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• €4,600 in Mülheim an der Ruhr leaves you, after tax and a 70 m² flat, what €5,444 would in Berlin.

	16 wins Mülheim an der Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia · Open profile	2 wins Berlin Berlin · Open profile	Add a city
The place
Population	171,674	3,913,644
People per km²	1,881	4,392
Public holidays a yearhigher is better	11	10
Work and pay
Unemploymentlower is better	8%	10.4%
Median gross payhigher is better	€4,634	€4,459
Taxes
Grunderwerbsteuerlower is better	6.5%	6%
Church taxlower is better	9%	9%
Gewerbesteuer Hebesatzlower is better	580%	410%
Housingimmoportal.com: Mülheim an der Ruhr, Berlin
Asking price per m²lower is better	€2,538	€5,534
Asking rent per m²lower is better	€9.05	€15.21
Prices, last 12 months	+2.4%	-1%
Asking rent per m² (BBSR)lower is better	€8	€17
Rent in existing tenancies per m²lower is better	€6.50	€7.67
Vacant flatshigher is better	3.7%	2%
Owner-occupiers	34.2%	16.4%
Paid price per m², resold flatslower is better	€2,362	€6,450
Paid price per m², new flatslower is better	€5,010	€8,108
A 70 m² flat, to buylower is better	€177,660	€387,380
Closing costs on itlower is better	€20,999	€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	€2,923	€2,923
A 70 m² flat, cold rentlower is better	€634	€1,065
Left after renthigher is better	€2,290	€1,859
Rent as a share of netlower is better	21.7%	36.4%
Years of net to buy that flatlower is better	5.7	12.3
Gross that leaves the same as the first city	€4,600	€5,444