This annual study analyses the cost of living, wages and purchasing power for expatriates and ordinary residents across 104 major cities in the world. In this edition, ACI has found that New York, Los Angeles, Zurich, Hong Kong, and Geneva continued to be the top-5 cities in the ranking for expatriates’ living costs. Whereas, for the ordinary residents’ living costs, the top-5 cities were New York, Zurich, Los Angeles, Geneva, and Reykjavik.

By Taojun XIE