The world's 10 richest cities - Number Four New York

The world's 10 richest cities,Number Four New York

4. New York
Geneva is followed by New York at the fourth position. One of the world's most expensive cities, the wages in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Chicago are significantly higher on average than in the Canadian metropolises of Montreal and Toronto.

The weighted average net hourly wage for our 14 occupations was highest in Zurich, Geneva, New York and Dublin.

At the bottom of the league are employees in Nairobi, Delhi, Manila, Jakarta and Mumbai, who have to settle for less than one-tenth of European or North American incomes.

Workers there receive an average of around $1.4 for an hour's work. On a global scale, hourly wages average around $11.8 before taxes and $8.8 after.