Where does a salary go further?
Every city of a country ranked by what is left each month from one gross salary: take-home pay after income tax and employee contributions (the national model), minus rent for a 60 m² flat and the everyday bills each city publishes.
Take-home pay: €2,609 a month in Germany. 3,229 cities have a rent figure; 74 publish every bill.
| # | City | Rent | Left each month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chemnitz | €371advertised, per m² | €1,903 |
| 2 | Hamm | €420advertised, per m² | €1,900 |
| 3 | Halle (Saale) | €480advertised, per m² | €1,880 |
| 4 | Oberhausen | €480advertised, per m² | €1,802 |
| 5 | Hagen | €457advertised, per m² | €1,735 |
| 6 | Remscheid | €481advertised, per m² | €1,730 |
| 7 | Recklinghausen | €479advertised, per m² | €1,722 |
| 8 | Magdeburg | €481advertised, per m² | €1,716 |
| 9 | Wuppertal | €551advertised, per m² | €1,713 |
| 10 | Bremerhaven | €486advertised, per m² | €1,707 |
Take-home pay is the national model for a single person without children (OECD Taxing Wages), so it is the same in every city; the ranking is each city's costs. Rent is the city's own figure: advertised or official per m² × the flat size, or a whole-dwelling rent where the city publishes only that. Bills: public transport pass, utilities, internet and a mobile plan. Each city page shows the sources.