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Geneva, Zurich and Luxembourg are the richest cities in the world June 2018: Zurich and Geneva may be globally the most expensive cities, but their working residents are compensated with the highest salaries and wages. A construction worker in can expect to earn the equivalent of almost US$70,000 a year, while the same job in London pays only $40,000. In New York City construction workers earn on average $31,000 a year. Construction workers in Lagos, Nairobi and Cairo earn less than $2,000 a year.
Data source: UBS Prices and Earnings Survey 2018 Follow @City_Mayors |