Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in North Carolina instead of Macau, you would:
Economy
be 44.7% more likely to be unemployed
In Macau, 2.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In North Carolina, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.
make 21.9% less money
Macau has a GDP per capita of $75,902 as of 2025, while in North Carolina, the GDP per capita is $59,308 as of 2024.
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
North Carolina is 22.3% more expensive than Macau overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Macau is about 4,474 times smaller than North Carolina.
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Moving from Macau to North Carolina · Cost, visas & climate
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