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Wiesbaden

Hesse's capital and a spa town across the Rhine from Mainz, with state administration, insurance and a share of Frankfurt's commuters. Affluent and expensive for a city of its size.

The place

State
Hesse
Population
288,584as of December 2025 ·
Area
203.9 km²
Density
1,415 people per km²
Public holidays a year
10as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
8.2%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€4,952 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
6%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
492%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
460%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€4,267 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€13.67 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.50 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
+2.7%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€298,690
Closing costs on top+ €32,049
To rent, cold€957 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€12 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€9.21 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
3.3%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
27.3%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
€3,842 per m²as of July 2025 ·
Paid price, new flats
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Unemployment rate8.2%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€4,952

Each 31 December, Bundesagentur für Arbeit, full-time employees by workplace.

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