Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Massachusetts instead of Macau, you would:
Economy
make 15.8% more money
Macau has a GDP per capita of $75,902 as of 2025, while in Massachusetts, the GDP per capita is $87,892 as of 2024.
be 100.0% more likely to be unemployed
In Macau, 2.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Massachusetts, that number is 4.7% as of 2025.
Sources: World Bank (2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Massachusetts is 50.3% more expensive than Macau overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Macau is about 720 times smaller than Massachusetts.
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