Expat cities among the most expensive for rent

By Kirsten Hastings, 19 Apr 17

Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore are some of the most expensive cities in the world when it comes to how much people have to earn to pay rent but they do not top the list, research from UK property selling start-up Nested has found.

	City	Annual Single Person Salary	Annual Family of Four Salary
1	San Francisco	£69,087	£131,087
2	New York City	£66,214	£125,637
3	Hong Kong	£53,481	£101,477
4	Dubai	£49,205	£93,363
5	Singapore	£46,542	£88,310
6	Washington DC	£46,364	£87,973
7	Geneva	£43,024	£81,635
8	Sydney	£40,829	£77,470
9	Zurich	£40,651	£77,133
10	Los Angeles	£39,341	£75,786
11	London	£39,877	£75,664
12	Miami	£39,586	£75,113
13	Chicago	£34,729	£65,896
14	Copenhagen	£32,921	£62,466
15	Tokyo	£32,599	£61,854
16	Vancouver	£32,276	£61,241
17	Amsterdam	£31,533	£59,833
18	Paris	£30,549	£57,965
19	Melbourne	£29,339	£55,668
20	Oslo	£28,064	£53,249
21	Reykjavik	£27,983	£53,096
22	Stockholm	£27,886	£52,913
23	Dublin	£27,128	£51,473
24	Seoul	£26,402	£50,095
25	Toronto	£26,337	£49,973
26	Auckland	£26,208	£49,728
27	Brisbane	£26,014	£49,361
28	Helsinki	£25,692	£48,748
29	Beijing	£25,498	£48,381
30	Perth	£24,981	£47,401
31	Munich	£24,627	£46,727
32	Shanghai	£24,481	£46,452
33	Milan	£24,207	£45,931
34	Rome	£23,465	£44,522
35	Tal Aviv	£23,416	£44,431
36	Frankfurt	£22,125	£41,981
37	Edinburgh	£20,737	£39,348
38	Dusseldorf	£20,463	£38,827
39	Madrid	£19,430	£36,867
40	Hamburg	£19,349	£36,714
41	Vienna	£19,172	£36,377
42	Taipei	£19,172	£36,377
43	Brussels	£19,123	£36,285
44	Moscow	£18,720	£35,520
45	Bristol	£18,107	£34,356
46	Berlin	£17,445	£33,101
47	Southampton	£17,235	£32,703
48	Osaka	£16,606	£31,509
49	Jakarta	£16,590	£31,478
50	Barcelona	£16,574	£31,447