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What Salary Do You Need to Live in Miami?

The published income-needed indicator for Miami stands at $141,320. 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 0.74% year over year. The median tracked ZIP in Miami has a typical home value of $602,196 and typical rent of $2,736 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $298,325 in 33126 to $1,503,923 in 33122 — a factor of 5.0.

Key stats

  • The metro income-needed indicator changed 0.74% year over year.
  • The median tracked ZIP in Miami has a typical home value of $602,196 and typical rent of $2,736 per month.
  • Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $298,325 in 33126 to $1,503,923 in 33122 — a factor of 5.0.
  • The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 18.3.
  • 4 of 30 tracked ZIPs (13%) show the current cooling flag.
Tracked ZIP markets
30
Median ZIP home value
$602,196
Median ZIP rent
$2,736
income needed change
The metro income-needed indicator changed 0.74% year over year.
housing cost spread
Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $298,325 in 33126 to $1,503,923 in 33122 — a factor of 5.0.
metro price to rent
The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 18.3.

The income this metro asks for

The published income-needed indicator for Miami stands at $141,320. 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 0.74% year over year.

How far that income reaches

Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $298,325 in 33126 to $1,503,923 in 33122 — a factor of 5.0.

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.

Sources and method

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What a home costs in income, by city

Income needed to buy a typical home, on identical definitions. This is the buying question, not the cost-of-living one.

CityIncome neededvs Miami
Los Angeles, CA$242,1781.71x
New York, NY$208,8131.48x
Boston, MA$195,2301.38x
Seattle, WA$191,0141.35x
Miami, FL$141,320—
Austin, TX$123,7500.88x
Dallas, TX$107,1670.76x
Atlanta, GA$103,8410.73x
Chicago, IL$103,7610.73x
Houston, TX$88,8630.63x

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