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What Salary Do You Need to Live in New York?

The published income-needed indicator for New York stands at $208,813. 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 5.38% year over year. The median tracked ZIP in New York has a typical home value of $767,944 and typical rent of $3,136 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $259,983 in 10462 to $3,615,687 in 10013 — a factor of 13.9.

Key stats

  • The metro income-needed indicator changed 5.38% year over year.
  • The median tracked ZIP in New York has a typical home value of $767,944 and typical rent of $3,136 per month.
  • Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $259,983 in 10462 to $3,615,687 in 10013 — a factor of 13.9.
  • The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.4.
  • 42 of 173 tracked ZIPs (24%) show the current cooling flag.
Tracked ZIP markets
173
Median ZIP home value
$767,944
Median ZIP rent
$3,136
income needed change
The metro income-needed indicator changed 5.38% year over year.
housing cost spread
Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $259,983 in 10462 to $3,615,687 in 10013 — a factor of 13.9.
metro price to rent
The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 20.4.

The income this metro asks for

The published income-needed indicator for New York stands at $208,813. 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 5.38% year over year.

How far that income reaches

Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $259,983 in 10462 to $3,615,687 in 10013 — a factor of 13.9.

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.

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 New York
Los Angeles, CA$242,1781.16x
New York, NY$208,813—
Boston, MA$195,2300.93x
Seattle, WA$191,0140.91x
Miami, FL$141,3200.68x
Austin, TX$123,7500.59x
Dallas, TX$107,1670.51x
Atlanta, GA$103,8410.50x
Chicago, IL$103,7610.50x
Houston, TX$88,8630.43x

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