Germany
How much home does a salary buy in Frankfurt?
In Frankfurt, the average net yearly salary buys 7.5 m² of apartment. A 60 m² flat costs 7.9 full years of salary, rank 18 of 53 in Europe.
Price per m²€5,350Immobilienmarktbericht des Landes Hessen - Zentrale Geschaeftsstelle der Gutachterausschuesse fuer Immobilienwerte des Landes Hessen (ZGGH) · model value (Vergleichsfaktor), estimated from transactions (Vergleichsfaktoren derived from approx. 12,000 Hessian ETW contracts of the last 3 years), 2025 (report published 2026)
Average net wage€3,366Statistik der Bundesagentur fuer Arbeit, 'Sozialversicherungspflichtige Bruttomonatsentgelte (Jahreszahlen)', Deutschland, West/Ost, Laender und Kreise, Stichtag 31.12.2025 (Stand 20.07.2026), Zeitreihe + OECD Taxing Wages (DF_TW_COMP v2.1) · median, city, 2025 (Stichtag 31.12.2025)
Years of pay for 60 m²7.9
m² per year of pay7.5 m²
C Data quality: Weaker basis, use with care · Price and wage: 2025 · Rank in Europe: 18 of 53
Prices and wages in Frankfurt, 2021–2026
Price and wage are from the same year. Empty cells mean the official figure is not published (yet).
| Year | Price €/m² | Net wage €/month | Years of pay for 60 m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021. | €5,500 | €2,850 | 9.6 |
| 2022. | €5,850 | €2,949 | 9.9 |
| 2023. | €5,300 | €3,124 | 8.5 |
| 2024. | €5,300 | €3,266 | 8.1 |
| 2025. | €5,350 | €3,366 | 7.9 |
| 2026. | – | – | – |
Years of salary for 60 m² in Frankfurt, by job
Job wages are estimates: the local average net wage × the job's pay ratio in that country (Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, broad occupation groups). Nurse = health associate professionals.
| City average | €3,366 | 7.9 salaries |
| Nurse | €3,087 | 8.7 salaries |
| Teacher | €4,436 | 6.0 salaries |
| IT specialist | €5,184 | 5.2 salaries |
| Shop worker | €2,306 | 11.6 salaries |
| Builder | €2,676 | 10.0 salaries |
Other cities
| Lyon France | 15 of 53 | 7.4 salaries |
| Tallinn Estonia | 16 of 53 | 7.6 salaries |
| Dublin Ireland | 17 of 53 | 7.9 salaries |
| Thessaloniki Greece | 19 of 53 | 8.0 salaries |
| Valencia Spain | 20 of 53 | 8.1 salaries |
| Helsinki Finland | 21 of 53 | 8.5 salaries |