Purchasing Power Parity · Thailand
Cost of living in 🇹🇭 Thailand vs the United States
Thailand has a US-relative price level of 0.295 (US = 1.0) — about 71% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2025.
What US salaries are worth in Thailand
| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $169,492 | $14,750 |
| $80,000 | $271,186 | $23,600 |
| $120,000 | $406,780 | $35,400 |
| $180,000 | $610,169 | $53,100 |
| $250,000 | $847,458 | $73,750 |
“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 Thailand's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.
Consensus (median) 0.295 2025
World Bank — GDP 0.307 2025
IMF (WEO) 0.307 2025
Penn World Table 0.282 2023
World Bank — Consumption 0.323 2025
Big Mac Index 0.646 2026
Cost of living around the world
Every country shaded by its price level relative to the US (darker = more expensive). Thailand is outlined.
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Countries with a similar cost of living
- 🇲🇬 Madagascar — price level 0.296
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania — price level 0.297
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia — price level 0.293
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan — price level 0.298
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam — price level 0.292
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Frequently asked questions
- How expensive is Thailand compared to the United States?
- Thailand has a price level of 0.295 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 71% 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 Thailand?
- In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $338,983 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Thailand; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $29,500.
- Where does the Thailand 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.