Ranking · highest purchasing power
Highest local purchasing power
Ranked by the Numbeo Local Purchasing Power Index (New York City = 100), highest first — across 437 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 | Vaud | Switzerland | 112.3 | 184.5 | $1.38M |
| 2 | Valais | Switzerland | 111.6 | 169.9 | $907k |
| 3 | Bern | Switzerland | 108.7 | 168.4 | $880k |
| 4 | San Francisco | United States | 94.9 | 156.9 | $1.40M |
| 5 | Washington | United States | 92.1 | 156.4 | $615k |
| 6 | Seattle | United States | 91.4 | 156.2 | $865k |
| 7 | Houston | United States | 65.1 | 155.3 | $340k |
| 8 | Aalborg | Denmark | 79.7 | 154.7 | $307k |
| 9 | Stuttgart | Germany | 70.1 | 153.8 | $574k |
| 10 | Zurich | Switzerland | 123.1 | 152.0 | $1.92M |
| 11 | Atlanta | United States | 78.0 | 151.7 | $350k |
| 12 | Geneva | Switzerland | 111.3 | 151.2 | $1.65M |
| 13 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 64.4 | 145.4 | $321k |
| 14 | Aarhus | Denmark | 80.5 | 142.4 | $562k |
| 15 | Orlando | United States | 72.0 | 141.2 | $375k |
| 16 | Haifa | Israel | 89.1 | 140.1 | $557k |
| 17 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | 70.2 | 140.1 | $319k |
| 18 | Frankfurt | Germany | 71.5 | 139.5 | $795k |
| 19 | Portland | United States | 83.6 | 139.3 | $520k |
| 20 | Perth | Australia | 73.6 | 138.1 | $1.14M |
| 21 | Chicago | United States | 75.8 | 137.3 | $650k |
| 22 | Luxembourg City | Luxembourg | 80.6 | 136.9 | $1.68M |
| 23 | Brisbane | Australia | 68.5 | 135.9 | $1.15M |
| 24 | Leuven | Belgium | 65.1 | 135.4 | $413k |
| 25 | Aargau | Switzerland | 94.0 | 135.0 | $1.09M |
| 26 | Boston | United States | 89.0 | 134.7 | $1.15M |
| 27 | Canberra | Australia | 77.7 | 134.3 | $592k |
| 28 | Dusseldorf | Germany | 71.7 | 134.2 | $860k |
| 29 | The Hague | Netherlands | 74.7 | 133.9 | $485k |
| 30 | Ottawa | Canada | 62.4 | 133.8 | $340k |
| 31 | Melbourne | Australia | 77.3 | 132.4 | $1.11M |
| 32 | Jyvaskyla | Finland | 69.2 | 129.8 | $224k |
| 33 | Bergen | Norway | 89.6 | 129.4 | $644k |
| 34 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 86.8 | 127.7 | $1.47M |
| 35 | Cork | Ireland | 72.2 | 127.2 | $380k |
| 36 | Munich | Germany | 77.4 | 126.7 | $1.17M |
| 37 | Graz | Austria | 70.3 | 126.6 | $510k |
| 38 | Liverpool | United Kingdom | 67.3 | 126.2 | $385k |
| 39 | Trondheim | Norway | 87.0 | 126.1 | $470k |
| 40 | Murcia | Spain | 50.1 | 125.7 | $162k |
| 41 | Malmö | Sweden | 66.0 | 124.9 | $312k |
| 42 | Hamburg | Germany | 70.8 | 124.8 | $898k |
| 43 | Seoul | South Korea | 64.5 | 124.8 | $1.15M |
| 44 | Gold Coast | Australia | 75.9 | 124.7 | $1.39M |
| 45 | Las Vegas | United States | 71.6 | 124.1 | $350k |
| 46 | Ticino | Switzerland | 88.8 | 123.4 | $1.13M |
| 47 | Adelaide | Australia | 74.4 | 123.2 | $1.09M |
| 48 | Uppsala | Sweden | 67.2 | 123.1 | $297k |
| 49 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 77.0 | 121.7 | $465k |
| 50 | Lyon | France | 71.7 | 120.9 | $480k |
| 51 | Leipzig | Germany | 65.5 | 120.7 | $424k |
| 52 | Leeds | United Kingdom | 66.7 | 120.6 | $376k |
| 53 | Doha | Qatar | 52.0 | 120.1 | $929k |
| 54 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 81.4 | 119.9 | $800k |
| 55 | San Diego | United States | 83.7 | 119.4 | $1.09M |
| 56 | Manama | Bahrain | 45.3 | 119.3 | $345k |
| 57 | Montreal | Canada | 58.3 | 119.2 | $570k |
| 58 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | 68.0 | 118.9 | $285k |
| 59 | Bordeaux | France | 68.9 | 118.4 | $450k |
| 60 | Bristol | United Kingdom | 70.5 | 117.3 | $542k |
| 61 | Auckland | New Zealand | 64.4 | 117.0 | $674k |
| 62 | Hamilton | Canada | 57.7 | 116.6 | $433k |
| 63 | Toronto | Canada | 65.6 | 116.6 | $501k |
| 64 | Liege | Belgium | 73.1 | 116.3 | $284k |
| 65 | Christchurch | New Zealand | 58.3 | 116.1 | $461k |
| 66 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | 70.8 | 114.7 | $1.83M |
| 67 | Calgary | Canada | 63.9 | 114.5 | $461k |
| 68 | Vienna | Austria | 74.5 | 114.2 | $916k |
| 69 | Montpellier | France | 64.9 | 114.1 | $419k |
| 70 | Toulouse | France | 70.0 | 114.0 | $365k |
| 71 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 62.5 | 113.7 | $1.07M |
| 72 | Antwerp | Belgium | 71.2 | 113.0 | $395k |
| 73 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 73.5 | 112.7 | $479k |
| 74 | Cologne | Germany | 71.2 | 112.5 | $690k |
| 75 | Darwin | Australia | 89.1 | 112.1 | $453k |
| 76 | Oslo | Norway | 92.1 | 112.1 | $937k |
| 77 | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 49.6 | 111.7 | $327k |
| 78 | Brugge | Belgium | 62.8 | 111.6 | $1.02M |
| 79 | Stockholm | Sweden | 79.1 | 111.4 | $532k |
| 80 | Tampere | Finland | 67.9 | 110.8 | $328k |
| 81 | Turku | Finland | 67.7 | 110.8 | $290k |
| 82 | Berlin | Germany | 72.5 | 110.8 | $980k |
| 83 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 38.8 | 110.3 | $191k |
| 84 | Paris | France | 78.4 | 109.8 | $1.21M |
| 85 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 98.3 | 109.3 | $838k |
| 86 | Centurion | South Africa | 42.7 | 109.0 | $76k |
| 87 | Brussels | Belgium | 71.9 | 108.9 | $458k |
| 88 | Helsinki | Finland | 73.9 | 108.0 | $495k |
| 89 | Oulu | Finland | 65.9 | 107.8 | $329k |
| 90 | Jerusalem | Israel | 91.7 | 107.8 | $1.05M |
| 91 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | 46.0 | 107.7 | $340k |
| 92 | Los Angeles | United States | 84.5 | 107.4 | $1M |
| 93 | Tokyo | Japan | 54.3 | 106.9 | $515k |
| 94 | Salzburg | Austria | 76.9 | 106.8 | $1.15M |
| 95 | Sydney | Australia | 79.2 | 105.9 | $1.57M |
| 96 | Vancouver | Canada | 68.5 | 105.9 | $1M |
| 97 | Manchester | United Kingdom | 67.7 | 105.6 | $444k |
| 98 | Johannesburg | South Africa | 44.2 | 105.4 | $97k |
| 99 | Dublin | Ireland | 76.3 | 104.8 | $574k |
| 100 | Lusail | Qatar | 55.1 | 104.5 | $808k |
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 →