Cities head to head

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• Hamburg and Berlin leave you the same after tax and rent.

	5 wins Hamburg Hamburg · Open profile	11 wins Berlin Berlin · Open profile	Add a city
The place
Population	1,869,473	3,913,644
People per km²	2,476	4,392
Public holidays a yearhigher is better	10	10
Work and pay
Unemploymentlower is better	8.4%	10.4%
Median gross payhigher is better	€4,768	€4,459
Taxes
Grunderwerbsteuerlower is better	5.5%	6%
Church taxlower is better	9%	9%
Gewerbesteuer Hebesatzlower is better	470%	410%
Housingimmoportal.com: Hamburg, Berlin
Asking price per m²lower is better	€6,261	€5,534
Asking rent per m²lower is better	€15.31	€15.21
Prices, last 12 months	+6.5%	-1%
Asking rent per m² (BBSR)lower is better	€14	€17
Rent in existing tenancies per m²lower is better	€9.16	€7.67
Vacant flatshigher is better	1.9%	2%
Owner-occupiers	21.6%	16.4%
Paid price per m², resold flatslower is better	€6,345	€6,450
Paid price per m², new flatslower is better	–	€8,108
A 70 m² flat, to buylower is better	€438,270	€387,380
Closing costs on itlower is better	€45,449	€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	€3,027	€3,027
A 70 m² flat, cold rentlower is better	€1,072	€1,065
Left after renthigher is better	€1,956	€1,963
Rent as a share of netlower is better	35.4%	35.2%
Years of net to buy that flatlower is better	13.3	11.9
Gross that leaves the same as the first city	€4,800	€4,786