Cost of Living Compared to New York City

How far does a New York salary go elsewhere? Compare the cost of living in 42 US cities and 93 countries against the New York metro area, and see the salary you’d need to keep the same standard of living.

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Place	Index (NYC = 100)	vs New York	Salary for the same lifestyle
SwitzerlandZurich	114	14% pricier than NYC	$113,865 ≈ CHF 94,662
San Francisco, CA	103	3% pricier than NYC	$102,710
Miami, FL	101	Similar to NYC	$101,414
Los Angeles, CA	101	Similar to NYC	$100,891
San Diego, CA	99	Similar to NYC	$99,399
Guam	99	Similar to NYC	$98,801
Seattle, WA	99	Similar to NYC	$98,730
Honolulu, HI	99	Similar to NYC	$98,577
San Jose, CA	98	2% cheaper than NYC	$98,099
Washington, DC	97	3% cheaper than NYC	$96,732
Boston, MA	96	4% cheaper than NYC	$96,183
Sacramento, CA	95	5% cheaper than NYC	$94,765
IsraelJerusalem	94	6% cheaper than NYC	$94,086 ≈ ₪324,774
Denver, CO	94	6% cheaper than NYC	$93,976
Portland, OR	94	6% cheaper than NYC	$93,655
Anchorage, AK	94	6% cheaper than NYC	$93,654
Minneapolis, MN	93	7% cheaper than NYC	$93,123
DenmarkCopenhagen	93	7% cheaper than NYC	$92,862 ≈ DKK 614,915
Baltimore, MD	93	7% cheaper than NYC	$92,825
Chicago, IL	92	8% cheaper than NYC	$92,033
Phoenix, AZ	92	8% cheaper than NYC	$91,785
Dallas, TX	92	8% cheaper than NYC	$91,584
Hartford, CT	91	9% cheaper than NYC	$91,279
Philadelphia, PA	91	9% cheaper than NYC	$91,108
IrelandDublin	91	9% cheaper than NYC	$90,746 ≈ €80,307
Orlando, FL	90	10% cheaper than NYC	$90,099
Tampa, FL	90	10% cheaper than NYC	$89,630
Salt Lake City, UT	90	10% cheaper than NYC	$89,610
Detroit, MI	89	11% cheaper than NYC	$89,104
Las Vegas, NV	89	11% cheaper than NYC	$89,030
Atlanta, GA	89	11% cheaper than NYC	$88,891
Houston, TX	88	12% cheaper than NYC	$87,621
Boise, ID	87	13% cheaper than NYC	$87,410
Raleigh, NC	87	13% cheaper than NYC	$87,202
Austin, TX	87	13% cheaper than NYC	$87,121
Charlotte, NC	86	14% cheaper than NYC	$86,483
Nashville, TN	86	14% cheaper than NYC	$85,586
NorwayOslo	85	15% cheaper than NYC	$85,468 ≈ NOK 888,509
Indianapolis, IN	85	15% cheaper than NYC	$85,016
Albuquerque, NM	85	15% cheaper than NYC	$84,882
Columbus, OH	85	15% cheaper than NYC	$84,814
Cincinnati, OH	85	15% cheaper than NYC	$84,726
St. Louis, MO	84	16% cheaper than NYC	$84,475
San Antonio, TX	84	16% cheaper than NYC	$84,145
Pittsburgh, PA	84	16% cheaper than NYC	$84,105
AustraliaPerth, Darwin, Adelaide…	84	16% cheaper than NYC	$83,836 ≈ A$130,113
Cleveland, OH	83	17% cheaper than NYC	$83,440
New Orleans, LA	82	18% cheaper than NYC	$82,262
Kansas City, MO	82	18% cheaper than NYC	$82,214
United KingdomLondon	82	18% cheaper than NYC	$82,061 ≈ £62,323
FinlandHelsinki	81	19% cheaper than NYC	$80,511 ≈ €71,250
SwedenStockholm	80	20% cheaper than NYC	$80,411 ≈ SEK 789,692
CanadaToronto, Winnipeg, Regina…	80	20% cheaper than NYC	$80,094 ≈ CA$111,980
Puerto RicoSan Juan	80	20% cheaper than NYC	$79,683
New ZealandAuckland	79	21% cheaper than NYC	$78,973 ≈ NZ$135,843
BelgiumBrussels	77	23% cheaper than NYC	$77,474 ≈ €68,562
NetherlandsAmsterdam	77	23% cheaper than NYC	$77,031 ≈ €68,170
AustriaVienna	75	25% cheaper than NYC	$75,325 ≈ €66,661
FranceParis	74	26% cheaper than NYC	$73,533 ≈ €65,075
GermanyBerlin	72	28% cheaper than NYC	$72,166 ≈ €63,865
Singapore	70	30% cheaper than NYC	$69,567 ≈ SGD 90,955
QatarDoha	67	33% cheaper than NYC	$67,251 ≈ QAR 244,795
Hong Kong	66	34% cheaper than NYC	$65,715 ≈ HK$512,388
ItalyRome	65	35% cheaper than NYC	$64,732 ≈ €57,286
UruguayMontevideo	64	36% cheaper than NYC	$64,390 ≈ UYU 2,652,304
JapanTokyo	61	39% cheaper than NYC	$61,342 ≈ ¥9,180,333
United Arab EmiratesDubai	61	39% cheaper than NYC	$61,129 ≈ AED 224,495
SpainMadrid	61	39% cheaper than NYC	$61,021 ≈ €54,001
Czech RepublicPrague	60	40% cheaper than NYC	$59,509 ≈ CZK 1,302,178
GreeceAthens	58	42% cheaper than NYC	$58,230 ≈ €51,532
LebanonBeirut	58	42% cheaper than NYC	$58,038 ≈ LBP 5,194,436,781
PortugalLisbon	58	42% cheaper than NYC	$57,694 ≈ €51,057
Costa RicaSan José	55	45% cheaper than NYC	$55,499 ≈ CRC 27,943,350
MaldivesMalé	55	45% cheaper than NYC	$55,176 ≈ MVR 850,570
South KoreaSeoul	55	45% cheaper than NYC	$54,969 ≈ ₩78,189,579
JamaicaKingston	55	45% cheaper than NYC	$54,858 ≈ JMD 8,727,712
KuwaitKuwait City	53	47% cheaper than NYC	$53,105 ≈ KWD 16,274
MexicoMexico City, Monterrey, Cancún…	52	48% cheaper than NYC	$52,224 ≈ MX$1,004,662
HungaryBudapest	51	49% cheaper than NYC	$51,456 ≈ HUF 18,171,223
PolandWarsaw	49	51% cheaper than NYC	$48,740 ≈ PLN 183,289
PeruLima	48	52% cheaper than NYC	$47,993 ≈ PEN 171,196
ChileSantiago	45	55% cheaper than NYC	$45,467 ≈ CLP 43,253,861
Saudi ArabiaRiyadh	44	56% cheaper than NYC	$44,319 ≈ SAR 166,194
PanamaPanama City	44	56% cheaper than NYC	$44,127
BahrainManama	43	57% cheaper than NYC	$43,347 ≈ BHD 16,299
RomaniaBucharest	43	57% cheaper than NYC	$43,332 ≈ RON 193,717
ChinaBeijing	43	57% cheaper than NYC	$42,747 ≈ CN¥307,344
OmanMuscat	42	58% cheaper than NYC	$42,020 ≈ OMR 16,157
BrazilSão Paulo, Manaus	41	59% cheaper than NYC	$41,046 ≈ R$229,337
TürkiyeIstanbul	40	60% cheaper than NYC	$39,954 ≈ TRY 1,576,396
JordanAmman	40	60% cheaper than NYC	$39,826 ≈ JOD 28,276
GuatemalaGuatemala City	40	60% cheaper than NYC	$39,701 ≈ GTQ 304,912
EcuadorQuito	39	61% cheaper than NYC	$39,223
MauritiusPort Louis	39	61% cheaper than NYC	$38,832 ≈ MUR 1,786,154
South AfricaJohannesburg	38	62% cheaper than NYC	$38,438 ≈ ZAR 687,611
MoroccoCasablanca	38	62% cheaper than NYC	$37,622 ≈ MAD 351,772
IraqBaghdad	37	63% cheaper than NYC	$37,312 ≈ IQD 48,504,961
GhanaAccra	37	63% cheaper than NYC	$37,143 ≈ GHS 466,401
NamibiaWindhoek	37	63% cheaper than NYC	$36,647 ≈ NAD 655,559
ColombiaBogotá	37	63% cheaper than NYC	$36,507 ≈ COP 147,969,844
AngolaLuanda	35	65% cheaper than NYC	$35,468 ≈ AOA 32,346,569
MozambiqueMaputo	35	65% cheaper than NYC	$34,881 ≈ MZN 2,229,049
Côte d’IvoireAbidjan	35	65% cheaper than NYC	$34,846 ≈ F CFA 20,278,154
BoliviaLa Paz	35	65% cheaper than NYC	$34,703 ≈ BOB 239,798
SenegalDakar	35	65% cheaper than NYC	$34,580 ≈ F CFA 20,123,339
FijiSuva	34	66% cheaper than NYC	$34,370 ≈ FJD 79,018
Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo	34	66% cheaper than NYC	$34,122 ≈ DOP 2,115,124
ParaguayAsunción	34	66% cheaper than NYC	$33,845 ≈ PYG 255,373,404
UgandaKampala	33	67% cheaper than NYC	$32,969 ≈ UGX 118,787,709
RussiaKaliningrad, Moscow, Samara…	33	67% cheaper than NYC	$32,660 ≈ RUB 2,732,085
KazakhstanAlmaty	33	67% cheaper than NYC	$32,546 ≈ KZT 16,957,352
CameroonDouala	32	68% cheaper than NYC	$31,908 ≈ FCFA 18,568,126
PhilippinesManila	32	68% cheaper than NYC	$31,722 ≈ ₱1,824,183
KenyaNairobi	31	69% cheaper than NYC	$30,907 ≈ KES 3,996,374
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur	30	70% cheaper than NYC	$29,665 ≈ MYR 127,096
ZambiaLusaka	29	71% cheaper than NYC	$29,498 ≈ ZMW 745,585
TunisiaTunis	29	71% cheaper than NYC	$29,055 ≈ TND 87,089
ThailandBangkok	29	71% cheaper than NYC	$28,655 ≈ THB 942,251
AlgeriaAlgiers	28	72% cheaper than NYC	$28,174 ≈ DZD 3,707,812
IndonesiaJakarta	27	73% cheaper than NYC	$27,313 ≈ IDR 450,056,323
EthiopiaAddis Ababa	26	74% cheaper than NYC	$26,344 ≈ ETB 2,176,021
VietnamHo Chi Minh City	26	74% cheaper than NYC	$26,325 ≈ ₫636,151,570
MadagascarAntananarivo	26	74% cheaper than NYC	$25,798 ≈ MGA 116,857,648
BangladeshDhaka	25	75% cheaper than NYC	$25,460 ≈ BDT 3,104,095
UkraineKyiv	25	75% cheaper than NYC	$25,283 ≈ UAH 1,054,043
UzbekistanTashkent	25	75% cheaper than NYC	$25,235 ≈ UZS 317,446,562
Sri LankaColombo	24	76% cheaper than NYC	$23,958 ≈ LKR 7,207,726
RwandaKigali	23	77% cheaper than NYC	$23,179 ≈ RWF 33,111,064
NepalKathmandu	23	77% cheaper than NYC	$22,524 ≈ NPR 3,133,385
TanzaniaDar es Salaam	22	78% cheaper than NYC	$22,483 ≈ TZS 58,409,099
BhutanThimphu	21	79% cheaper than NYC	$21,458 ≈ BTN 1,870,270
PakistanKarachi	21	79% cheaper than NYC	$20,665 ≈ PKR 5,809,737
IndiaNew Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru…	20	80% cheaper than NYC	$20,221 ≈ ₹1,762,472
NigeriaLagos	19	81% cheaper than NYC	$18,609 ≈ NGN 28,256,139
EgyptCairo	14	86% cheaper than NYC	$13,935 ≈ EGP 686,002

How the comparison works

Baseline: the New York metro area (New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ), where prices are 13% above the US average and rents 49% above. Manhattan alone is more expensive than this metro-wide average.
US cities: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (2024), which compare prices of the same basket of goods, rents, utilities and services across metro areas.
Other countries: World Bank price levels for household consumption (purchasing power parity divided by the exchange rate). These are national averages — big cities like London, Paris, Mumbai or São Paulo are usually more expensive than their country’s figure.
Salary for the same lifestyle = your New York salary × index ÷ 100. The local-currency figure uses purchasing power parity. It ignores taxes, which differ a lot between places.

Not included because reliable recent data isn’t available: Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, Iran, Syria, Libya, Sudan, DR Congo, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Taiwan.