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• €4,200 in Konstanz leaves you, after tax and a 70 m² flat, what €4,027 would in Berlin.

	10 wins Konstanz Baden-Württemberg · Open profile	6 wins Berlin Berlin · Open profile	Add a city
The place
Population	86,691	3,913,644
People per km²	1,602	4,392
Public holidays a yearhigher is better	12	10
Work and pay
Unemploymentlower is better	4.5%	10.4%
Median gross payhigher is better	€4,248	€4,459
Taxes
Grunderwerbsteuerlower is better	5%	6%
Church taxlower is better	8%	9%
Gewerbesteuer Hebesatzlower is better	410%	410%
Housingimmoportal.com: Konstanz, Berlin
Asking price per m²lower is better	€5,171	€5,534
Asking rent per m²lower is better	€16.53	€15.21
Prices, last 12 months	-1.7%	-1%
Asking rent per m² (BBSR)lower is better	€12	€17
Rent in existing tenancies per m²lower is better	€9.93	€7.67
Vacant flatshigher is better	2.3%	2%
Owner-occupiers	28.2%	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	€361,970	€387,380
Closing costs on itlower is better	€37,355	€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	€2,713	€2,713
A 70 m² flat, cold rentlower is better	€1,157	€1,065
Left after renthigher is better	€1,555	€1,648
Rent as a share of netlower is better	42.7%	39.3%
Years of net to buy that flatlower is better	12.3	13.2
Gross that leaves the same as the first city	€4,200	€4,027