What are Total Occupancy Costs per Workstation?

Total occupancy costs per workstation are based on total occupancy costs and space utilization standard per workstation. Accommodation costs on a per workstation basis provides a better indication of costs to occupiers as it reflects the way organizations occupy and use the space, as well as the cost of space on a unit-area basis.

Rank 2007	Rank 2006	Countries/ Territories	Locations	Total Occupancy Cost per workstation per annum		Year-On-Year Change	Total Occupancy Cost per workstation per annum		Year-On-Year Change
				(USD)		(%)	(EUR)		(%)
				2007	2006		2007	2006
1	1	UK	London (West End)	23,260	17,940	29.7%	17,470	14,930	17.0%
2	2	Hong Kong SAR	Hong Kong	19,730	15,440	27.8%	14,820	12,860	15.2%
3	3	France	Paris	17,770	15,210	16.8%	13,350	12,670	5.4%
4	4	UK	London (City)	17,690	14,030	26.1%	13,290	11,680	13.8%
5	7	USA	New York City (Midtown)	16,400	12,620	30.0%	12,320	10,500	17.3%
6	9	Ireland	Dublin	15,810	12,140	30.2%	11,880	10,110	17.5%
7	5	USA	Washington D.C.	14,580	13,450	8.4%	10,940	11,200	-2.3%
8	10	Japan	Tokyo (Central 5 Wards)	13,470	11,870	13.5%	10,130	9,900	2.3%
9	6	Germany	Frankfurt	13,410	13,170	1.8%	10,080	10,960	-8.0%
10	8	Switzerland	Geneva	13,070	12,190	7.2%	9,820	10,150	-3.3%
11	13	Germany	Munich	12,680	11,140	13.8%	9,520	9,270	2.7%
12	17	South Korea	Seoul	12,470	9,870	26.3%	9,380	8,240	13.8%
13	12	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	12,460	11,260	10.7%	9,360	9,360	0.0%
14	11	Switzerland	Zurich	12,400	11,570	7.2%	9,320	9,630	-3.2%
15	30	Qatar	Doha	12,370	8,250	49.9%	9,280	6,870	35.1%
16	41	USA	New York City (Downtown)	12,310	7,560	62.8%	9,250	6,290	47.1%
17	18	USA	Newport Beach*	11,820	9,860	19.9%	8,870	8,210	8.0%
18	27	India	Mumbai	11,400	8,490	34.3%	8,560	7,060	21.2%
19	47	Canada	Calgary	11,300	7,180	57.4%	8,490	5,970	42.2%
20	15	USA	Palo Alto*	11,250	10,030	12.2%	8,450	8,320	1.6%
21	16	USA	Boston	10,900	9,930	9.8%	8,190	8,250	-0.7%
22	22	Norway	Oslo	10,680	8,880	20.3%	8,020	7,390	8.5%
23	14	Canada	Toronto	10,340	11,020	-6.2%	7,770	9,170	-15.3%
24	25	Sweden	Stockholm	10,250	8,660	18.4%	7,690	7,210	6.7%
25	26	Germany	Dusseldorf	10,180	8,600	18.4%	7,630	7,160	6.6%
26	20	UK	Edinburgh	10,000	9,000	11.1%	7,500	7,490	0.1%
27	21	UK	Manchester	9,990	8,900	12.2%	7,510	7,400	1.5%
28	19	Finland	Helsinki*	9,980	9,010	10.8%	7,500	7,500	0.0%
29	31	USA	San Diego	9,900	8,230	20.3%	7,430	6,840	8.6%
30	32	Italy	Milan	9,640	8,150	18.3%	7,240	6,790	6.6%
31	28	USA	East Bay (Oakland)*	9,400	8,360	12.4%	7,060	6,950	1.6%
32	29	UK	Birmingham	9,250	8,320	11.2%	6,940	6,920	0.3%
33	34	Germany	Hamburg	9,140	7,970	14.7%	6,860	6,620	3.6%
34	23	Netherlands	Amsterdam	9,090	8,840	2.8%	6,830	7,350	-7.1%
35	39	UK	Bristol*	9,020	7,710	17.0%	6,770	6,420	5.5%
36	24	USA	Las Vegas*	9,000	8,680	3.7%	6,760	7,220	-6.4%
37	36	Germany	Berlin	8,830	7,920	11.5%	6,640	6,600	0.6%
38	37	Japan	Tokyo (Outer Wards)	8,780	7,870	11.6%	6,600	6,570	0.5%
39	45	USA	Boca Raton*	8,750	7,200	21.5%	6,570	5,990	9.7%
40	59	Australia	Brisbane	8,730	6,170	41.5%	6,550	5,130	27.7%
41	35	Australia	Sydney	8,620	7,930	8.7%	6,480	6,610	-2.0%
42	51	UK	Glasgow	8,570	7,020	22.1%	6,440	5,840	10.3%
43	40	USA	San Francisco	8,550	7,640	11.9%	6,420	6,350	1.1%
44	53	Spain	Madrid	8,530	6,950	22.7%	6,390	5,800	10.2%
45	38	USA	Miami*	8,500	7,750	9.7%	6,380	6,450	-1.1%
46	49	USA	Atlanta	8,450	7,130	18.5%	6,350	5,930	7.1%
47	49	Italy	Rome	8,350	7,130	17.1%	6,260	5,950	5.2%
48	44	Russia	Moscow	8,300	7,450	11.4%	6,230	6,200	0.5%
49	43	Belgium	Brussels	8,250	7,460	10.6%	6,210	6,210	0.0%
50	33	Kuwait	Kuwait City	8,220	8,140	1.0%	6,170	6,780	-9.0%
51	56	India	New Delhi	8,150	6,650	22.6%	6,120	5,540	10.5%
52	57	USA	Los Angeles	7,980	6,510	22.6%	5,990	5,410	10.7%
53	52	USA	Philadelphia	7,960	6,980	14.0%	5,990	5,820	2.9%
54	48	Greece	Athens	7,910	7,140	10.8%	5,940	5,940	0.0%
55	96	Singapore	Singapore	7,860	4,770	64.8%	5,900	3,970	48.6%
56	42	USA	Chicago	7,790	7,480	4.1%	5,850	6,200	-5.6%
57	45	USA	McLean, Va (Tysons Corner)*	7,650	7,200	6.3%	5,750	5,990	-4.0%
58	61	Chinese Mainland	Shanghai (Pudong)	7,630	6,080	25.5%	5,730	5,060	13.2%
59	62	Spain	Barcelona	7,610	6,040	26.0%	5,710	5,030	13.5%
60	66	USA	Orange County	7,430	5,830	27.4%	5,580	4,860	14.8%
61	68	USA	Tallahassee*	7,380	5,810	27.0%	5,540	4,840	14.5%
62	69	Ukraine	Kyiv	7,350	5,760	27.6%	5,520	4,790	15.2%
63	54	Canada	Ottawa	7,160	6,840	4.7%	5,380	5,700	-5.6%
64	60	Austria	Vienna	7,070	6,120	15.5%	5,310	5,100	4.1%
65	70	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	7,030	5,750	22.3%	5,280	4,790	10.2%
66	67	Denmark	Copenhagen	6,800	5,810	17.0%	5,110	4,850	5.4%
67	63	USA	Silicon Valley (San Jose)*	6,750	6,030	11.9%	5,070	5,010	1.2%
68	58	Chinese Mainland	Shanghai (Puxi)	6,610	6,300	4.9%	4,960	5,240	-5.3%
69	55	USA	Northern New Jersey	6,380	6,700	-4.8%	4,790	5,580	-14.2%
70	65	USA	Memphis*	6,250	5,880	6.3%	4,690	4,890	-4.1%
71	75	Australia	Perth	6,170	5,440	13.4%	4,630	4,530	2.2%
72	78	France	Lyon	6,110	5,310	15.1%	4,590	4,420	3.8%
73	83	New Zealand	Auckland	6,090	5,160	18.0%	4,580	4,300	6.5%
73	99	Taiwan	Taipei	6,090	4,600	32.4%	4,580	3,840	19.3%
75	87	Canada	Montreal	6,010	5,010	20.0%	4,520	4,170	8.4%
76	81	Portugal	Lisbon	5,990	5,180	15.6%	4,500	4,320	4.2%
77	88	USA	Houston	5,960	4,910	21.4%	4,480	4,070	10.1%
77	72	USA	Minneapolis	5,960	5,630	5.9%	4,480	4,680	-4.3%
79	72	USA	Bethesda*	5,850	5,630	3.9%	4,390	4,680	-6.2%
80	71	Chinese Mainland	Beijing	5,830	5,740	1.6%	4,380	4,780	-8.4%
81	76	Brazil	Sao Paulo	5,760	5,390	6.9%	4,790	4,490	6.7%
82	74	Netherlands	The Hague	5,710	5,560	2.7%	4,290	4,620	-7.1%
83	93	Australia	Canberra	5,680	4,820	17.8%	4,270	4,020	6.2%
84	94	France	Marseille	5,670	4,790	18.4%	4,250	4,000	6.3%
85	94	USA	Portland*	5,650	4,790	18.0%	4,250	3,990	6.5%
85	84	USA	Seattle	5,650	5,130	10.1%	4,240	4,280	-0.9%
87	108	USA	Denver	5,560	4,060	36.9%	4,180	3,380	23.7%
88	89	USA	Austin	5,550	4,900	13.3%	4,160	4,080	2.0%
88	98	USA	Baltimore	5,550	4,730	17.3%	4,170	3,940	5.8%
90	64	USA	Columbus	5,470	6,000	-8.8%	4,110	4,990	-17.6%
91	107	USA	Tampa	5,450	4,130	32.0%	4,090	3,440	18.9%
92	92	USA	Phoenix	5,400	4,840	11.6%	4,060	4,010	1.2%
93	81	Netherlands	Rotterdam	5,330	5,180	2.9%	4,000	4,310	-7.2%
94	85	USA	Dallas/Fort Worth	5,320	5,020	6.0%	3,990	4,160	-4.1%
95	97	Australia	Melbourne	5,220	4,760	9.7%	3,910	3,960	-1.3%
96	80	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	5,200	5,200	0.0%	3,900	4,330	-9.9%
97	91	USA	Charlotte	5,110	4,870	4.9%	3,830	4,040	-5.2%
98	85	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	5,020	5,020	0.0%	4,180	4,180	0.0%
99	79	USA	Orlando	4,960	5,270	-5.9%	3,720	4,390	-15.3%
100	100	New Zealand	Wellington	4,880	4,500	8.4%	3,670	3,740	-1.9%
101	77	USA	Detroit	4,870	5,340	-8.8%	3,650	4,450	-18.0%
102	90	USA	Raleigh/Durham	4,850	4,880	-0.6%	3,640	4,060	-10.3%
103	104	Australia	Adelaide	4,630	4,200	10.2%	3,470	3,510	-1.1%
103	100	USA	San Antonio*	4,630	4,500	2.9%	3,470	3,750	-7.5%
105	106	USA	Cleveland	4,500	4,160	8.2%	3,370	3,470	-2.9%
105	103	Turkey	Istanbul	4,500	4,230	6.4%	3,380	3,520	-4.0%
107	102	Mexico	Mexico City	4,490	4,490	0.0%	3,380	3,740	-9.6%
108	109	Czech Republic	Prague	4,400	3,980	10.6%	3,310	3,310	0.0%
109	111	Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh City	4,320	3,840	12.5%	3,240	3,200	1.3%
110	123	Poland	Warsaw	4,310	2,880	49.7%	3,240	2,400	35.0%
111	113	Hungary	Budapest	4,220	3,720	13.4%	3,170	3,100	2.3%
112	112	Belgium	Antwerp*	4,200	3,780	11.1%	3,150	3,150	0.0%
113	105	Bahrain	Bahrain	4,180	4,180	0.0%	3,140	3,480	-9.8%
114	110	USA	Cincinnati	4,090	3,880	5.4%	3,070	3,230	-5.0%
115	113	Vietnam	Hanoi	4,080	3,720	9.7%	3,060	3,100	-1.3%
116	116	Chinese Mainland	Guangzhou	3,830	3,440	11.3%	2,880	2,870	0.3%
117	119	India	Bangalore	3,680	3,290	11.9%	2,750	2,730	0.7%
118	115	New Zealand	Christchurch	3,570	3,510	1.7%	2,680	2,930	-8.5%
119	121	Romania	Bucharest	3,520	3,020	16.6%	2,640	2,520	4.8%
120	120	Chinese Mainland	Shenzhen	3,360	3,050	10.2%	2,530	2,540	-0.4%
121	117	Mexico	Cancun	3,320	3,320	0.0%	2,490	2,760	-9.8%
122	118	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	3,310	3,310	0.0%	2,480	2,750	-9.8%
123	127	India	Chennai	3,160	2,310	36.8%	2,370	1,930	22.8%
124	122	South Africa	Johannesburg	2,940	2,990	-1.7%	2,200	2,480	-11.3%
125	126	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	2,790	2,390	16.7%	2,100	1,980	6.1%
126	124	Mexico	Monterrey	2,700	2,700	0.0%	2,030	2,250	-9.8%
127	128	Chinese Mainland	Tianjin	2,540	2,290	10.9%	1,910	1,910	0.0%
128	125	Mexico	Guadalajara	2,440	2,440	0.0%	1,830	2,030	-9.9%
129	131	Thailand	Bangkok	2,400	1,680	42.9%	1,810	1,400	29.3%
130	129	Chinese Mainland	Dalian	2,290	2,140	7.0%	1,710	1,780	-3.9%
131	130	Indonesia	Jakarta	2,030	2,080	-2.4%	1,530	1,730	-11.6%
132	132	Philippines	Manila (Makati)	1,920	1,670	15.0%	1,440	1,380	4.3%
133	133	Indonesia	Surabaya	1,530	1,320	15.9%	1,140	1,100	3.6%
134	134	Philippines	Manila (Ortigas)	1,310	1,110	18.0%	980	930	5.4%

Source:
http://www.iproperty.com.my/propertymarket/DTZ_GOOC2007.pdf