Where a Salary Goes Further
What a city's median gross salary leaves each month after income tax and rent. One computed measure, not a combined score, published as a dated edition each September.
Where a Salary Goes Further 2026
- In Stuttgart, a median gross salary leaves €2,607 a month after income tax and the rent of a 60 m² flat, the most of 19 cities in Germany, Luxembourg and Norway (2026).
- Luxembourg leaves the least of those 19 cities: €1,451 a month (2026).
- Of 27 cities in the United Kingdom, Derby leaves the most after income tax and the mean rent of a dwelling: €2,274 a month, 69% of take-home pay (2026).
- Of 16 cities in Germany, Stuttgart leaves the most after income tax and the rent of a 60 m² flat: €2,607 a month, 82% of take-home pay (2026).
- In Islington, rent takes 83% of take-home pay, the largest share of the 27 cities in the United Kingdom (2026).
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