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What Salary Do You Need to Live in Los Angeles?

The published income-needed indicator for Los Angeles stands at $242,640. It covers the housing share of the question, not what it takes to live comfortably, which no dataset defines. The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.43% year over year. The median tracked ZIP in Los Angeles has a typical home value of $929,126 and typical rent of $2,710 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $529,156 in 90014 to $3,113,951 in 90077 — a factor of 5.9.

Key stats

  • The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.43% year over year.
  • The median tracked ZIP in Los Angeles has a typical home value of $929,126 and typical rent of $2,710 per month.
  • Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $529,156 in 90014 to $3,113,951 in 90077 — a factor of 5.9.
  • The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 28.6.
  • 24 of 95 tracked ZIPs (25%) show the current cooling flag.
Tracked ZIP markets
95
Median ZIP home value
$929,126
Median ZIP rent
$2,710
income needed change
The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.43% year over year.
housing cost spread
Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $529,156 in 90014 to $3,113,951 in 90077 — a factor of 5.9.
metro price to rent
The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 28.6.

The income this metro asks for

The published income-needed indicator for Los Angeles stands at $242,640. It covers the housing share of the question, not what it takes to live comfortably, which no dataset defines.

The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.43% year over year.

How far that income reaches

Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $529,156 in 90014 to $3,113,951 in 90077 — a factor of 5.9.

The same salary is comfortable in one tracked ZIP and short in another, which is why a single metro figure answers the question only halfway.

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