Cities
The hundred largest cities in Germany, and what each one is like to live and work in: wages, jobs, local taxes and what a flat costs, every number with its source and its date.

Berlin
Berlin · 3,913,644
- Median gross
- €4,459
- Unemployment
- 10.4%
- Buying
- €5,534/m²
- Renting
- €15.21/m²

Hamburg
Hamburg · 1,869,473
- Median gross
- €4,768
- Unemployment
- 8.4%
- Buying
- €6,261/m²
- Renting
- €15.31/m²

Munich
Bavaria · 1,505,036
- Median gross
- €5,600
- Unemployment
- 5.7%
- Buying
- €8,351/m²
- Renting
- €23.08/m²

Cologne
North Rhine-Westphalia · 1,025,523
- Median gross
- €4,733
- Unemployment
- 9%
- Buying
- €5,133/m²
- Renting
- €14.81/m²

Frankfurt am Main
Hesse · 760,656
- Median gross
- €5,469
- Unemployment
- 7.1%
- Buying
- €6,215/m²
- Renting
- €18.20/m²

Leipzig
Saxony · 633,592
- Median gross
- €4,026
- Unemployment
- 9.2%
- Buying
- €2,987/m²
- Renting
- €9.90/m²

Düsseldorf
North Rhine-Westphalia · 619,444
- Median gross
- €5,004
- Unemployment
- 8.2%
- Buying
- €4,775/m²
- Renting
- €14.76/m²

Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg · 609,365
- Median gross
- €5,551
- Unemployment
- 7%
- Buying
- €4,533/m²
- Renting
- €16.73/m²

Dortmund
North Rhine-Westphalia · 600,880
- Median gross
- €4,328
- Unemployment
- 12.3%
- Buying
- €2,556/m²
- Renting
- €9.64/m²

Bremen
Bremen · 588,413
- Median gross
- €4,471
- Unemployment
- 10.6%
- Buying
- €2,919/m²
- Renting
- €11.09/m²

Essen
North Rhine-Westphalia · 573,618
- Median gross
- €4,532
- Unemployment
- 11.3%
- Buying
- €2,405/m²
- Renting
- €9.50/m²

Dresden
Saxony · 562,764
- Median gross
- €4,182
- Unemployment
- 7.1%
- Buying
- €2,959/m²
- Renting
- €9.66/m²

Nuremberg
Bavaria · 531,159
- Median gross
- €4,461
- Unemployment
- 7.4%
- Buying
- €3,733/m²
- Renting
- €12.98/m²

Hannover
Lower Saxony · 522,803
- Median gross
- €4,420
- Unemployment
- 9.8%
- Buying
- €3,276/m²
- Renting
- €11.55/m²

Duisburg
North Rhine-Westphalia · 500,810
- Median gross
- €4,393
- Unemployment
- 13.4%
- Buying
- €1,447/m²
- Renting
- €8.17/m²
Bochum
North Rhine-Westphalia · 358,880
- Median gross
- €4,234
- Unemployment
- 9.6%
- Buying
- €2,303/m²
- Renting
- €9.60/m²

Wuppertal
North Rhine-Westphalia · 357,243
- Median gross
- €4,277
- Unemployment
- 10.7%
- Buying
- €2,093/m²
- Renting
- €8.79/m²
Bielefeld
North Rhine-Westphalia · 331,419
- Median gross
- €4,276
- Unemployment
- 9.2%
- Buying
- €2,553/m²
- Renting
- €9.92/m²

Bonn
North Rhine-Westphalia · 323,587
- Median gross
- €5,082
- Unemployment
- 7.5%
- Buying
- €3,856/m²
- Renting
- €13.50/m²

Mannheim
Baden-Württemberg · 319,536
- Median gross
- €4,876
- Unemployment
- 8.2%
- Buying
- €3,741/m²
- Renting
- €13.07/m²

Karlsruhe
Baden-Württemberg · 309,247
- Median gross
- €4,958
- Unemployment
- 5.4%
- Buying
- €3,985/m²
- Renting
- €13.49/m²

Münster
North Rhine-Westphalia · 306,368
- Median gross
- €4,491
- Unemployment
- 5%
- Buying
- €4,644/m²
- Renting
- €13.22/m²

Augsburg
Bavaria · 301,786
- Median gross
- €4,536
- Unemployment
- 7.2%
- Buying
- €4,326/m²
- Renting
- €14.44/m²

Wiesbaden
Hesse · 288,584
- Median gross
- €4,952
- Unemployment
- 8.2%
- Buying
- €4,267/m²
- Renting
- €13.67/m²

Mönchengladbach
North Rhine-Westphalia · 267,176
- Median gross
- €3,945
- Unemployment
- 10.8%
- Buying
- €2,186/m²
- Renting
- €9.76/m²

Gelsenkirchen
North Rhine-Westphalia · 266,199
- Median gross
- €4,127
- Unemployment
- 15.6%
- Buying
- €1,232/m²
- Renting
- €7.28/m²

Aachen
North Rhine-Westphalia · 263,703
- Median gross
- €4,324
- Unemployment
- 8.1%
- Buying
- €3,222/m²
- Renting
- €11.87/m²

Braunschweig
Lower Saxony · 252,811
- Median gross
- €4,508
- Unemployment
- 6.7%
- Buying
- €2,960/m²
- Renting
- €10.01/m²

Kiel
Schleswig-Holstein · 251,842
- Median gross
- €4,441
- Unemployment
- 8%
- Buying
- €3,243/m²
- Renting
- €10.78/m²

Chemnitz
Saxony · 247,252
- Median gross
- €3,794
- Unemployment
- 10.1%
- Buying
- €1,113/m²
- Renting
- €5.99/m²

Magdeburg
Saxony-Anhalt · 244,494
- Median gross
- €3,866
- Unemployment
- 9.2%
- Buying
- €1,833/m²
- Renting
- €7.45/m²

Freiburg im Breisgau
Baden-Württemberg · 238,299
- Median gross
- €4,650
- Unemployment
- 5.6%
- Buying
- €5,499/m²
- Renting
- €14.09/m²

Krefeld
North Rhine-Westphalia · 230,738
- Median gross
- €4,449
- Unemployment
- 10.8%
- Buying
- €2,387/m²
- Renting
- €9.95/m²
Halle (Saale)
Saxony-Anhalt · 226,186
- Median gross
- €3,902
- Unemployment
- 10%
- Buying
- €2,289/m²
- Renting
- €7.80/m²

Mainz
Rhineland-Palatinate · 223,888
- Median gross
- €4,755
- Unemployment
- 5.8%
- Buying
- €4,219/m²
- Renting
- €15.19/m²

Erfurt
Thuringia · 217,159
- Median gross
- €3,763
- Unemployment
- 6.7%
- Buying
- €2,689/m²
- Renting
- €10.25/m²

Lübeck
Schleswig-Holstein · 217,061
- Median gross
- €4,064
- Unemployment
- 8.1%
- Buying
- €3,529/m²
- Renting
- €11.93/m²

Oberhausen
North Rhine-Westphalia · 213,178
- Median gross
- €4,057
- Unemployment
- 11.6%
- Buying
- €2,171/m²
- Renting
- €8.50/m²

Rostock
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · 204,929
- Median gross
- €3,921
- Unemployment
- 7.5%
- Buying
- €3,745/m²
- Renting
- €10.63/m²

Kassel
Hesse · 196,799
- Median gross
- €4,456
- Unemployment
- 8.4%
- Buying
- €2,745/m²
- Renting
- €9.25/m²

Hagen
North Rhine-Westphalia · 189,983
- Median gross
- €4,098
- Unemployment
- 12.4%
- Buying
- €1,823/m²
- Renting
- €7.29/m²

Potsdam
Brandenburg · 185,137
- Median gross
- €4,254
- Unemployment
- 6.2%
- Buying
- €5,236/m²
- Renting
- €13.60/m²

Saarbrücken
Saarland · 182,859
- Median gross
- €4,305
- Unemployment
- 11.7%
- Buying
- €2,184/m²
- Renting
- €10.12/m²

Hamm
North Rhine-Westphalia · 179,108
- Median gross
- €3,915
- Unemployment
- 8.6%
- Buying
- €2,251/m²
- Renting
- €7.68/m²

Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Rhineland-Palatinate · 177,355
- Median gross
- €5,471
- Unemployment
- 9.9%
- Buying
- €2,708/m²
- Renting
- €11.84/m²

Oldenburg
Lower Saxony · 177,055
- Median gross
- €4,187
- Unemployment
- 6.8%
- Buying
- €3,327/m²
- Renting
- €11.37/m²

Mülheim an der Ruhr
North Rhine-Westphalia · 171,674
- Median gross
- €4,634
- Unemployment
- 8%
- Buying
- €2,538/m²
- Renting
- €9.05/m²

Leverkusen
North Rhine-Westphalia · 168,299
- Median gross
- €4,809
- Unemployment
- 8.1%
- Buying
- €2,848/m²
- Renting
- €11.52/m²

Darmstadt
Hesse · 168,253
- Median gross
- €5,295
- Unemployment
- 6.6%
- Buying
- €4,440/m²
- Renting
- €15.16/m²
Osnabrück
Lower Saxony · 166,257
- Median gross
- €4,182
- Unemployment
- 8.1%
- Buying
- €2,983/m²
- Renting
- €10.85/m²
Solingen
North Rhine-Westphalia · 164,621
- Median gross
- €3,991
- Unemployment
- 8.8%
- Buying
- €2,578/m²
- Renting
- €9.78/m²

Herne
North Rhine-Westphalia · 156,266
- Median gross
- €4,184
- Unemployment
- 12.7%
- Buying
- €1,726/m²
- Renting
- €7.82/m²

Heidelberg
Baden-Württemberg · 156,092
- Median gross
- €4,867
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
- Buying
- €4,894/m²
- Renting
- €15.55/m²

Paderborn
North Rhine-Westphalia · 155,906
- Median gross
- €3,976
- Unemployment
- 7.5%
- Buying
- €3,084/m²
- Renting
- €10.13/m²
Neuss
North Rhine-Westphalia · 153,767
- Median gross
- €4,279
- Unemployment
- 8.1%
- Buying
- €3,194/m²
- Renting
- €11.64/m²

Regensburg
Bavaria · 151,517
- Median gross
- €4,691
- Unemployment
- 5.5%
- Buying
- €4,957/m²
- Renting
- €14.81/m²

Ingolstadt
Bavaria · 140,799
- Median gross
- €5,937
- Unemployment
- 5.2%
- Buying
- €4,608/m²
- Renting
- €13.79/m²

Pforzheim
Baden-Württemberg · 134,422
- Median gross
- €4,238
- Unemployment
- 7.5%
- Buying
- €2,993/m²
- Renting
- €10.86/m²

Würzburg
Bavaria · 133,753
- Median gross
- €4,305
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
- Buying
- €4,064/m²
- Renting
- €13.62/m²

Offenbach am Main
Hesse · 133,195
- Median gross
- €4,490
- Unemployment
- 9.5%
- Buying
- €4,077/m²
- Renting
- €14.36/m²
Heilbronn
Baden-Württemberg · 132,516
- Median gross
- €4,441
- Unemployment
- 6.9%
- Buying
- €3,533/m²
- Renting
- €13.45/m²

Fürth
Bavaria · 131,344
- Median gross
- €4,131
- Unemployment
- 6.1%
- Buying
- €3,558/m²
- Renting
- €12.50/m²

Göttingen
Lower Saxony · 130,521
- Median gross
- €4,099
- Unemployment
- 8.1%
- Buying
- €2,897/m²
- Renting
- €12.02/m²

Ulm
Baden-Württemberg · 130,288
- Median gross
- €4,769
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
- Buying
- €4,264/m²
- Renting
- €13.48/m²

Wolfsburg
Lower Saxony · 129,813
- Median gross
- €5,775
- Unemployment
- 7.1%
- Buying
- €2,335/m²
- Renting
- €8.48/m²

Reutlingen
Baden-Württemberg · 119,040
- Median gross
- €4,427
- Unemployment
- 6.4%
- Buying
- €3,632/m²
- Renting
- €13.12/m²

Bremerhaven
Bremen · 118,502
- Median gross
- €3,980
- Unemployment
- 14%
- Buying
- €1,653/m²
- Renting
- €7.27/m²

Bottrop
North Rhine-Westphalia · 118,482
- Median gross
- €3,936
- Unemployment
- 8.2%
- Buying
- €2,382/m²
- Renting
- €8.57/m²

Erlangen
Bavaria · 116,450
- Median gross
- €6,083
- Unemployment
- 4.9%
- Buying
- €4,085/m²
- Renting
- €14.76/m²

Recklinghausen
North Rhine-Westphalia · 114,851
- Median gross
- €3,998
- Unemployment
- 10.1%
- Buying
- €2,111/m²
- Renting
- €8.15/m²

Remscheid
North Rhine-Westphalia · 113,333
- Median gross
- €4,219
- Unemployment
- 8.3%
- Buying
- €2,162/m²
- Renting
- €7.81/m²

Koblenz
Rhineland-Palatinate · 113,020
- Median gross
- €4,391
- Unemployment
- 6.6%
- Buying
- €3,092/m²
- Renting
- €10.75/m²

Bergisch Gladbach
North Rhine-Westphalia · 111,174
- Median gross
- €4,111
- Unemployment
- 7.3%
- Buying
- €3,184/m²
- Renting
- €12.16/m²
Jena
Thuringia · 109,353
- Median gross
- €4,401
- Unemployment
- 6.2%
- Buying
- €3,801/m²
- Renting
- €12.70/m²

Trier
Rhineland-Palatinate · 105,054
- Median gross
- €4,102
- Unemployment
- 7.2%
- Buying
- €3,620/m²
- Renting
- €12.12/m²

Salzgitter
Lower Saxony · 104,433
- Median gross
- €5,017
- Unemployment
- 10.1%
- Buying
- €1,502/m²
- Renting
- €6.44/m²

Siegen
North Rhine-Westphalia · 102,450
- Median gross
- €4,254
- Unemployment
- 8.5%
- Buying
- €2,502/m²
- Renting
- €9.02/m²

Moers
North Rhine-Westphalia · 101,298
- Median gross
- €3,972
- Unemployment
- 9.9%
- Buying
- €2,408/m²
- Renting
- €9.67/m²
Kaiserslautern
Rhineland-Palatinate · 100,247
- Median gross
- €4,229
- Unemployment
- 9.5%
- Buying
- €2,479/m²
- Renting
- €10.58/m²

Gütersloh
North Rhine-Westphalia · 99,854
- Median gross
- €3,954
- Unemployment
- 6.4%
- Buying
- €3,025/m²
- Renting
- €9.98/m²

Hanau
Hesse · 98,582
- Median gross
- €3,879
- Unemployment
- 5.2%
- Buying
- €3,189/m²
- Renting
- €12.60/m²

Hildesheim
Lower Saxony · 98,207
- Median gross
- €3,980
- Unemployment
- 10.9%
- Buying
- €2,254/m²
- Renting
- €9.08/m²

Schwerin
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · 97,922
- Median gross
- €3,944
- Unemployment
- 9.8%
- Buying
- €2,560/m²
- Renting
- €9.81/m²

Flensburg
Schleswig-Holstein · 95,568
- Median gross
- €3,971
- Unemployment
- 8.1%
- Buying
- €2,618/m²
- Renting
- €9.51/m²

Esslingen am Neckar
Baden-Württemberg · 95,419
- Median gross
- €4,743
- Unemployment
- 6.1%
- Buying
- €3,872/m²
- Renting
- €13.87/m²

Gera
Thuringia · 95,162
- Median gross
- €3,444
- Unemployment
- 10.5%
- Buying
- €1,475/m²
- Renting
- €6.18/m²

Cottbus
Brandenburg · 95,140
- Median gross
- €3,887
- Unemployment
- 7.4%
- Buying
- €2,563/m²
- Renting
- €7.65/m²

Düren
North Rhine-Westphalia · 94,539
- Median gross
- €4,207
- Unemployment
- 11.5%
- Buying
- €2,313/m²
- Renting
- €9.75/m²

Ludwigsburg
Baden-Württemberg · 93,002
- Median gross
- €4,669
- Unemployment
- 6.1%
- Buying
- €3,950/m²
- Renting
- €14.73/m²

Tübingen
Baden-Württemberg · 92,607
- Median gross
- €4,533
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
- Buying
- €4,600/m²
- Renting
- €15.34/m²

Witten
North Rhine-Westphalia · 91,474
- Median gross
- €4,097
- Unemployment
- 8.9%
- Buying
- €2,551/m²
- Renting
- €8.47/m²

Iserlohn
North Rhine-Westphalia · 91,317
- Median gross
- €4,074
- Unemployment
- 10.1%
- Buying
- €1,932/m²
- Renting
- €7.89/m²

Villingen-Schwenningen
Baden-Württemberg · 89,766
- Median gross
- €4,126
- Unemployment
- 6.3%
- Buying
- €2,617/m²
- Renting
- €10.67/m²

Ratingen
North Rhine-Westphalia · 88,914
- Median gross
- €4,308
- Unemployment
- 7.3%
- Buying
- €3,252/m²
- Renting
- €11.84/m²

Gießen
Hesse · 88,544
- Median gross
- €4,203
- Unemployment
- 8.3%
- Buying
- €3,728/m²
- Renting
- €12.17/m²
Worms
Rhineland-Palatinate · 86,921
- Median gross
- €3,966
- Unemployment
- 8.6%
- Buying
- €2,838/m²
- Renting
- €10.79/m²

Marl
North Rhine-Westphalia · 86,899
- Median gross
- €3,998
- Unemployment
- 11.3%
- Buying
- €2,067/m²
- Renting
- €7.57/m²

Konstanz
Baden-Württemberg · 86,691
- Median gross
- €4,248
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
- Buying
- €5,171/m²
- Renting
- €16.53/m²

Zwickau
Saxony · 86,405
- Median gross
- €3,481
- Unemployment
- 8.9%
- Buying
- €1,070/m²
- Renting
- €6.44/m²

Lünen
North Rhine-Westphalia · 85,844
- Median gross
- €3,880
- Unemployment
- 10.2%
- Buying
- €2,323/m²
- Renting
- €8.21/m²

Garbsen
Lower Saxony · 60,007
- Median gross
- €4,420
- Unemployment
- 7.8%
- Buying
- €2,895/m²
- Renting
- €9.97/m²
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