Cost of Living Index
RecSel provides a wide range of job offers across different international locations that recruit auditors. In order to help give some advice of the cost of living in these locations below is a cost of living table for the main locations that we recruit into.
T
|
Rankings
|
|
|
|
Mar-12
|
City
|
Country
|
|
1
|
TOKYO
|
JAPAN
|
|
2
|
LUANDA
|
ANGOLA
|
|
3
|
OSAKA
|
JAPAN
|
|
4
|
MOSCOW
|
RUSSIA
|
|
5
|
GENEVA
|
SWITZERLAND
|
|
6
|
ZURICH
|
SWITZERLAND
|
|
6
|
SINGAPORE
|
SINGAPORE
|
|
8
|
N'DJAMENA
|
CHAD
|
|
9
|
HONG KONG
|
HONG KONG
|
|
10
|
NAGOYA
|
JAPAN
|
|
11
|
SYDNEY
|
AUSTRALIA
|
|
12
|
SÃO PAULO
|
BRAZIL
|
|
13
|
RIO DE JANEIRO
|
BRAZIL
|
|
14
|
BERN
|
SWITZERLAND
|
|
15
|
MELBOURNE
|
AUSTRALIA
|
|
16
|
SHANGHAI
|
CHINA
|
|
17
|
BEIJING
|
CHINA
|
|
18
|
OSLO
|
NORWAY
|
|
19
|
PERTH
|
AUSTRALIA
|
|
20
|
LIBREVILLE
|
GABON
|
|
21
|
COPENHAGEN
|
DENMARK
|
|
22
|
SEOUL
|
SOUTH KOREA
|
|
23
|
CANBERRA
|
AUSTRALIA
|
|
24
|
BRISBANE
|
AUSTRALIA
|
|
25
|
LONDON
|
UNITED KINGDOM
|
|
26
|
KHARTOUM
|
SUDAN
|
|
27
|
ADELAIDE
|
AUSTRALIA
|
|
28
|
ST. PETERSBURG
|
RUSSIA
|
|
29
|
CARACAS
|
VENEZUELA
|
|
30
|
SHENZHEN
|
CHINA
|
|
31
|
TEL AVIV
|
ISRAEL
|
|
31
|
GUANGZHOU
|
CHINA
|
|
33
|
NEW YORK CITY, NY
|
UNITED STATES
|
|
34
|
NIAMEY
|
NIGER
|
|
35
|
YANGON
|
MYANMAR
|
|
36
|
KINSHASA
|
DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO
|
|
37
|
PARIS
|
FRANCE
|
|
38
|
MILAN
|
ITALY
|
|
39
|
LAGOS
|
NIGERIA
|
|
39
|
BAMAKO
|
MALI
|
|
41
|
ABIDJAN
|
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
|
|
42
|
ROME
|
ITALY
|
|
43
|
BRAZZAVILLE
|
CONGO
|
|
44
|
DJIBOUTI
|
DJIBOUTI
|
|
45
|
BRASILIA
|
BRAZIL
|
|
46
|
STOCKHOLM
|
SWEDEN
|
|
47
|
NOUMÉA
|
NEW CALEDONIA
|
|
48
|
VIENNA
|
AUSTRIA
|
|
49
|
BAKU
|
AZERBAIJAN
|
|
50
|
VICTORIA
|
SEYCHELLES
|
The information and rankings enclosed above is taken from Mercer Cost of Living Survey – Worldwide Rankings, 2012
The indices are based on Mercer's cost of living database and are modified to include rental accommodation costs and to reflect constant weighting and basket items. These should be used as a guide only and it is not recommended that these figures should be used to compare/negotiate compensation packages