PPP Salary Converter
What your salary is worth in another country — at PPP, not just the exchange rate.
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About the PPP Salary Converter
An exchange rate tells you how many dollars your rupees, pesos or pounds buy at the bank. It does not tell you how well you would live on them, because prices differ: a meal, a haircut or a month’s rent costs far less in some countries than in others. Purchasing power parity (PPP) fixes that. The World Bank’s PPP conversion factor for private consumption says how many units of a country’s currency buy what one US dollar buys in the United States, across everything households spend money on.
Type a salary or any amount, choose the country it is from and the one to compare with, and the converter gives the amount with the same purchasing power there — and, beside it, what the exchange rate would give, the price level of both countries (the US = 100), and the same amount in more than thirty other countries. It is the quick way to judge a job offer abroad, a transfer, or what a salary really means in another economy. The factors are the World Bank’s latest for each country, built into the page, so nothing you type is sent anywhere.
How to use it
- Type the amount — a salary, a budget or a price — and say whether it is a year, a month or an hour.
- Choose the country the amount is from and the one to compare with. Each country’s currency follows.
- Read the PPP equivalent at the top: the amount that buys the same in the other country. Below it are the exchange-rate conversion, how far apart the two are, and the price levels.
- To compare with today’s market rate instead of the World Bank’s annual one, type your exchange rate.
- Copy the summary or download the table of countries — with a Pro pass, or after unlocking this result; without one the page shows a free preview.
Examples
About $50,406 a year at PPP, but $11,473 at the exchange rate: prices for households in India are about 23% of US prices
1,000,000 ÷ 19.8389 (India’s PPP factor) = 50,406 international dollars; 1,000,000 ÷ 87.1584 rupees a dollar = $11,473.
About £52,615 at PPP and £56,961 at the exchange rate: you need about 8% fewer pounds than the exchange rate gives, as UK prices are lower than US prices (a price level of about 92)
The converter gives the złoty salary with the same purchasing power, and how it compares with converting at the exchange rate
Common uses
- Judging whether a job offer in another country is a raise in real terms.
- Agreeing a fair salary for a transfer or a remote hire abroad.
- Comparing incomes, pensions or prices across countries for a report or a class.
- Seeing how much cheaper or dearer a country is than the exchange rate suggests.
How the conversion works
With p the PPP factor of each country (local currency per international dollar) and x its exchange rate (local currency per US dollar):
- In international dollars: amount ÷ p of the country it is from.
- At purchasing power parity: amount × p of the other country ÷ p of the first.
- At the exchange rate: amount ÷ x of the first × x of the other.
- Price level (the US = 100): p ÷ x × 100. A level of 25 means household spending costs a quarter of what it would cost in the US at the exchange rate.
The factors are the World Bank’s PPP conversion factor, households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (PA.NUS.PRVT.PP), and the exchange rates its official exchange rate, period average for the same year (PA.NUS.FCRF), both under the CC BY 4.0 licence. The factors come from the World Bank’s International Comparison Program, which prices a common basket of goods and services in each country.
What PPP does and does not tell you
- It compares the cost of average household consumption across a whole country: food, housing, transport, health, education, recreation. A capital city usually costs more than the national average.
- It says nothing about taxes and social contributions, which differ widely. Compare take-home pay if you can: convert your net salary, or work out the net pay of the offer with a tax calculator first.
- It is a national average for a year. Prices move; the result shows which year each factor is for, and it is no forecast.
- For goods traded worldwide — phones, cars, flights — the exchange rate is closer to what you will pay. PPP matters most for local services and rent.
Which countries are included
Every country for which the World Bank publishes a recent private-consumption factor. Countries with only older figures are left out, because their prices have changed too much since; so are a few where the factor and the exchange rate are not in the same currency units. Where the official exchange rate is old or far from what people actually pay, no market comparison is given: type your own rate to see one.
Limitations
- The factors cover household consumption across the whole country; your own costs (city, rent, school fees) may differ a lot.
- Taxes, social security and benefits are not included: convert take-home pay for a like-for-like comparison.
- The World Bank’s exchange rate is the official average for the year of the factor; it can differ from today’s market rate. Type your own rate to compare with that.
- Factors for different years are compared as they are; the page notes when the two countries’ years differ.
Privacy
Everything is calculated in your browser from data built into the page. The amounts you type are never uploaded or stored.
Frequently asked questions
What do I get without a pass?
Without a pass, PPP Salary Converter shows the first countries of the comparison (up to 3), with the PPP equivalent of your amount, the exchange-rate comparison and the price levels hidden. Until you unlock it, the result can’t be downloaded or copied. A Pro, Premium or Ultimate pass, a one-time payment that never renews, unlocks the full result. The pricing page lists the passes and their prices.
What is a PPP-adjusted salary?
The salary converted at purchasing power parity rather than at the exchange rate: the amount that buys the same basket of household goods and services in the other country. ₹10,00,000 a year in India is about $50,406 a year in the US at PPP, though only $11,473 at the exchange rate.
Why is the PPP amount so different from the exchange-rate amount?
Because prices of local goods and services — rent, food, transport, personal services — are much lower in some countries than the exchange rate implies. The price level shows by how much: India’s is about 23 (the US = 100), so the same spending costs about 23% of the US cost at the exchange rate.
Should I negotiate a salary abroad with PPP?
It is a good starting point for what you need to live as well as now, but compare take-home pay after tax, and check rents in the city you would live in: they often decide the difference.
Where do the numbers come from?
From the World Bank’s World Development Indicators: the PPP conversion factor for private consumption and the official exchange rate, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. The result shows which year each country’s factor is for.
Do I need a pass?
To copy or download the full result, yes: a Pro pass unlocks every Pro tool. Without a pass you see a free preview of your own result: the first countries of the comparison, with the PPP equivalent and every other figure hidden.