Highest Average Salary — 99 Cities Ranked (2026)

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#	City	Country	Monthly Cost	Rent (Center)	Safety	Avg Salary
1	Zurich	Switzerland	$3,715	$2,200	95	$6,500
2	San Francisco	United States	$4,281	$3,000	50	$6,500
3	New York	United States	$4,587	$3,200	55	$5,500
4	Los Angeles	United States	$3,735	$2,500	50	$5,000
5	Austin	United States	$2,726	$1,700	55	$4,800
6	Singapore	Singapore	$3,025	$2,200	97	$4,500
7	Sydney	Australia	$3,200	$2,000	78	$4,500
8	Copenhagen	Denmark	$2,720	$1,600	88	$4,500
9	Chicago	United States	$2,850	$1,800	45	$4,500
10	London	United Kingdom	$3,395	$2,200	70	$4,200
11	Miami	United States	$3,627	$2,400	48	$4,200
12	Melbourne	Australia	$2,630	$1,500	80	$4,000
13	Dubai	UAE	$2,740	$1,800	93	$4,000
14	Doha	Qatar	$2,260	$1,500	92	$4,000
15	Toronto	Canada	$2,925	$1,800	75	$3,800
16	Amsterdam	Netherlands	$2,670	$1,600	75	$3,800
17	Stockholm	Sweden	$2,350	$1,400	82	$3,800
18	Dublin	Ireland	$2,900	$1,800	72	$3,800
19	Vancouver	Canada	$3,105	$2,000	78	$3,600
20	Paris	France	$2,315	$1,300	65	$3,500
21	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	$3,125	$2,300	82	$3,500
22	Helsinki	Finland	$2,107	$1,200	93	$3,500
23	Tel Aviv	Israel	$2,795	$1,800	70	$3,500
24	Tokyo	Japan	$1,980	$1,200	91	$3,200
25	Berlin	Germany	$1,866	$1,000	72	$3,200
26	Vienna	Austria	$1,786	$900	90	$3,200
27	Auckland	New Zealand	$2,350	$1,300	82	$3,200
28	Montreal	Canada	$2,136	$1,200	78	$3,200
29	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	$2,020	$1,100	78	$3,200
30	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	$1,405	$800	80	$3,000
31	Nagoya	Japan	$1,437	$750	89	$2,900
32	Osaka	Japan	$1,598	$900	88	$2,800
33	Seoul	South Korea	$1,585	$900	85	$2,800
34	Milan	Italy	$2,220	$1,300	68	$2,800
35	Brussels	Belgium	$1,903	$950	60	$2,800
36	Fukuoka	Japan	$1,280	$650	90	$2,400
37	Barcelona	Spain	$1,925	$1,100	68	$2,400
38	Sapporo	Japan	$1,195	$550	92	$2,200
39	Shanghai	China	$1,575	$1,100	78	$2,200
40	Rome	Italy	$1,968	$1,100	65	$2,200
41	Tallinn	Estonia	$1,400	$700	85	$2,200
42	Prague	Czech Republic	$1,440	$800	85	$2,000
43	Warsaw	Poland	$1,305	$700	80	$2,000
44	Taipei	Taiwan	$1,240	$750	90	$1,800
45	Beijing	China	$1,325	$900	75	$1,800
46	Moscow	Russia	$1,380	$800	65	$1,800
47	Krakow	Poland	$1,143	$600	82	$1,700
48	Lisbon	Portugal	$1,575	$900	82	$1,600
49	Budapest	Hungary	$1,215	$650	78	$1,600
50	Cape Town	South Africa	$1,200	$700	30	$1,500
51	Bucharest	Romania	$1,050	$550	72	$1,500
52	Riga	Latvia	$1,155	$550	75	$1,500
53	Porto	Portugal	$1,358	$750	84	$1,400
54	Zagreb	Croatia	$1,183	$600	80	$1,400
55	Bangkok	Thailand	$1,020	$650	65	$1,200
56	Santiago	Chile	$1,095	$600	55	$1,200
57	Athens	Greece	$1,215	$600	70	$1,200
58	Panama City	Panama	$1,415	$900	48	$1,200
59	Sofia	Bulgaria	$935	$500	75	$1,200
60	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	$890	$550	60	$1,100
61	Montevideo	Uruguay	$1,130	$550	55	$1,100
62	Belgrade	Serbia	$882	$450	65	$1,000
63	Sao Paulo	Brazil	$975	$550	40	$900
64	Mexico City	Mexico	$955	$600	42	$900
65	Amman	Jordan	$940	$500	68	$900
66	San Jose	Costa Rica	$1,075	$600	45	$900
67	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	$767	$500	58	$800
68	Mumbai	India	$925	$700	45	$800
69	Penang	Malaysia	$667	$400	72	$800
70	Hanoi	Vietnam	$699	$450	62	$750
71	Manila	Philippines	$820	$450	45	$700
72	Lima	Peru	$812	$450	38	$700
73	Delhi	India	$712	$500	38	$700
74	Tbilisi	Georgia	$715	$400	78	$700
75	Kuching	Malaysia	$535	$300	75	$700
76	Nairobi	Kenya	$880	$500	35	$700
77	Johor Bahru	Malaysia	$545	$300	58	$700
78	Bogota	Colombia	$795	$450	40	$650
79	Jakarta	Indonesia	$785	$500	50	$600
80	Asuncion	Paraguay	$715	$350	42	$600
81	Chiang Mai	Thailand	$595	$350	75	$600
82	Medellin	Colombia	$778	$450	42	$600
83	Da Nang	Vietnam	$575	$350	70	$600
84	Cartagena	Colombia	$838	$500	42	$600
85	Quito	Ecuador	$685	$400	40	$550
86	Buenos Aires	Argentina	$753	$400	45	$500
87	Bali	Indonesia	$825	$500	65	$500
88	Accra	Ghana	$800	$450	55	$500
89	Lagos	Nigeria	$930	$600	30	$500
90	Marrakech	Morocco	$610	$350	55	$500
91	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	$660	$400	50	$500
92	Cebu	Philippines	$630	$350	50	$500
93	Colombo	Sri Lanka	$569	$350	55	$450
94	Cairo	Egypt	$490	$300	45	$400
95	Vientiane	Laos	$515	$300	65	$400
96	La Paz	Bolivia	$497	$300	42	$400
97	Yangon	Myanmar	$568	$350	40	$350
98	Kathmandu	Nepal	$440	$250	55	$350
99	Dhaka	Bangladesh	$446	$300	35	$350