Suggestion Engine · Work & Relocate

Where does your salary go furthest?

Big Mac prices below are live (The Economist, Jan 2026 cycle); net income, rent and the life-quality indicators are illustrative seed data for this MVP. Enter a monthly salary — or switch to each city's own local average — and we'll rank all 22 markets by real spending power and everyday quality of life.

Your salary is applied in every city — for a remote job or a portable offer.

Ranked by Relocate Score

Macs/mo Rent share DisposableLife qualityLethal violence
  1. 1TokyoJapan
    86
    Macs/mo1320.1
    Rent share45%
    Disposable$2,200
    Life quality
    87
    Lethal violencelow
  2. 2MumbaiIndia
    80
    Macs/mo1593.6
    Rent share18%
    Disposable$3,300
    Life quality
    49
    Lethal violencelow
  3. 3CairoEgypt
    79
    Macs/mo1509.4
    Rent share8%
    Disposable$3,700
    Life quality
    51
    Lethal violencelow
  4. 4SeoulSouth Korea
    74
    Macs/mo1069.5
    Rent share35%
    Disposable$2,600
    Life quality
    79
    Lethal violencelow
  5. 5ShanghaiChina
    72
    Macs/mo1092.9
    Rent share33%
    Disposable$2,700
    Life quality
    72
    Lethal violencelow
  6. 6SingaporeSingapore
    64
    Macs/mo692.0
    Rent share70%
    Disposable$1,200
    Life quality
    85
    Lethal violencelow
  7. 7DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
    63
    Macs/mo773.7
    Rent share65%
    Disposable$1,400
    Life quality
    77
    Lethal violencelow
  8. 8Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates
    62
    Macs/mo773.7
    Rent share53%
    Disposable$1,900
    Life quality
    74
    Lethal violencelow
  9. 9SydneyAustralia
    61
    Macs/mo703.0
    Rent share65%
    Disposable$1,400
    Life quality
    80
    Lethal violencelow
  10. 10TorontoCanada
    61
    Macs/mo722.0
    Rent share53%
    Disposable$1,900
    Life quality
    80
    Lethal violencelow
  11. 11RiyadhSaudi Arabia
    60
    Macs/mo789.0
    Rent share30%
    Disposable$2,800
    Life quality
    67
    Lethal violencelow
  12. 12AmsterdamNetherlands
    57
    Macs/mo567.4
    Rent share55%
    Disposable$1,800
    Life quality
    81
    Lethal violencelow
  13. 13StockholmSweden
    57
    Macs/mo551.0
    Rent share38%
    Disposable$2,500
    Life quality
    84
    Lethal violencelow
  14. 14BerlinGermany
    56
    Macs/mo567.4
    Rent share40%
    Disposable$2,400
    Life quality
    79
    Lethal violencelow
  15. 15ZurichSwitzerland
    56
    Macs/mo440.5
    Rent share70%
    Disposable$1,200
    Life quality
    90
    Lethal violencelow
  16. 16ParisFrance
    55
    Macs/mo567.4
    Rent share60%
    Disposable$1,600
    Life quality
    76
    Lethal violencelow
  17. 17LondonUnited Kingdom
    54
    Macs/mo565.0
    Rent share80%
    Disposable$800
    Life quality
    74
    Lethal violencelow
  18. 18New YorkUnited States
    51
    Macs/mo653.6
    Rent share98%
    Disposable$100
    Life quality
    69
    Lethal violencelow
  19. 19IstanbulTurkey
    51
    Macs/mo678.0
    Rent share13%
    Disposable$3,500
    Life quality
    60
    Lethal violencelow
  20. 20Los AngelesUnited States
    47
    Macs/mo653.6
    Rent share78%
    Disposable$900
    Life quality
    56
    Lethal violencelow
  21. 21São PauloBrazil
    44
    Macs/mo898.9
    Rent share16%
    Disposable$3,350
    Life quality
    56
    Lethal violencehigh
  22. 22Mexico CityMexico
    29
    Macs/mo648.3
    Rent share18%
    Disposable$3,300
    Life quality
    52
    Lethal violencehigh

How this is scored: relocateScore = 0.40·spendingPower + 0.35·lifeQuality + 0.25·(100−crime). spendingPower is salary ÷ the live Big Mac USD price, min-max normalized across all 22 markets; lifeQuality is the mean of safety, health, mobility and air quality. Rent share is shown for context but isn't part of the score. Big Mac prices are live (The Economist); income, rent and life-quality indicators are illustrative seed data.