Cities head to head

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

	17 wins Mainz Rhineland-Palatinate · Open profile	1 win Berlin Berlin · Open profile	Add a city
The place
Population	223,888	3,913,644
People per km²	2,291	4,392
Public holidays a yearhigher is better	11	10
Work and pay
Unemploymentlower is better	5.8%	10.4%
Median gross payhigher is better	€4,755	€4,459
Taxes
Grunderwerbsteuerlower is better	5%	6%
Church taxlower is better	9%	9%
Gewerbesteuer Hebesatzlower is better	310%	410%
Housingimmoportal.com: Mainz, Berlin
Asking price per m²lower is better	€4,219	€5,534
Asking rent per m²lower is better	€15.19	€15.21
Prices, last 12 months	+0.2%	-1%
Asking rent per m² (BBSR)lower is better	€13	€17
Rent in existing tenancies per m²lower is better	€9.73	€7.67
Vacant flatshigher is better	2.9%	2%
Owner-occupiers	30.7%	16.4%
Paid price per m², resold flatslower is better	€3,623	€6,450
Paid price per m², new flatslower is better	€7,943	€8,108
A 70 m² flat, to buylower is better	€295,330	€387,380
Closing costs on itlower is better	€30,478	€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	€1,063	€1,065
Left after renthigher is better	€1,964	€1,963
Rent as a share of netlower is better	35.1%	35.2%
Years of net to buy that flatlower is better	9	11.9
Gross that leaves the same as the first city	€4,800	€4,803