Ranking · highest purchasing power
Highest local purchasing power
Ranked by the Numbeo Local Purchasing Power Index (New York City = 100), highest first — across 258 cities with data. A higher index means a typical local salary buys more, after local prices. This is the “prices read against earnings” view.
| # | City | Country | Cost of living | Purchasing power | 3-bed median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bern | Switzerland | 110.0 | 174.4 | $880k |
| 2 | Seattle | United States | 90.3 | 165.0 | $865k |
| 3 | Zurich | Switzerland | 118.5 | 164.4 | $1.92M |
| 4 | Atlanta | United States | 75.3 | 160.6 | $350k |
| 5 | Houston | United States | 63.9 | 159.8 | $340k |
| 6 | Geneva | Switzerland | 116.5 | 158.5 | $1.65M |
| 7 | Chicago | United States | 76.0 | 157.6 | $650k |
| 8 | Ottawa | Canada | 61.7 | 156.7 | $340k |
| 9 | Frankfurt | Germany | 74.0 | 156.6 | $795k |
| 10 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 68.7 | 154.7 | $321k |
| 11 | Washington | United States | 87.3 | 152.1 | $615k |
| 12 | Aalborg | Denmark | 80.9 | 151.8 | $307k |
| 13 | San Francisco | United States | 97.6 | 151.0 | $1.40M |
| 14 | Portland | United States | 75.2 | 149.0 | $520k |
| 15 | Aarhus | Denmark | 78.9 | 148.4 | $562k |
| 16 | The Hague | Netherlands | 72.3 | 147.5 | $485k |
| 17 | Luxembourg City | Luxembourg | 80.6 | 147.2 | $1.68M |
| 18 | Brisbane | Australia | 64.8 | 145.3 | $1.15M |
| 19 | Stuttgart | Germany | 71.5 | 144.2 | $574k |
| 20 | Melbourne | Australia | 70.8 | 144.0 | $1.11M |
| 21 | Boston | United States | 86.2 | 143.9 | $1.15M |
| 22 | Dusseldorf | Germany | 73.9 | 143.6 | $860k |
| 23 | Munich | Germany | 76.1 | 142.7 | $1.17M |
| 24 | Hamburg | Germany | 71.9 | 142.3 | $898k |
| 25 | Orlando | United States | 69.0 | 141.5 | $375k |
| 26 | Perth | Australia | 68.0 | 139.4 | $1.14M |
| 27 | Las Vegas | United States | 67.7 | 138.7 | $350k |
| 28 | Leuven | Belgium | 62.5 | 138.2 | $413k |
| 29 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 85.7 | 136.9 | $1.47M |
| 30 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 43.9 | 134.5 | $168k |
| 31 | Vienna | Austria | 73.9 | 133.5 | $916k |
| 32 | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 50.7 | 132.2 | $327k |
| 33 | San Diego | United States | 82.0 | 131.6 | $1.09M |
| 34 | Canberra | Australia | 71.2 | 131.5 | $592k |
| 35 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 61.8 | 131.3 | $1.07M |
| 36 | Cologne | Germany | 71.4 | 130.9 | $690k |
| 37 | Leipzig | Germany | 67.3 | 130.1 | $424k |
| 38 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 82.6 | 129.9 | $800k |
| 39 | Malmö | Sweden | 69.8 | 129.5 | $312k |
| 40 | Haifa | Israel | 80.0 | 128.9 | $557k |
| 41 | Uppsala | Sweden | 68.5 | 128.4 | $297k |
| 42 | Adelaide | Australia | 68.2 | 128.3 | $1.09M |
| 43 | Brussels | Belgium | 73.5 | 128.0 | $458k |
| 44 | Trondheim | Norway | 84.9 | 127.6 | $470k |
| 45 | Liverpool | United Kingdom | 66.1 | 127.2 | $385k |
| 46 | Bergen | Norway | 85.6 | 126.9 | $644k |
| 47 | Montreal | Canada | 59.9 | 126.7 | $570k |
| 48 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 74.6 | 126.3 | $465k |
| 49 | Bordeaux | France | 70.1 | 126.2 | $450k |
| 50 | Lyon | France | 72.2 | 126.1 | $480k |
| 51 | Berlin | Germany | 70.0 | 126.1 | $980k |
| 52 | Turku | Finland | 68.6 | 125.1 | $290k |
| 53 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | 67.8 | 124.7 | $285k |
| 54 | Graz | Austria | 71.3 | 124.5 | $510k |
| 55 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | 68.6 | 124.5 | $319k |
| 56 | Auckland | New Zealand | 62.5 | 123.7 | $674k |
| 57 | Doha | Qatar | 49.7 | 123.7 | $929k |
| 58 | Helsinki | Finland | 74.3 | 123.5 | $495k |
| 59 | Calgary | Canada | 64.5 | 121.7 | $461k |
| 60 | Toronto | Canada | 67.5 | 121.2 | $501k |
| 61 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 48.4 | 119.5 | $240k |
| 62 | Wellington | New Zealand | 63.0 | 119.4 | $484k |
| 63 | Antwerp | Belgium | 71.6 | 119.1 | $395k |
| 64 | Gold Coast | Australia | 70.4 | 119.0 | $1.39M |
| 65 | Toulouse | France | 69.1 | 119.0 | $365k |
| 66 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 54.1 | 119.0 | $871k |
| 67 | Montpellier | France | 65.6 | 118.7 | $419k |
| 68 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 73.0 | 118.6 | $479k |
| 69 | Paris | France | 78.6 | 118.0 | $1.21M |
| 70 | Tokyo | Japan | 54.2 | 117.8 | $515k |
| 71 | London | United Kingdom | 87.5 | 117.5 | $1.26M |
| 72 | Sydney | Australia | 75.1 | 117.1 | $1.57M |
| 73 | Los Angeles | United States | 81.5 | 117.0 | $1M |
| 74 | Hamilton | Canada | 58.9 | 116.9 | $433k |
| 75 | Stockholm | Sweden | 78.6 | 116.9 | $532k |
| 76 | Cork | Ireland | 72.2 | 116.5 | $380k |
| 77 | Leeds | United Kingdom | 68.4 | 116.4 | $376k |
| 78 | Liege | Belgium | 73.1 | 116.3 | $284k |
| 79 | Plzen | Czech Republic | 50.8 | 114.7 | $275k |
| 80 | Dublin | Ireland | 76.7 | 114.6 | $574k |
| 81 | Manchester | United Kingdom | 70.0 | 114.1 | $444k |
| 82 | Christchurch | New Zealand | 59.4 | 114.0 | $461k |
| 83 | Bristol | United Kingdom | 71.1 | 113.8 | $542k |
| 84 | Catania | Italy | 51.9 | 112.0 | $145k |
| 85 | Vancouver | Canada | 67.5 | 111.8 | $1M |
| 86 | Valencia | Spain | 50.6 | 111.6 | $309k |
| 87 | Oslo | Norway | 90.2 | 110.8 | $937k |
| 88 | Jerusalem | Israel | 83.0 | 110.7 | $1.05M |
| 89 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 91.4 | 109.5 | $1.75M |
| 90 | Limassol | Cyprus | 63.9 | 109.3 | $750k |
| 91 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 98.9 | 109.0 | $838k |
| 92 | Centurion | South Africa | 42.7 | 109.0 | $76k |
| 93 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 40.4 | 108.9 | $97k |
| 94 | Salzburg | Austria | 78.7 | 108.3 | $1.15M |
| 95 | Stara Zagora | Bulgaria | 33.6 | 105.6 | $206k |
| 96 | Miami | United States | 79.5 | 105.5 | $565k |
| 97 | Oulu | Finland | 69.2 | 105.4 | $329k |
| 98 | Poznan | Poland | 46.6 | 105.3 | $234k |
| 99 | Alicante | Spain | 50.9 | 105.0 | $249k |
| 100 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 68.4 | 104.4 | $650k |
Indices are Numbeo-style, New York City = 100. Cost of living excludes rent. “—” = not yet covered for that city.
How this is ranked. Cities sorted by the Numbeo Local Purchasing Power Index (NYC = 100), descending. Each city page shows the same figure with its source and “last updated” date. Methodology →