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Erlangen

A Bavarian city next to Nuremberg built into a major electronics and medical-technology centre by the headquarters presence of a large engineering conglomerate, alongside a university with a strong technical and medical faculty. High-skilled, well-paid employment in electronics and healthcare gives it one of the more prosperous economies of its size in Germany.

The place

State
Bavaria
Population
116,450as of December 2025 ·
Area
77 km²
Density
1,513 people per km²
Public holidays a year
12as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
4.9%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€6,083 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
3.5%
Church tax
8%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
425%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
440%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€4,085 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€14.76 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.50 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-6%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€285,950
Closing costs on top+ €25,221
To rent, cold€1,033 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€11 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€9.20 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
4.9%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
31.9%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
€3,700 per m²as of July 2025 ·
Paid price, new flats
€7,000 per m²as of July 2025 ·

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Unemployment rate4.9%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€6,083

Each 31 December, Bundesagentur für Arbeit, full-time employees by workplace.

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