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Geneva, Zurich and Luxembourg
are the richest cities in the world
June 2018:
Zurich and Geneva may be globally the most expensive cities, but their working residents are compensated with the highest salaries and wages. A construction worker in can expect to earn the equivalent of almost US$70,000 a year, while the same job in London pays only $40,000. In New York City construction workers earn on average $31,000 a year. Construction workers in Lagos, Nairobi and Cairo earn less than $2,000 a year.
Rank
(Earnings)
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Cities
|
Rank
(Prices)
|
Rank
(Purchasing Power)
|
1
|
Geneva
|
2
|
4
|
2
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Zurich
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
Luxembourg
|
15
|
5
|
4
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Los Angeles
|
20
|
1
|
5
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Copenhagen
|
4
|
30
|
6
|
Oslo
|
3
|
27
|
7
|
New York
|
5
|
10
|
8
|
Miami
|
25
|
3
|
9
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Vienna
|
22
|
16
|
10
|
Chicago
|
9
|
6
|
11
|
Toronto
|
29
|
7
|
12
|
Munich
|
23
|
11
|
13
|
Stockholm
|
14
|
22
|
14
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Frankfurt
|
27
|
12
|
15
|
Montreal
|
26
|
18
|
16
|
Sydney
|
11
|
13
|
17
|
Tokyo
|
6
|
20
|
18
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Berlin
|
30
|
15
|
19
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Dublin
|
17
|
17
|
20
|
Helsinki
|
10
|
31
|
21
|
Amsterdam
|
24
|
32
|
22
|
Rome
|
28
|
35
|
23
|
Paris
|
12
|
33
|
24
|
London
|
8
|
23
|
25
|
Auckland
|
13
|
21
|
26
|
Lyon
|
31
|
29
|
27
|
Milan
|
7
|
37
|
28
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Brussels
|
18
|
41
|
29
|
Hong Kong
|
33
|
9
|
30
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Barcelona
|
40
|
34
|
31
|
Madrid
|
34
|
36
|
32
|
Tel Aviv
|
19
|
28
|
33
|
Taipei
|
32
|
26
|
34
|
Nicosia
|
38
|
25
|
35
|
Manama
|
39
|
8
|
36
|
Dubai
|
36
|
14
|
37
|
Ljubljana
|
43
|
42
|
38
|
Seoul
|
16
|
38
|
39
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Riyadh
|
60
|
24
|
40
|
Lisbon
|
42
|
48
|
41
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Doha
|
49
|
19
|
42
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Tallinn
|
41
|
44
|
43
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São Paulo
|
52
|
40
|
44
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Athens
|
37
|
53
|
45
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Santiago de Chile
|
48
|
39
|
46
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Warsaw
|
63
|
47
|
47
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Prague
|
50
|
54
|
48
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Panama City
|
21
|
51
|
49
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Zagreb
|
35
|
69
|
50
|
Rio de Janeiro
|
56
|
46
|
51
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Johannesburg
|
53
|
43
|
52
|
Buenos Aires
|
45
|
65
|
53
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Vilnius
|
57
|
52
|
54
|
Bratislava
|
44
|
58
|
55
|
Bucharest
|
66
|
67
|
56
|
Kuala Lumpur
|
59
|
49
|
57
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Budapest
|
64
|
63
|
58
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Shanghai
|
47
|
61
|
59
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Lima
|
61
|
55
|
60
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Riga
|
58
|
64
|
61
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Bangkok
|
55
|
50
|
62
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Beijing
|
46
|
62
|
63
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Moscow
|
54
|
59
|
64
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Sofia
|
70
|
56
|
65
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Hanoi
|
71
|
45
|
66
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St Petersburg
|
51
|
68
|
67
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Istanbul
|
67
|
66
|
68
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Bogotá
|
65
|
57
|
69
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Manila
|
74
|
60
|
70
|
Nairobi
|
68
|
72
|
71
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Lagos
|
76
|
77
|
72
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Mexico City
|
69
|
70
|
73
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Kiev
|
75
|
74
|
74
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Jakarta
|
62
|
75
|
75
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New Delhi
|
73
|
73
|
76
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Mumbai
|
72
|
71
|
77
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Cairo
|
77
|
76
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Data source: UBS Prices and Earnings Survey 2018
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