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Mannheim

A grid-planned industrial city on the Rhine and Neckar with chemicals (BASF is across the river in Ludwigshafen), engineering, a business school and a large university. Wages are high for the region and housing is cheaper than Heidelberg or Frankfurt.

The place

State
Baden-Württemberg
Population
319,536as of December 2025 ·
Area
145 km²
Density
2,204 people per km²
Public holidays a year
12as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
8.2%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€4,876 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
5%
Church tax
8%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
487%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
430%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€3,741 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€13.07 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.50 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-1.5%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€261,870
Closing costs on top+ €27,025
To rent, cold€915 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€12 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€8.39 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
4.5%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
27.5%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
€3,650 per m²as of July 2025 ·
Paid price, new flats
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Unemployment rate8.2%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€4,876

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

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