Mulhouse remains at the top of the best cities to settle in

For the second consecutive year, Mulhouse ranks as the most attractive city to secure a permanent job and become a homeowner, thanks to an excellent balance between available job offers, median salary, and the price per square meter. The study comes from the 2024 employment-housing barometer, published for the 6th consecutive year by Meteojob and Meilleurtaux.

The job site Meteojob and the mortgage brokerage site Meilleurtaux collaborate to publish their employment-housing barometer each year, covering 31 French cities. By cross-referencing their data, the two organizations have developed a precise methodology to establish the ranking of cities offering the most opportunities.

This methodology is based on the number of permanent job offers, median net salary, interest rates, and the local real estate market to calculate the number of square meters that can be purchased with a 20-year loan. The rate of permanent jobs is then multiplied by this real estate purchasing power to obtain an index on which this attractiveness ranking is based.

Mulhouse breaks all records in 2024, with a final index of 834. By comparison, Metz and Perpignan, respectively 2nd and 3rd in the ranking, reach indices of 540 and 434. Mulhouse thus shows a proportion of 9 permanent jobs per 100 inhabitants, the highest in the ranking. In terms of real estate, for a median budget of €130,000, one can acquire an average of 98 m²!

At the other end of the ranking, as every year, we find Paris, Nice, and Marseille in the last positions. With prices per square meter almost 10 times higher than the top cities in the ranking, and a proportion of 3 to 4 permanent jobs per 100 inhabitants, these large cities are becoming increasingly inaccessible, with job opportunities and salaries no longer necessarily better than elsewhere.

Secondary cities thus once again confirm their attractiveness, appealing with their job market and real estate purchasing power, in line with the salaries offered in the agglomeration. Congratulations to Mulhouse for this great victory!