Germany
How much home does a salary buy in Hamburg?
In Hamburg, the average net yearly salary buys 5.7 m² of apartment. A 60 m² flat costs 10.5 full years of salary, rank 39 of 53 in Europe.
Price per m²€6,345Immobilienmarktbericht Hamburg 2026 (Berichtsjahr 2025) - Gutachterausschuss fuer Grundstueckswerte in Hamburg · mean, transaction prices, 2025
Average net wage€3,017Statistik 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 m²10.5
m² per year of pay5.7 m²
B Data quality: Official, one limitation · Price and wage: 2025 · Rank in Europe: 39 of 53
Prices and wages in Hamburg, 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. | €6,927 | €2,521 | 13.7 |
| 2022. | €7,035 | €2,620 | 13.4 |
| 2023. | €6,141 | €2,793 | 11.0 |
| 2024. | €6,283 | €2,926 | 10.7 |
| 2025. | €6,345 | €3,017 | 10.5 |
| 2026. | – | – | – |
Years of salary for 60 m² in Hamburg, 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 | €3,017 | 10.5 salaries |
| Nurse | €2,767 | 11.5 salaries |
| Teacher | €3,976 | 8.0 salaries |
| IT specialist | €4,646 | 6.8 salaries |
| Shop worker | €2,067 | 15.4 salaries |
| Builder | €2,399 | 13.2 salaries |
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