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★ 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 87 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.

By regionEuropeAsiaNorth America
RankTop income tax
  1. 1DubaiUnited Arab Emirates0%
  2. 2BishkekKyrgyzstan10%
  3. 3BudapestHungary15%
  4. 4TbilisiGeorgia20%
  5. 5TallinnEstonia22%
  6. 6PragueCzech Republic23%
  7. 7SingaporeSingapore24%
  8. 8São PauloBrazil27.5%
  9. 9MumbaiIndia30%
  10. 10Kuala LumpurMalaysia30%
  11. 11BangaloreIndia30%
  12. 12PuneIndia30%
  13. 13ChennaiIndia30%
  14. 14WarsawPoland32%
  15. 15TorontoCanada33%
  16. 16VancouverCanada33%
  17. 17MontrealCanada33%
  18. 18BangkokThailand35%
  19. 19Mexico CityMexico35%
  20. 20Buenos AiresArgentina35%
  21. 21BaliIndonesia35%
  22. 22Chiang MaiThailand35%
  23. 23Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam35%
  24. 24GuadalajaraMexico35%
  25. 25New YorkUnited States37%
  26. 26San FranciscoUnited States37%
  27. 27Los AngelesUnited States37%
  28. 28San DiegoUnited States37%
  29. 29SeattleUnited States37%
  30. 30BostonUnited States37%
  31. 31WashingtonUnited States37%
  32. 32ChicagoUnited States37%
  33. 33MiamiUnited States37%
  34. 34AustinUnited States37%
  35. 35DallasUnited States37%
  36. 36HoustonUnited States37%
  37. 37DenverUnited States37%
  38. 38PhoenixUnited States37%
  39. 39AtlantaUnited States37%
  40. 40PortlandUnited States37%
  41. 41PhiladelphiaUnited States37%
  42. 42NashvilleUnited States37%
  43. 43MinneapolisUnited States37%
  44. 44CharlotteUnited States37%
  45. 45Las VegasUnited States37%
  46. 46DetroitUnited States37%
  47. 47San AntonioUnited States37%
  48. 48ColumbusUnited States37%
  49. 49MedellínColombia39%
  50. 50DublinIreland40%
  51. 51ZurichSwitzerland40%
  52. 52IstanbulTurkey40%
  53. 53RomeItaly43%
  54. 54MilanItaly43%
  55. 55TurinItaly43%
  56. 56NaplesItaly43%
  57. 57FlorenceItaly43%
  58. 58AthensGreece44%
  59. 59LondonUnited Kingdom45%
  60. 60ParisFrance45%
  61. 61BerlinGermany45%
  62. 62MunichGermany45%
  63. 63TokyoJapan45%
  64. 64SydneyAustralia45%
  65. 65MelbourneAustralia45%
  66. 66SeoulSouth Korea45%
  67. 67FrankfurtGermany45%
  68. 68LyonFrance45%
  69. 69ManchesterUnited Kingdom45%
  70. 70OsakaJapan45%
  71. 71HamburgGermany45%
  72. 72NiceFrance45%
  73. 73FukuokaJapan45%
  74. 74CologneGermany45%
  75. 75MarseilleFrance45%
  76. 76NagoyaJapan45%
  77. 77StuttgartGermany45%
  78. 78BordeauxFrance45%
  79. 79SapporoJapan45%
  80. 80MadridSpain47%
  81. 81BarcelonaSpain47%
  82. 82ValenciaSpain47%
  83. 83LisbonPortugal48%
  84. 84PortoPortugal48%
  85. 85AmsterdamNetherlands49.5%
  86. 86RotterdamNetherlands49.5%
  87. 87ViennaAustria55%
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? Frequently asked questions

Which cities top this ranking?

Dubai leads at 0%, followed by Bishkek and Budapest. The full ranking of 87 cities is listed above.

How is this ranking calculated?

We sort all 87 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.

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