's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.658 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.645 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.671 2025
OECD 0.645 2025
Penn World Table 0.668 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.687 2025
Big Mac Index 1.138 2026
Eurostat (observed prices) 0.608 2024
Eurostat (GDP) 0.620 2024
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Spain is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus — price level 0.646
- 🇲🇹 Malta — price level 0.645
- 🇼🇸 Samoa — price level 0.674
- 🇯🇵 Japan — price level 0.641
- 🇪🇪 Estonia — price level 0.678
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Spain compared to the United States?
- Spain has a price level of 0.658 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 34% 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 Spain?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $151,976 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Spain; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $65,800.
- Where does the Spain 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.