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Frankfurt am Main

Germany's financial centre and the seat of the European Central Bank, with the country's busiest airport and a skyline of bank towers. High salaries in finance and consulting sit next to one of the tightest housing markets in the country, and the commuter belt in the Rhine-Main region is where most people who work here live.

The place

State
Hesse
Population
760,656as of December 2025 ·
Area
248.3 km²
Density
3,063 people per km²
Public holidays a year
10as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
7.1%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€5,469 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
6%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
500%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
460%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€6,215 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€18.20 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€4.00 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-2.7%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€435,050
Closing costs on top+ €46,681
To rent, cold€1,274 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€16 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€10.58 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
3.1%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
20.1%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
–
Paid price, new flats
€7,820 per m²as of July 2025 ·

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Unemployment rate7.1%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€5,469

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

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