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• €4,700 in Esslingen am Neckar leaves you, after tax and a 70 m² flat, what €4,881 would in Berlin.

	16 wins Esslingen am Neckar Baden-Württemberg · Open profile	1 win Berlin Berlin · Open profile	Add a city
The place
Population	95,419	3,913,644
People per km²	2,055	4,392
Public holidays a yearhigher is better	12	10
Work and pay
Unemploymentlower is better	6.1%	10.4%
Median gross payhigher is better	€4,743	€4,459
Taxes
Grunderwerbsteuerlower is better	5%	6%
Church taxlower is better	8%	9%
Gewerbesteuer Hebesatzlower is better	400%	410%
Housingimmoportal.com: Esslingen am Neckar, Berlin
Asking price per m²lower is better	€3,872	€5,534
Asking rent per m²lower is better	€13.87	€15.21
Prices, last 12 months	-1.7%	-1%
Asking rent per m² (BBSR)lower is better	€13	€17
Rent in existing tenancies per m²lower is better	€9.12	€7.67
Vacant flatshigher is better	4.3%	2%
Owner-occupiers	39.7%	16.4%
Paid price per m², resold flatslower is better	–	€6,450
Paid price per m², new flatslower is better	–	€8,108
A 70 m² flat, to buylower is better	€271,040	€387,380
Closing costs on itlower is better	€27,971	€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	€2,976	€2,976
A 70 m² flat, cold rentlower is better	€971	€1,065
Left after renthigher is better	€2,005	€1,911
Rent as a share of netlower is better	32.6%	35.8%
Years of net to buy that flatlower is better	8.4	12.1
Gross that leaves the same as the first city	€4,700	€4,881