★ Best places to live
Cities with the lowest income tax
Where your salary keeps the most — ranked by each country's top personal income-tax rate.
This ranking covers 92 cities from our index, sorted by Top income tax. Dubai comes out on top at 0%, ahead of Bishkek and Budapest. Open any city for its full cost-of-living, tax and quality-of-life breakdown — or compare two side by side.
- 1DubaiUnited Arab Emirates0%
- 2BishkekKyrgyzstan10%
- 3BudapestHungary15%
- 4TbilisiGeorgia20%
- 5TallinnEstonia22%
- 6PragueCzech Republic23%
- 7SingaporeSingapore24%
- 8São PauloBrazil27.5%
- 9FlorianópolisBrazil27.5%
- 10MumbaiIndia30%
- 11Kuala LumpurMalaysia30%
- 12BangaloreIndia30%
- 13PuneIndia30%
- 14ChennaiIndia30%
- 15WarsawPoland32%
- 16TorontoCanada33%
- 17VancouverCanada33%
- 18MontrealCanada33%
- 19BangkokThailand35%
- 20Mexico CityMexico35%
- 21Buenos AiresArgentina35%
- 22BaliIndonesia35%
- 23Chiang MaiThailand35%
- 24Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam35%
- 25GuadalajaraMexico35%
- 26MonterreyMexico35%
- 27New YorkUnited States37%
- 28San FranciscoUnited States37%
- 29Los AngelesUnited States37%
- 30San DiegoUnited States37%
- 31SeattleUnited States37%
- 32BostonUnited States37%
- 33WashingtonUnited States37%
- 34ChicagoUnited States37%
- 35MiamiUnited States37%
- 36AustinUnited States37%
- 37DallasUnited States37%
- 38HoustonUnited States37%
- 39DenverUnited States37%
- 40PhoenixUnited States37%
- 41AtlantaUnited States37%
- 42PortlandUnited States37%
- 43PhiladelphiaUnited States37%
- 44NashvilleUnited States37%
- 45MinneapolisUnited States37%
- 46CharlotteUnited States37%
- 47Las VegasUnited States37%
- 48DetroitUnited States37%
- 49San AntonioUnited States37%
- 50ColumbusUnited States37%
- 51MedellínColombia39%
- 52DublinIreland40%
- 53ZurichSwitzerland40%
- 54IstanbulTurkey40%
- 55LuganoSwitzerland40%
- 56RomeItaly43%
- 57MilanItaly43%
- 58TurinItaly43%
- 59NaplesItaly43%
- 60FlorenceItaly43%
- 61AthensGreece44%
- 62LondonUnited Kingdom45%
- 63ParisFrance45%
- 64BerlinGermany45%
- 65MunichGermany45%
- 66TokyoJapan45%
- 67SydneyAustralia45%
- 68MelbourneAustralia45%
- 69SeoulSouth Korea45%
- 70FrankfurtGermany45%
- 71LyonFrance45%
- 72ManchesterUnited Kingdom45%
- 73OsakaJapan45%
- 74HamburgGermany45%
- 75NiceFrance45%
- 76FukuokaJapan45%
- 77CologneGermany45%
- 78MarseilleFrance45%
- 79NagoyaJapan45%
- 80StuttgartGermany45%
- 81BordeauxFrance45%
- 82SapporoJapan45%
- 83MönchengladbachGermany45%
- 84MadridSpain47%
- 85BarcelonaSpain47%
- 86ValenciaSpain47%
- 87SitgesSpain47%
- 88LisbonPortugal48%
- 89PortoPortugal48%
- 90AmsterdamNetherlands49.5%
- 91RotterdamNetherlands49.5%
- 92ViennaAustria55%
? Frequently asked questions
Which cities top this ranking?
Dubai leads at 0%, followed by Bishkek and Budapest. The full ranking of 92 cities is listed above.
How is this ranking calculated?
We sort all 92 cities in our index by Top income tax. Figures are calibrated estimates, refreshed as we expand coverage — a practical guide, not official statistics.
Can I compare these cities in detail?
Yes. Open any city for its cost of living, rent, taxes, visas and quality of life, or use CostTrek’s side-by-side comparison to weigh two cities against each other.