Pick a current and a future city — Indian or abroad — to see what salary keeps your lifestyle equivalent, adjusted for cost of living, not just currency conversion.
Full annual amount in your current city's currency — e.g. 1200000 for ₹12L, or 85000 for $85K.
To match your lifestyle in New York, United States, you'd need about
$59,629/year
That's about 4.72× your Bengaluru salary in $ terms — not a currency conversion, a cost-of-living-adjusted equivalent.
Based on Numbeo's Cost of Living Plus Rent Index and current exchange rates — expect ±10-15% variance from your actual experience since individual lifestyles differ. Doesn't account for local income tax differences. Not financial advice.
PPP comparison adjusts a salary for local cost of living, instead of just converting it at the market exchange rate. A straight currency conversion overstates how much a foreign salary is 'worth' because it ignores that rent, groceries, and services cost more (or less) in the destination city.
Currency exchange rates reflect trade and capital flows, not the actual cost of living in each place. ₹1L converted to USD at the market rate looks small, but if you're moving from a low-cost Indian city to a much more expensive one abroad, you need a proportionally higher salary to maintain the same lifestyle — which is what the cost-of-living-adjusted ratio here captures.
It uses Numbeo's Cost of Living Plus Rent Index and current exchange rates as a directional guide, adjusted by city tier within India. It doesn't account for income tax differences between countries, healthcare/insurance systems, or personal spending habits — treat the output as a starting point for negotiation, not an exact figure.
No — this tool only adjusts for cost of living, not income tax rates, which vary significantly by country (and by state/city in some countries, like the US). Two countries with the same cost of living can leave very different amounts in your pocket after tax.