Cities in Saxony, Germany
Saxony has 211 published cities; the largest is Leipzig, with 633,592 residents. Net rent runs from €3.87 to €7.55 per m² a month across the 199 cities that publish it. The median gross salary runs from €3,693 to €4,163 a month across 3 cities.
Published cities in Saxony
Sorted by population. A dash means the city has no published figure of its own for that column.
| City | Population | Net rent, €/m²/mo | Median gross salary, €/mo | Unemployment, % | PM2.5, µg/m³ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leipzig | 633,592 | €6.27 | €4,012 | 7.7 | 9.0 |
| Dresden | 571,510 | €7.20 | €4,163 | 6.5 | 10.1 |
| Chemnitz | 251,323 | €5.26 | €3,693 | 8.9 | 8.3 |
| Zwickau | 87,410 | €5.20 | — | 5.8 | 9.8 |
| Plauen | 65,599 | €4.63 | — | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Goerlitz | 55,186 | €4.79 | — | 9.2 | 9.6 |
| Freiberg | 41,519 | €5.61 | — | 6.7 | 10.0 |
| Pirna | 40,128 | €5.57 | — | 5.0 | — |
| Freital | 39,281 | €5.54 | — | 4.6 | — |
| Bautzen | 37,566 | €5.26 | — | 7.4 | 9.4 |
| Radebeul | 32,979 | €6.63 | — | 2.9 | 8.1 |
| Hoyerswerda | 30,759 | €4.87 | — | 5.5 | — |
| Riesa | 29,373 | €5.14 | — | 6.9 | — |
| Meissen | 28,863 | €5.76 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Grimma | 27,529 | €5.13 | — | 6.5 | 7.0 |
| Delitzsch | 25,895 | €5.44 | — | 6.1 | — |
| Markkleeberg | 25,331 | €6.55 | — | 4.3 | — |
| Zittau | 25,286 | €4.59 | — | 8.6 | 11.1 |
| Döbeln | 23,819 | €4.99 | — | 6.1 | 7.0 |
| Limbach-Oberfrohna | 23,673 | €5.06 | — | 5.0 | — |
| Glauchau | 21,442 | €5.07 | — | 3.9 | — |
| Werdau | 20,520 | €4.71 | — | 6.4 | — |
| Coswig | 20,479 | €5.88 | — | 4.5 | — |
| Borna | 20,131 | €4.90 | — | 5.4 | — |
| Torgau | 19,992 | €5.01 | — | 10.3 | — |
| Reichenbach im Vogtland | 19,797 | €4.56 | — | 5.7 | — |
| Schkeuditz | 18,905 | €5.79 | — | 5.2 | — |
| Aue-Bad Schlema | 18,868 | €4.43 | — | 3.5 | — |
| Annaberg-Buchholz | 18,815 | €4.72 | — | 6.7 | 7.9 |
| Radeberg | 18,683 | €5.77 | — | 5.6 | — |
| Crimmitschau | 18,272 | €4.78 | — | 6.6 | — |
| Großenhain | 18,183 | €5.08 | — | 5.7 | — |
| Auerbach/Vogtl. | 17,314 | €4.35 | — | 5.4 | — |
| Kamenz / Kamjenc | 16,918 | €5.33 | — | 5.1 | — |
| Heidenau | 16,686 | €6.55 | — | 6.1 | — |
| Eilenburg | 16,539 | €5.40 | — | 6.9 | — |
| Wurzen | 16,238 | €5.19 | — | 6.1 | — |
| Markranstädt | 16,194 | €6.03 | — | 3.4 | — |
| Marienberg | 16,139 | €4.61 | — | 4.6 | — |
| Taucha | 15,866 | €6.19 | — | 4.1 | — |
| Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb. | 15,475 | €4.98 | — | 4.2 | — |
| Schwarzenberg | 15,158 | — | — | — | — |
| Weißwasser/O.L. | 15,002 | €4.84 | — | 9.4 | — |
| Klotzsche | 14,626 | — | — | — | — |
| Wilsdruff | 14,583 | €5.96 | — | 3.5 | — |
| Löbau | 14,467 | €4.64 | — | 6.3 | — |
| Oschatz | 14,184 | €5.10 | — | 6.6 | — |
| Mickten | 13,932 | — | — | — | — |
| Dippoldiswalde | 13,915 | €5.23 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Mittweida | 13,839 | €5.54 | — | 4.2 | — |
| Hohenstein-Ernstthal | 13,788 | €4.95 | — | 5.9 | — |
| Frankenberg/Sa. | 13,659 | €4.85 | — | 5.2 | — |
| Meerane | 13,567 | €4.91 | — | 5.1 | — |
| Schneeberg | 13,377 | €4.72 | — | 4.2 | 9.0 |
| Frohburg | 12,120 | €4.97 | — | 5.0 | — |
| Neustadt in Sachsen | 11,810 | €5.13 | — | 5.1 | 10.0 |
| Zwönitz | 11,358 | €4.36 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Stollberg/Erzgeb. | 11,127 | €4.94 | — | 3.9 | — |
| Bannewitz | 11,122 | €6.26 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Oelsnitz/Erzgeb. | 10,954 | — | — | 4.3 | — |
| Ebersbach-Neugersdorf | 10,937 | €4.54 | — | 5.4 | — |
| Lichtenstein/Sa. | 10,875 | €4.70 | — | 7.3 | — |
| Weinböhla | 10,659 | €6.51 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Mülsen | 10,613 | €4.80 | — | 5.4 | — |
| Bischofswerda | 10,576 | €5.36 | — | 6.2 | 10.0 |
| Nossen | 10,486 | €4.82 | — | 4.4 | 9.0 |
| Burgstädt | 10,413 | €4.90 | — | 6.3 | — |
| Klipphausen | 10,384 | €5.41 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Flöha | 10,183 | €5.01 | — | 5.5 | — |
| Oelsnitz/Vogtl. | 10,062 | — | — | 5.1 | — |
| Olbernhau | 9,953 | €4.72 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Ottendorf-Okrilla | 9,909 | €5.78 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Brandis | 9,654 | €5.51 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Großröhrsdorf | 9,477 | €5.23 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Sebnitz | 9,421 | €4.71 | — | 5.3 | 10.0 |
| Wilkau-Haßlau | 9,418 | €5.11 | — | 5.4 | — |
| Zwenkau | 9,305 | €5.72 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Lichtenstein | 9,191 | €7.29 | — | — | — |
| Waldheim | 8,989 | €4.64 | — | 5.5 | 9.0 |
| Niesky | 8,956 | €5.36 | — | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| Brand-Erbisdorf | 8,797 | €4.85 | — | 5.5 | 10.0 |
| Naunhof | 8,776 | €5.56 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Zschopau | 8,760 | €4.73 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Hainichen | 8,255 | €4.77 | — | 5.5 | — |
| Colditz | 8,249 | €4.62 | — | 5.8 | 7.0 |
| Borsdorf | 8,229 | €5.96 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Moritzburg | 8,217 | €6.74 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Lauter-Bernsbach | 8,179 | €4.66 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Penig | 8,059 | €4.77 | — | 5.5 | — |
| Bad Lausick | 8,043 | €5.27 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Leisnig | 8,028 | €4.64 | — | 5.5 | 7.0 |
| Lauta | 7,726 | €5.16 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Bad Düben | 7,713 | €5.04 | — | 6.6 | — |
| Kirchberg | 7,678 | €7.55 | — | 5.4 | — |
| Radeburg | 7,615 | €5.61 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Treuen | 7,597 | €4.68 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Oederan | 7,569 | €4.95 | — | 5.5 | — |
| Lößnitz | 7,557 | €4.05 | — | 5.3 | 9.0 |
| Lugau/Erzgeb. | 7,481 | €4.85 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Altenberg | 7,462 | €4.74 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Groitzsch | 7,442 | €5.37 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Falkenstein/Vogtl. | 7,388 | €4.37 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Belgern-Schildau | 7,363 | €4.62 | — | 6.6 | — |
| Klingenthal | 7,289 | €4.13 | — | 6.0 | 6.5 |
| Pockau-Lengefeld | 7,273 | €4.56 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Pulsnitz | 7,246 | €5.65 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Roßwein | 7,149 | €4.44 | — | 5.5 | 9.0 |
| Markneukirchen | 7,061 | €4.37 | — | 6.0 | 8.0 |
| Reinsdorf | 7,009 | €5.00 | — | 5.4 | — |
| Lengenfeld | 6,910 | €4.60 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Eibau | 6,892 | €4.42 | — | 8.9 | — |
| Geithain | 6,870 | €4.68 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Eibenstock | 6,795 | €4.41 | — | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| Böhlen | 6,787 | €5.45 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Gröditz | 6,752 | €4.79 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Pegau | 6,578 | €5.36 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Machern | 6,548 | €5.67 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Hartha | 6,503 | €4.63 | — | 5.5 | 7.0 |
| Glashütte | 6,414 | €4.69 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Rötha | 6,325 | €5.24 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Sohland | 6,317 | €4.72 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Bernsdorf | 6,242 | €4.75 | — | 6.2 | 10.0 |
| Rodewisch | 6,131 | €4.67 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Dohna | 6,030 | €5.55 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Lichtentanne | 5,958 | €4.87 | — | 5.4 | — |
| Thalheim/Erzgeb. | 5,956 | €4.57 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Burkhardtsdorf | 5,936 | €4.74 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Schirgiswalde-Kirschau | 5,849 | €4.71 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Oberlungwitz | 5,716 | €4.85 | — | 5.4 | — |
| Herrnhut | 5,695 | €4.52 | — | 8.9 | — |
| Großpösna | 5,570 | €5.68 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Grünhain-Beierfeld | 5,569 | €4.67 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Zeithain | 5,565 | €4.69 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Wittichenau / Kulow | 5,554 | €5.25 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Rochlitz | 5,549 | €4.72 | — | 5.5 | — |
| Mügeln | 5,505 | €4.57 | — | 6.6 | — |
| Stolpen | 5,436 | €5.42 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel | 5,367 | €5.47 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Nünchritz | 5,339 | €5.11 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Jahnsdorf | 5,262 | €4.85 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Großschirma | 5,217 | €4.91 | — | 5.5 | 10.0 |
| Tharandt | 5,170 | €6.10 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Wermsdorf | 5,148 | €4.63 | — | 6.6 | — |
| Kitzscher | 5,140 | €4.57 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Großschönau | 5,114 | €4.06 | — | 8.9 | — |
| Zschorlau | 5,018 | €4.88 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Fraureuth | 5,003 | €4.61 | — | 5.4 | — |
| Mockrehna | 4,884 | €5.32 | — | 6.6 | — |
| Breitenbrunn | 4,793 | €4.74 | — | 2.4 | — |
| Neukirch/Lausitz | 4,742 | €4.98 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Lommatzsch | 4,737 | €4.57 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Niederwiesa | 4,712 | €5.13 | — | 5.5 | — |
| Thum | 4,695 | €4.61 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Callenberg | 4,669 | €4.66 | — | 5.4 | — |
| Königsbrück | 4,665 | €5.32 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Wilthen | 4,642 | €4.39 | — | 6.2 | 8.0 |
| Pausa-Mühltroff | 4,625 | €4.27 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Reichenbach/O.L. | 4,574 | €4.31 | — | 8.9 | — |
| Lauter | 4,526 | €5.17 | — | 2.7 | — |
| Cunewalde | 4,458 | €4.21 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Adorf/Vogtl. | 4,451 | €4.57 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Hartenstein | 4,411 | €4.70 | — | 5.4 | 9.0 |
| Augustusburg | 4,379 | €4.99 | — | 5.5 | — |
| Rabenau | 4,359 | €5.22 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Ehrenfriedersdorf | 4,343 | €4.58 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Ebersbach | 4,326 | €4.57 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Olbersdorf | 4,281 | €4.70 | — | 8.9 | — |
| Dahlen | 4,144 | €4.50 | — | 6.6 | — |
| Geringswalde | 4,066 | €4.45 | — | 5.5 | 9.0 |
| Rothenburg/O.L. | 4,047 | €4.42 | — | 8.9 | — |
| Schönheide | 4,017 | €4.57 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Rothenburg | 3,953 | — | — | 8.9 | — |
| Lunzenau | 3,880 | €4.51 | — | 5.5 | — |
| Regis-Breitingen | 3,803 | €4.79 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Wolkenstein | 3,762 | €4.66 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Trebsen/Mulde | 3,744 | €4.68 | — | 5.8 | — |
| Strehla | 3,644 | €5.22 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Netzschkau | 3,615 | €4.54 | — | 6.0 | 8.4 |
| Elsterberg | 3,609 | €4.21 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Bad Muskau / Mužakow | 3,577 | €4.69 | — | 8.9 | — |
| Johanngeorgenstadt | 3,567 | €4.26 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Bad Elster | 3,552 | €5.18 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Seifhennersdorf | 3,536 | €4.31 | — | 8.9 | — |
| Wildenfels | 3,452 | €4.83 | — | 5.4 | — |
| Bad Schandau | 3,346 | €5.13 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Geyer | 3,255 | €4.68 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Hohnstein | 3,150 | €4.62 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Bernstadt a. d. Eigen | 3,117 | €4.26 | — | 8.9 | — |
| Neusalza-Spremberg | 3,092 | €4.37 | — | 8.9 | — |
| Weißenberg / Wóspork | 3,024 | €4.73 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Schöneck/Vogtl. | 2,857 | €4.66 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Frauenstein | 2,656 | €4.64 | — | 5.5 | — |
| Elstra / Halštrow | 2,651 | €4.69 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Elterlein | 2,636 | €4.44 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Jöhstadt | 2,413 | €3.87 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Schlettau | 2,208 | €4.60 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Dommitzsch | 2,198 | €4.45 | — | 6.6 | — |
| Ostritz | 2,198 | €4.19 | — | 8.9 | — |
| Königstein/Sächs. Schw. | 2,151 | €4.66 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Scheibenberg | 1,972 | €4.43 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Oberwiesenthal | 1,929 | €4.64 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Sayda | 1,659 | €4.68 | — | 5.5 | — |
| Stadt Wehlen | 1,538 | €5.08 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Liebstadt | 1,207 | €4.11 | — | 5.3 | — |
| Aue | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bad Schlema | — | — | — | — | — |
| Belgern | — | — | — | 6.6 | — |
| Ebersbach | — | €4.57 | — | — | — |
| Gorbitz | — | — | — | — | — |
| Löbtau | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neugersdorf | — | — | — | — | — |
Within Saxony
Lowest net rent
- Jöhstadt: €3.87/m² (2022)
- Lößnitz: €4.05/m² (2022)
- Großschönau: €4.06/m² (2022)
- Liebstadt: €4.11/m² (2022)
- Klingenthal: €4.13/m² (2022)
Cleanest air
- Eibenstock: 4.4 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Klingenthal: 6.5 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2024)
- Colditz: 7.0 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2020)
- Döbeln: 7.0 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2020)
- Grimma: 7.0 µg/m³ PM2.5 (2020)
Sources
Each figure in the table comes from the city's own record; open a city for the source of each value and its date.
- Stadt Leipzig — Sozialamt; erstellt durch empirische Erhebung (5.999 Datensätze aus 13.863 Adressen) Oktober 2024 - Februar 2025; Vermieterbefragung 4.685 Wohnungen; Berechnung 2025; anerkannt durch Sächsische Mietpreisbegrenzungsverordnung — Leipziger Mietspiegel 2025-2027 (Neuerstellung)
- Sozialversicherungspflichtige Bruttoarbeitsentgelte – Deutschland, West/Ost, Länder und Kreise (Jahreszahlen), Stichtag 31.12.2025
- Arbeitslosenquoten — Länder, Kreise und Gemeinden, Gesamt, 2024 annual average
- Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.
- Landeshauptstadt Dresden — Sozialamt, Sozialplanung — Dresdner Mietspiegel 2025
- Zensus 2022: Regionaltabelle Gebäude und Wohnungen
- Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities
- European Environment Agency
- EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — validated PM2.5 station data