What Salary Do You Need? (2026)

Find the minimum salary to live comfortably in 182 cities worldwide — with neighborhood-level breakdowns for 3,400+ locations.

Abu DhabiAED 207,800 Amsterdam€89,658 Athens€42,117 Atlanta$90,615 AucklandNZ$117,850 Austin$89,582 Bali (Denpasar)Rp 348.4M Bangalore₹1.5M Bangkok฿907,272 Barcelona€57,189 Beijing¥411,589 Berlin€78,345 BogotáCO$100.7M Boston$153,669 Brussels€69,268 Bucharestlei 184,666 BudapestFt 14.8M Buenos AiresAR$48.7M CairoE£869,967 CancúnMX$628,943 Cape TownR 702,546 CasablancaMAD 272,151 Charlotte$85,900 Chennai₹1.1M Chiang Mai฿609,251 Chicago$107,701 Copenhagenkr 697,671 Dallas$80,132 Delhi₹1.3M Denver$102,271 DohaQR 196,632 DubaiAED 238,840 Dublin€86,747 Edinburgh£49,043 Fukuoka¥7.5M GenevaCHF 144,249 Guangzhou¥314,649 Hanoi₫658.5M Helsinki€57,933 Ho Chi Minh City₫731.1M Hong KongHK$735,734 Houston$82,861 Istanbul₺1.3M JakartaRp 408.2M Krakowzł 136,110 Kuala LumpurRM 122,773 Lagos₦52.5M Las Vegas$77,403 LimaS/90,160 Lisbon€56,254 London£98,496 Los Angeles$136,160 Luxembourg City€85,807 Madrid€53,838 Manila₱1.6M MarrakechMAD 221,934 MedellínCO$92.3M MelbourneA$116,673 Mexico CityMX$588,071 Miami$120,267 Milan€74,745 Minneapolis$90,696 Montevideo$U 1.8M MontrealC$103,970 Mumbai₹2.3M Munich€98,279 Málaga€39,649 NairobiKSh 4.1M Nashville$85,932 New York$190,375 Nice€64,867 Osaka¥9.8M Oslokr 924,733 Panama City$47,880 Paris€82,037 PerthA$101,327 Philadelphia$88,426 Phnom Penh$20,640 Phoenix$79,548 Phuket฿791,983 Playa del CarmenMX$498,691 Portland$108,405 Porto€44,709 PragueKč 1.1M Raleigh$81,964 Riga€38,572 RiyadhSR 136,620 Rome€64,317 San Diego$141,119 San Francisco$174,136 San José (CR)₡16.0M SantiagoCL$31.3M Seattle$110,260 Seoul₩78.3M Shanghai¥453,221 Shenzhen¥371,582 SingaporeS$123,627 Split€41,716 Stockholmkr 867,106 SydneyA$140,619 São PauloR$187,007 TaipeiNT$1.1M Tallinn€34,466 Tampa$88,832 Tel Aviv₪344,032 Tokyo¥14.1M TorontoC$131,512 Valencia€42,163 VancouverC$130,842 Vienna€63,080 Warsawzł 171,595 Washington DC$134,741 ZurichCHF 142,613

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Data Sources: Cost of living data from Numbeo · Expatistan. Rent from Numbeo Property Prices. Tax rates from OECD Taxing Wages. Salary data from BLS · Glassdoor. Exchange rates from the ECB. Updated 2026-02-28. All figures are estimates.