The Top 5 Cities with the Highest Paid Skilled Industrial Workers

  City Net Income
(per year USD)
Gross Income
(per year USD)
Weekly Working Hours
1 Zurich, Switzerland $64,600
per year
$79,800
per year
42
hours per week
2 New York City, USA $61,900
per year
$79,100
per year
43
hours per week
3 Tokyo, Japan $61,000
per year
$77,700
per year
40
hours per week
4 Geneva, Switzerland $78,400
per year
$59,200
per year
40
hours per week
5 Sydney, Australia $72,000
per year
$55,800
per year
43
hours per week
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Sources:  UBS. CIO Wealth Management Research: A comparison of purchasing power around the globe, 2012.

List Notes: Data is for the year 2012. List is cities with the Top 5 highest paid skilled factory worker with vocational training and about 10 years experience with a large company in the metal-working industry, who is around 35 years old and married with two children.
Cities with the Highest Paid Skilled Industrial Workers

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