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….
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Rank 2009
|
City
|
Country
|
Index 2009
|
|
1
|
TOKYO
|
JAPAN
|
143.7
|
|
2
|
OSAKA
|
JAPAN
|
119.2
|
|
3
|
MOSCOW
|
RUSSIA
|
115.4
|
|
4
|
GENEVA
|
SWITZERLAND
|
109.2
|
|
5
|
HONG KONG
|
HONG KONG
|
108.7
|
|
6
|
ZURICH
|
SWITZERLAND
|
105.2
|
|
7
|
COPENHAGEN
|
DENMARK
|
105.0
|
|
8
|
NEW YORK CITY
|
US
|
100.0
|
|
9
|
BEIJING
|
CHINA
|
99.6
|
|
10
|
SINGAPORE
|
SINGAPORE
|
98.0
|
|
11
|
MILAN
|
ITALY
|
96.9
|
|
12
|
SHANGAI
|
CHINA
|
95.2
|
|
13
|
PARIS
|
FRANCE
|
95.1
|
|
14
|
OSLO
|
NORWAY
|
94.2
|
|
15
|
CARACAS
|
VENEZUELA
|
93.3
|
|
16
|
LONDON
|
UK
|
92.7
|
|
17
|
TEL AVIV
|
ISRAEL
|
91.9
|
|
18
|
ROME
|
ITALY
|
91.2
|
|
19
|
HELSINKI
|
FINLAND
|
90.5
|
|
20
|
DUBAI
|
UAE
|
90.1
|
|
21
|
VIENNA
|
AUSTRIA
|
89.3
|
|
22
|
SHENZHEN
|
CHINA
|
89.0
|
|
23
|
LOS ANGELES
|
US
|
87.6
|
|
23
|
GUANGZHOU
|
CHINA
|
87.6
|
|
25
|
DUBLIN
|
IRELAND
|
87.4
|
|
26
|
ABU DHABI
|
UAE
|
86.7
|
|
27
|
DOUALA
|
CAMEROUN
|
86.1
|
|
28
|
ATHENS
|
GREECE
|
85.9
|
|
29
|
AMSTERDAM
|
NETHERLANDS
|
85.7
|
|
30
|
BRATISLAVA
|
SLOVAKIA
|
84.8
|
|
31
|
WHITE PLAINS
|
US
|
84.7
|
|
32
|
LAGOS
|
NIGERIA
|
84.6
|
|
33
|
TEHRAN
|
IRAN
|
84.1
|
|
34
|
ABIDJAN
|
IVORY COAST
|
82.5
|
|
34
|
DAKAR
|
SENEGAL
|
82.5
|
|
34
|
SAN FRANCISCO
|
US
|
82.5
|
|
37
|
MADRID
|
SPAIN
|
82.3
|
|
38
|
LUXEMBOURG
|
LUXEMBOURG
|
82.1
|
|
38
|
BARCELONA
|
SPAIN
|
82.1
|
|
40
|
ALGIERS
|
ALGERIA
|
81.7
|
|
41
|
HONOLULU
|
US
|
81.6
|
|
41
|
BRUSSELS
|
BELGIUM
|
81.6
|
|
41
|
BEIRUT
|
LEBANON
|
81.6
|
|
44
|
ALMATY
|
KAZAKHSTAN
|
81.5
|
|
45
|
MIAMI
|
US
|
81.4
|
|
46
|
ST PETERSBOURG
|
RUSSIA
|
81.3
|
|
47
|
MUNICH
|
GERMANY
|
81.2
|
|
48
|
FRANKFURT
|
GERMANY
|
80.9
|
|
49
|
BERLIN
|
GERMANY
|
80.8
|
|
50
|
CHICAGO
|
US
|
80.7
|
The information and rankings enclosed above is taken from Mercer Cost of Living Survey – Worldwide Rankings, 2009
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