Dundee has been named ahead of London, Cambridge, Manchester and Aberdeen on a list of the top places to get by in the UK.
A survey by TotallyMoney named the City of Discovery 25th on its table of the 59 best towns and cities in the country “to make a living”.
Crawley topped the list while Edinburgh was the highest ranking Scottish city at number four. Glasgow came 18th and Aberdeen was listed 44th.
However Dundee’s employment rate was also listed among the lowest at 63% – next to Birmingham at 67% and Liverpool at 67%. The city’s overall employment index was ranked the second worst at 58th.
The median monthly take-home salary in Dundee was found to be £503.
TotallyMoney said its table of the best UK towns and cities to make a living was created following analysis of salaries, average monthly mortgage repayment, cost of living, employment rates and business closures.
Aberdeen had the second highest rate of business closures per 10,000 population, dwarfed only by London.
TotallyMoney’s Joe Gardiner said: “While many are drawn to bigger cities, such as London and Birmingham, in the hope of earning a decent living, our research shows they may not be the best overall option due to higher-than-average living costs.
“We hope our research will prompt people to consider a wider range of areas when thinking about changing careers or moving home.”
The full table can be found here.
