Ranked relocation benchmark
Best cities to move to from Amsterdam
Ranked by real 10-year net worth math, not a vibe score — every destination is run through the same simulator, scaled from a Amsterdam software-engineer benchmark offer ($98.0K).
Top destination from Amsterdam right now: Manchester, NH at $275k over 10 years after taxes and cost of living. 247 of 329 destinations beat staying in Amsterdam on this benchmark.
| # | City | Net delta | Break-even | Score | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | St. Louis | +$244k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 5 | Buffalo | +$241k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 6 | El Paso | +$240k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 7 | Detroit | +$237k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 8 | Birmingham | +$235k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 9 | Des Moines | +$234k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 10 | Memphis | +$233k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 11 | Charlotte | +$233k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | +$232k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 13 | San Jose | +$229k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 14 | Charleston, WV | +$228k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 15 | Milwaukee | +$227k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 16 | Oklahoma City | +$227k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 17 | Dubai | +$226k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 18 | Omaha | +$226k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 19 | Cheyenne | +$225k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 20 | Albuquerque | +$225k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 21 | Austin | +$225k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 22 | Boise | +$223k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 23 | Dallas | +$222k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 24 | Cincinnati | +$222k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 25 | Kansas City | +$222k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 26 | Richmond | +$221k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 27 | Providence | +$219k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 28 | Virginia Beach | +$218k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 29 | San Antonio | +$216k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 30 | Baltimore | +$216k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 31 | Tucson | +$215k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 32 | Houston | +$214k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 33 | Raleigh | +$212k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 34 | Hartford | +$212k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 35 | Jacksonville | +$210k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 36 | Philadelphia | +$208k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 37 | Wilmington | +$208k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 38 | Columbus | +$208k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 39 | Charleston, SC | +$206k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 40 | Nashville | +$205k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 41 | Sacramento | +$205k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 42 | Las Vegas | +$204k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 43 | Fort Worth | +$202k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 44 | Boston | +$200k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 45 | Tampa | +$198k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 46 | Cleveland | +$197k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 47 | Portland, ME | +$195k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 48 | Phoenix | +$195k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 49 | Louisville | +$194k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 50 | Salt Lake City | +$190k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 51 | Portland | +$188k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 52 | Abu Dhabi | +$186k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 53 | Burlington | +$186k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 54 | Atlanta | +$185k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 55 | San Francisco | +$183k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 56 | Wichita | +$183k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 57 | Fargo | +$183k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 58 | Denver | +$180k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 59 | Indianapolis | +$178k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 60 | Little Rock | +$177k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 61 | Chicago | +$174k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 62 | New Orleans | +$174k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 63 | San Diego | +$173k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 64 | Sioux Falls | +$169k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 65 | Miami | +$168k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 66 | Billings | +$168k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 67 | Los Angeles | +$161k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 68 | Jackson | +$158k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 69 | Zurich | +$157k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 70 | Minneapolis | +$157k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 71 | Washington D.C. | +$155k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 72 | New York | +$149k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 73 | Anchorage | +$146k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 74 | Singapore | +$143k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 75 | Geneva | +$129k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 76 | Bern | +$129k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 77 | Honolulu | +$125k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 78 | Monaco | +$122k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 79 | Doha | +$117k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 80 | Luxembourg City | +$110k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 81 | Sofia | +$102k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 82 | Riyadh | +$98k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 83 | Jeddah | +$98k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 84 | Hong Kong | +$90k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 85 | Kuwait City | +$87k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 86 | Manama | +$81k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 87 | Vienna | +$78k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 88 | Valletta | +$73k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 89 | Brussels | +$72k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 90 | Antwerp | +$72k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 91 | Toronto | +$70k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 92 | Tel Aviv | +$68k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 93 | Sydney | +$66k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 94 | Nicosia | +$65k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 95 | Taipei | +$64k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 96 | Ljubljana | +$64k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 97 | Vilnius | +$62k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 98 | Melbourne | +$62k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 99 | Warsaw | +$57k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 100 | Kuala Lumpur | +$57k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 101 | Almaty | +$57k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 102 | Astana | +$57k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 103 | Jerusalem | +$56k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 104 | Copenhagen | +$56k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 105 | Aarhus | +$56k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 106 | Muscat | +$56k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 107 | Helsinki | +$55k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 108 | Tampere | +$55k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 109 | Zagreb | +$54k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 110 | Minsk | +$54k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 111 | Bucharest | +$53k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 112–116 | 5 Australia citiescountry-level estimate | +$50k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | — |
| 117 | Panama City | +$48k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 118–121 | 4 Turkey citiescountry-level estimate | +$48k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | — |
| 122 | Budapest | +$46k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 123 | Bratislava | +$45k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 124 | Riga | +$45k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 125 | Kraków | +$45k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 126 | Wrocław | +$45k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 127 | Manchester | +$44k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 128–133 | 6 Canada citiescountry-level estimate | +$43k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | — |
| 134 | Bangalore | +$42k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 135 | Vancouver | +$42k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 136 | Seoul | +$40k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 137 | Athens | +$40k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 138 | Santo Domingo | +$38k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 139 | Tallinn | +$37k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 140 | Santiago | +$37k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 141 | Prague | +$35k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 142 | London | +$35k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 143 | Bangkok | +$34k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 144 | Chiang Mai | +$34k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 145–155 | 11 China citiescountry-level estimate BeijingShanghaiGuangzhouShenzhenChengduChongqingWuhanNanjingHangzhouTianjinXi'an | +$33k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | — |
| 156 | Baku | +$33k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 157 | Busan | +$30k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 158 | Incheon | +$30k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 159 | Port of Spain | +$30k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 160 | Colombo | +$29k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 161–164 | 4 United Kingdom citiescountry-level estimate | +$29k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | — |
| 165 | Tripoli | +$28k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 166 | Kyiv | +$27k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 167 | Johannesburg | +$26k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 168 | Tbilisi | +$26k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 169 | Skopje | +$26k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 170 | Yerevan | +$24k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 171 | Mexico City | +$24k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 172 | Tehran | +$24k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 173 | Algiers | +$23k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 174 | Belgrade | +$23k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 175 | Ulaanbaatar | +$23k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 176 | Reykjavik | +$21k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 177 | Hanoi | +$21k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 178 | Ho Chi Minh City | +$21k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 179 | Sarajevo | +$20k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 180–187 | 8 India citiescountry-level estimate | +$19k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | — |
| 188 | Edinburgh | +$19k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 189 | Glasgow | +$19k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 190 | Jakarta | +$19k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 191 | Bali (Denpasar) | +$19k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 192–195 | 4 Mexico citiescountry-level estimate | +$18k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | — |
| 196 | Cairo | +$18k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 197 | Alexandria | +$18k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 198 | Tirana | +$18k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 199 | Buenos Aires | +$17k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 200 | Auckland | +$17k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 201 | Gaborone | +$17k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 202 | San José | +$16k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 203 | Durban | +$16k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 204 | Pretoria | +$16k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 205 | Asunción | +$16k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 206 | Cape Town | +$15k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 207 | Bogotá | +$14k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 208 | Tashkent | +$13k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 209 | Montevideo | +$13k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 210 | Berlin | +$13k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 211 | Córdoba | +$12k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 212 | Rosario | +$12k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 213 | Munich | +$12k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 214 | Harare | +$12k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 215 | Suva | +$11k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 216 | Havana | +$10k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 217 | Tunis | +$10k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 218 | Wellington | +$9k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 219 | Christchurch | +$9k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 220 | Medellín | +$9k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 221 | Cali | +$9k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 222 | Mumbai | +$9k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 223 | Frankfurt | +$8k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 224 | São Paulo | +$8k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 225 | Manila | +$7k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 226 | Tokyo | +$4k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 227–230 | 4 Germany citiescountry-level estimate | +$4k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | — |
| 231 | Libreville | +$3k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 232 | Quito | +$3k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 233 | Guayaquil | +$3k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 234–240 | 7 Brazil citiescountry-level estimate Rio de JaneiroBrasíliaFortalezaBelo HorizonteManausCuritibaPorto Alegre | +$3k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | — |
| 241 | Dhaka | +$2k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 242 | Guatemala City | +$1k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 243 | Baghdad | +$407 | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 244–247 | 4 Japan citiescountry-level estimate | +$346 | Yr 1 | 8.0 | — |
| 248 | Chișinău | -$404 | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 249 | Dublin | -$1k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 250 | La Paz | -$2k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 251 | San Juan | -$2k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 252 | Oslo | -$2k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 253 | Lima | -$2k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 254 | Madrid | -$2k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 255–258 | 4 Netherlands citiescountry-level estimate | -$3k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | — |
| 259 | Amman | -$3k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 260–262 | 3 Pakistan citiescountry-level estimate | -$3k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | — |
| 263 | Paris | -$3k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 264 | Bishkek | -$3k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 265 | Barcelona | -$3k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 266 | Vientiane | -$3k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 267 | Windhoek | -$3k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 268 | Kathmandu | -$3k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 269–271 | 3 Nigeria citiescountry-level estimate | -$3k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | — |
| 272–274 | 3 Morocco citiescountry-level estimate | -$3k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | — |
| 275 | Bergen | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 276 | Trondheim | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 277–279 | 3 Spain citiescountry-level estimate | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | — |
| 280 | Stockholm | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 281–286 | 6 France citiescountry-level estimate | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | — |
| 287 | Kingston | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 288 | Caracas | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 289–295 | 7 Italy citiescountry-level estimate | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | — |
| 296 | Gothenburg | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 297 | Malmö | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 298 | Lisbon | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 299 | Porto | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 300 | Beirut | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 301 | Phnom Penh | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 302 | Yangon | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 303 | Kabul | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 304 | Naypyidaw | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 305 | Kinshasa | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 306 | Luanda | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 307 | Dar es Salaam | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 308 | Nairobi | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 309 | Mombasa | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 310 | Addis Ababa | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 311 | Khartoum | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 312 | Accra | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 313 | Abidjan | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 314 | Dakar | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 315 | Kampala | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 316 | Kigali | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 317 | Lusaka | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 318 | Maputo | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 319 | Antananarivo | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 320 | Bamako | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 321 | Yaoundé | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 322 | Douala | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 323 | Brazzaville | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 324 | Mogadishu | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 325 | Djibouti City | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 326 | Asmara | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 327 | Lilongwe | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 328 | Port Moresby | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 329 | Papeete | -$4k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
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