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• €6,100 in Erlangen leaves you, after tax and a 70 m² flat, what €6,157 would in Berlin.

	17 wins Erlangen Bavaria · Open profile	2 wins Berlin Berlin · Open profile	Add a city
The place
Population	116,450	3,913,644
People per km²	1,513	4,392
Public holidays a yearhigher is better	12	10
Work and pay
Unemploymentlower is better	4.9%	10.4%
Median gross payhigher is better	€6,083	€4,459
Taxes
Grunderwerbsteuerlower is better	3.5%	6%
Church taxlower is better	8%	9%
Gewerbesteuer Hebesatzlower is better	440%	410%
Housingimmoportal.com: Erlangen, Berlin
Asking price per m²lower is better	€4,085	€5,534
Asking rent per m²lower is better	€14.76	€15.21
Prices, last 12 months	-6%	-1%
Asking rent per m² (BBSR)lower is better	€11	€17
Rent in existing tenancies per m²lower is better	€9.20	€7.67
Vacant flatshigher is better	4.9%	2%
Owner-occupiers	31.9%	16.4%
Paid price per m², resold flatslower is better	€3,700	€6,450
Paid price per m², new flatslower is better	€7,000	€8,108
A 70 m² flat, to buylower is better	€285,950	€387,380
Closing costs on itlower is better	€25,221	€43,851
With this salaryBetween cities the net changes only through the state: church tax (8% in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, 9% elsewhere, members only) and Saxony's higher employee share of care insurance. Wage tax and the other contributions are federal, so what differs here is mostly the rent.
Net payhigher is better	€3,697	€3,697
A 70 m² flat, cold rentlower is better	€1,033	€1,065
Left after renthigher is better	€2,664	€2,632
Rent as a share of netlower is better	27.9%	28.8%
Years of net to buy that flatlower is better	7	9.7
Gross that leaves the same as the first city	€6,100	€6,157