Cost of Living inPago Pago, American Samoa
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Purchasing Power vs. United States
Income Category
City Population
Child Education
Public-schooling rules and international-school pricing are not sourced for American Samoa yet. Quality, expat-access, instruction language, and tuition will appear here once verified.
Childcare & Domestic Help
Nanny, housekeeper, and driver pricing is not yet sourced for Pago Pago. We publish this section only when we can tie it to local job-board, agency, or country fallback evidence.
Getting Around
Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Pago Pago is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in American Samoa.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
LimitedLow out-of-pocket burden help, but coverage looks thinner and doctor staffing is lighter.
Public care
LimitedRelatively low patient cost-sharing help, but public coverage looks thinner and public funding looks lighter.
Private care
LimitedThe tracked private-style network still looks thin and self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
UHC coverage
0/100
2025
Physicians
0.78/1k
1999
Hospital beds
0.00/1k
2025
Out of pocket
0%
2025
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
73.0 yrs
2024
International patient readiness
LimitedPrice transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.
Pricing transparency
LimitedPublished self-pay prices are scarce weigh on this rating.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in American Samoa yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Administrative & Support Services | — |
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Arts, Entertainment & Recreation | — |
| Construction | — |
| Education | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Hospitality & Food Service | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Mining & Quarrying | — |
| Other Services | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Real Estate | — |
| Retail & Wholesale Trade | — |
| Transport & Logistics | — |
| Utilities | — |
2024 annual wages in Pago Pago, American Samoa · Source: GDP-derived estimate (national)
Price Comparison vs. US
Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Pago Pago compared with the US?
Your money goes roughly the same distance in Pago Pago as in the US — Pago Pago is close to purchasing-power parity with the baseline market right now.
About Pago Pago
Pago Pago is the capital of American Samoa, an unincorporated US territory in the South Pacific, with about 12,000 residents around a deep natural harbor on Tutuila island. The local economy is heavily concentrated in tuna canning that has long been the territory's principal export industry, US federal sector employment, port activity, and government. Samoan and English are both official languages, with English used in government and business. The climate is tropical with consistent warmth, high humidity, and substantial rainfall year-round. As a US territory, US citizens can move freely without immigration paperwork, though American Samoans themselves are US nationals rather than citizens, an unusual status among US territories. Pago Pago suits relocators with specific US federal, fisheries, or tuna processing sector employment.
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