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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.

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

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Tags: Dubai | Hong Kong | Singapore

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