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• €5,000 in Karlsruhe leaves you, after tax and a 70 m² flat, what €5,237 would in Berlin.

	15 wins Karlsruhe Baden-Württemberg · Open profile	2 wins Berlin Berlin · Open profile	Add a city
The place
Population	309,247	3,913,644
People per km²	1,783	4,392
Public holidays a yearhigher is better	12	10
Work and pay
Unemploymentlower is better	5.4%	10.4%
Median gross payhigher is better	€4,958	€4,459
Taxes
Grunderwerbsteuerlower is better	5%	6%
Church taxlower is better	8%	9%
Gewerbesteuer Hebesatzlower is better	450%	410%
Housingimmoportal.com: Karlsruhe, Berlin
Asking price per m²lower is better	€3,985	€5,534
Asking rent per m²lower is better	€13.49	€15.21
Prices, last 12 months	+0.3%	-1%
Asking rent per m² (BBSR)lower is better	€12	€17
Rent in existing tenancies per m²lower is better	€8.46	€7.67
Vacant flatshigher is better	3.2%	2%
Owner-occupiers	29.1%	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	€278,950	€387,380
Closing costs on itlower is better	€28,788	€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	€3,130	€3,130
A 70 m² flat, cold rentlower is better	€944	€1,065
Left after renthigher is better	€2,186	€2,065
Rent as a share of netlower is better	30.2%	34%
Years of net to buy that flatlower is better	8.2	11.5
Gross that leaves the same as the first city	€5,000	€5,237