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Munich

Bavaria's capital and the most expensive city in Germany, home to BMW, Siemens, Allianz and a dense cluster of tech and research employers. Wages are the highest in the country and so are rents and purchase prices, which is why the two have to be read together.

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The place

State
Bavaria
Population
1,505,036as of December 2025 ·
Area
310.7 km²
Density
4,844 people per km²
Public holidays a year
13as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
5.7%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€5,600 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
3.5%
Church tax
8%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
535%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
490%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€8,351 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€23.08 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€4.30 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-0.7%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€584,570
Closing costs on top+ €51,559
To rent, cold€1,616 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€21 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€12.89 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
2.4%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
24%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
€7,600 per m²as of July 2025 ·
Paid price, new flats
€10,400 per m²as of July 2025 ·

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Unemployment rate5.7%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€5,600

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

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