United Kingdom
How much home does a salary buy in London?
In London, the average net yearly salary buys 6.3 m² of apartment. A 60 m² flat costs 9.5 full years of salary, rank 29 of 53 in Europe.
Price per m²€9,722Own computation: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data / MHCLG EPC live table A1 · ratio of means (trimmed mean flat price / mean EPC floor area of flats), derived from two official statistics (price ÷ floor area), 2025 (calendar year, completion date)
Average net wage€5,115ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2025 revised, Table 7 (place of work by local authority), 7.7a Annual pay - Gross · mean, city, 2025 (ASHE April 2025; annual pay for tax year ending 5 Apr 2025)
Years of pay for 60 m²9.5
m² per year of pay6.3 m²
C Data quality: Weaker basis, use with care · Price and wage: 2025 · Rank in Europe: 29 of 53
Prices and wages in London, 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. | €9,299 | €3,844 | 12.1 |
| 2022. | €9,893 | €4,131 | 12.0 |
| 2023. | €9,807 | €4,229 | 11.6 |
| 2024. | €10,138 | €4,709 | 10.8 |
| 2025. | €9,722 | €5,115 | 9.5 |
| 2026. | €9,058 (part of the year) | €5,498 | 8.2 |
Other cities
| Warsaw Poland | 26 of 53 | 8.9 salaries |
| Porto Portugal | 27 of 53 | 9.1 salaries |
| Copenhagen Denmark | 28 of 53 | 9.3 salaries |
| Geneva Switzerland | 30 of 53 | 9.6 salaries |
| Rijeka Croatia | 31 of 53 | 9.6 salaries |
| Berlin Germany | 32 of 53 | 9.6 salaries |