Cost of Living in New York
Summary about cost of living in New York:
- Four-person family monthly costs: 4,743.42$ without rent (using our estimator).
- A single person monthly costs: 1,287.71$ without rent.
- Cost of living index in New York is 22.88% higher than in Los Angeles.
- Rent in New York is, on average, 48.95% higher than in Los Angeles.
- Cost of living rank 11st out of 542 cities in the world.
- New York has a cost of living index of 100.00.
| Restaurants | [ Edit ] | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 21.50 $ | |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 100.00 $ | |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 9.25 $ | |
| Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 7.00 $ | |
| Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 8.00 $ | |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 4.87 $ | |
| Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) | 2.20 $ | |
| Water (12 oz small bottle) | 1.77 $ | |
| Markets | [ Edit ] | |
| Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 4.42 $ | |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 3.36 $ | |
| Rice (white), (1 lb) | 2.80 $ | |
| Eggs (regular) (12) | 3.46 $ | |
| Local Cheese (1 lb) | 6.80 $ | |
| Chicken Fillets (1 lb) | 6.35 $ | |
| Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 6.83 $ | |
| Apples (1 lb) | 2.70 $ | |
| Banana (1 lb) | 1.30 $ | |
| Oranges (1 lb) | 2.37 $ | |
| Tomato (1 lb) | 2.48 $ | |
| Potato (1 lb) | 1.87 $ | |
| Onion (1 lb) | 1.66 $ | |
| Lettuce (1 head) | 2.16 $ | |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 2.08 $ | |
| Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 15.00 $ | |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 3.19 $ | |
| Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 2.94 $ | |
| Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 15.00 $ | |
| Transportation | [ Edit ] | |
| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 2.75 $ | |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 127.00 $ | |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 3.30 $ | |
| Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 3.00 $ | |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 30.00 $ | |
| Gasoline (1 gallon) | 2.83 $ | |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 22,000.00 $ | |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 20,696.48 $ | |
| Utilities (Monthly) | [ Edit ] | |
| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 137.32 $ | |
| 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 0.12 $ | |
| Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 62.69 $ | |
| Sports And Leisure | [ Edit ] | |
| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 74.19 $ | |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 34.00 $ | |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 16.99 $ | |
| Childcare | [ Edit ] | |
| Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 2,423.17 $ | |
| International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 39,190.48 $ | |
| Clothing And Shoes | [ Edit ] | |
| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 57.25 $ | |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 41.24 $ | |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 88.00 $ | |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 140.79 $ | |
| Rent Per Month | [ Edit ] | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 3,397.78 $ | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 2,084.36 $ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 7,250.31 $ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 3,940.61 $ | |
| Buy Apartment Price | [ Edit ] | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 1,477.80 $ | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 832.07 $ | |
| Salaries And Financing | [ Edit ] | |
| Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 5,682.94 $ | |
| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 4.17 |
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Firstly I am from England. Another place where things are stupidly costly on the money we get. I am wanting to know from someone that isn’t going to bull **** me what to expect for a monthly cost of living in Manhattan.
I’m going to give you an example of my current circumstances and I want as many responses as possible to compare. Realistic ones mind you. I am not interested in sharing with some loud drunken hormonal idiots.
I live near Sheffield. That’s Yorkshire for them that don’t know. The centre of Britain. In 2008 the cost of a city centre apartment with hardly enough room to swing a cat - was about £625 rent for a 1 bedroom maybe 2. In 2020 it’s now £925. So I now live in a house.
Here unless you are from a rich family with good jobs life sucks. You have to work long hours and put up with a lot of rubbish!
Monthly costs:
Water £60
Child support £200
Council tax (not including income tax and national ins contribution)
£120
Rent £475
for a two bedroom is cheap normally it’s £700 for somewhere good.
£6 a week tv
£50 cable tv and internet
£20 month phone
£100 a month food if you don’t like eating a lot
£50 a month credit card
I have bad credit and no savings so I couldn’t get a mortgage.
If you earn a bit more then you can get a car. If you have a mummy and daddy they’ll pay for your car. They’ll get you started. Your £100 hang bag and make up and clothes. Whatever.
Here The average monthly wage is £1350
But they’ll claim it’s £2200 Your lucky if you get that.
Jobs are so hard to get because of the amount of applicants and I have 12 years experience and a degree!
That would be for a customer service, call centre, admin, business support, supervisory role. Sales.
You might make £2000 a month with overtime but you get taxes on this. They claim the average salary is £28000 a year maybe it is but you really have to work a lot and maybe you’ll get that if you a manger or tradesman.
Now compare that with yours. For my house worth £250k I can buy a house with a pool in America. For doing a customer service job in New York City (minus all the ridiculous costs on fashion you lot are into) I’d get £60-80k a year but need an American degree for that. A green card. A back up plan. I’d have to commit to long hours and we’ll if they don’t line you they can get rid.
You have no idea how lucky you are. No idea.
But your net pay is shocking.
Let’s say your in a £75000 a year job - which is a good job but you work long hours in New York for that and will probably have no life) spending hours commuting. Putting up with pollution, crime etc and high living costs.
But you’ve all the deductions. Tax etc
I’ve seen hundred of 1-2 bed apartments in a good area in one of your skyscrapers with a gym (rubbish one) and some innovative design - THats between £3000 and £6000 alone - but what they don’t tell you is how much from your net pay you lose before it hits ya bank!!!
I’ve seen apartments in worser areas for less but not much less.
I’ve seen pay slips online and they claim £75000 dollars - a year
Your net pay is £2,500 a month. Before rent!!! Is this true??
Regardless because I’m a writer I have to spend time over there after lockdown. If you guys ever follow the rules.
What can I expect?
Gemme a run down
Rent?
Bills?
Food?
Travel?
How much do you take home after deductions?
Be good to finally know the truth!
Cheers guys
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If you are not built for the New York lifestyle, don't come here because this place will knock you away (lit).
While expensive, if you make over 150K a year, a family of two can have a comfortable life in downtown NY, otherwise you will have to commute for an hour+ from the Long Island side or from New Jersey, where I live.
However, the beauty of NY, opposite than any other country I have lived and worked in, is that it pays good salaries for educated folks. Companies pay a premium and also pay for your visa if you know how to play the game. So look at what high paying jobs are in need and in 4 years or less, you can move to Manhattan, although I would never want to live in Manhattan! You will develop psychological problems guaranteed!
If you are not built for the New York lifestyle, do yourself a favor and don't come here because this place will dismantle you.
Not sure why all data comes from our country are way off!!!!!
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But now I don't like it very much because of these reasons:
1. So many old and ugly apartments and other buildings that many of them are in Manhattan (and very near to some of world's biggest attractions)
2. Weak urban architecture as the biggest urban area in the world
3. so many mice and beetles
4. little positive changes in the city like constructing suitable streets and highways for 21st century
5. constructing skyscrapers in small streets that really need to expand in width
6. high level of crime (in comparison with some big cities of the world)
7. No power against natural disasters like flood.
and etc
Is there anyone (specially from New York) who is not agree with me?
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There is no chance at all that he lives well! Let me tell you how he actually lives:
-with 3-4 roommates, and probably a spouse, so that the rent is reduced by an additional 50% by splitting with him/her
-In a tiny apartment with roaches and thin walls, where you will never get peace and quiet with all your roommates and heating other neighbors day and night.
-In a dangerous neighborhood
-Never travels except for maybe drive to the next town over, but I doubt it as he probably could not afford the monthly gas and insurance costs.
-Almost never goes out to eat anywhere.
-Saves 1-2% of his check, not 25%. Maybe 0%. Lives paycheck to paycheck with almost no savings.
Guys, people making these kind of claims are downright dangerous, if someone really moved here with only $45 of actual spending money, even $60k, reading his post and thinking they will be fine and "live well" on that little of money, someone could easily become homeless and be in serious trouble. Do not be naive guys! On this type of money you will either barely scrape by, or literally run out of money.
New York can be expensive or can be cheap. It depends on your lifestyle.
I was making just $40k when I got my first job in 2014. Living with roommates, making your own food and planning the budget helps.
There are grocery stores which are on the lower cost end but provide a good choice.
It’s important to save up at least $150 a month for a rainy day (visits to ER, rent hikes, job loss).
Many people do alright with minimum wage jobs.
My current income is just $63k and I have an opportunity to travel, not worry about how much eating out will affect my ability to pay rent, buy some expensive things now and then, save up a quarter of my income for retirement and also save.
Most college graduates start with a salary of $50-60k and do well.
But ultimately, you can get more value for the same price if you decide not to move here.
$120K in New York is similar to $70K in Toronto, $90K in Boston based on my experience.
I received an offer to relocate to NYC, I'm an experienced Supervisor and Estimator as a Technical Designer in Building Facades (8 years, some of them in Dubai for very big Real Estate customers).
What is approx. the minimum salary I should ask to live a middle-class life in NYC to be able to save a good amount of money (I'm single with no kids)?
Is it normal to ask benefits from the company other than the salary, like medical insurance?
How much it could cost a medical insurance?
Thanks in advance!
thank you
For those of you commenting you want to come to New York please visit but don't stay. It is definitely not what you think New York has beautiful points but living here the stress will give you a heart attack. I have been in New York 11 years and I am thinking of moving away since it's so expensive. The thing about New York is their are tricks to the trade of living here because living here is work in itself. It is not a game their is someone aways waiting to take your apartment if you don't want it, majority of the time it's like this. The landlords are always pressuring you to leave in sneaky ways unless you have a connection through someone else who knows them and can vouch that your a great person. Or you know the housing courts system. The man who wrote this article god bless him because many of you think this is article is bull shit and sadly its not this is seriously how we live unless you make above 90,000 a year you are not in comfort. You need to come here speaking many languages and get a coding experience and technology experience. I'm currently learning coding now due to the fact I need to truly compete to make a living every hour of my life here. Those of you who think your going to come here making less than 90,000.00. Please Please make your lives easier and go move to another state if you want to live in America do years of research because each state has its drawbacks. So far I've picked Kansas as a state I would love to move to. My income is currently less than 20,000.00 income would provide a lot more to me in Kansas than it would here in New York City. I'm stuck here because I cannot leave and I am so accustomed to my lifestyle and the proximity of everything that is really close to me. One true thing is the gentrification happens every 5-7 years so before you can even complete a ten year census you already have lost your apartment due to some of the sketchy business that goes on with the sneaky landlords. My close relative a sister of mine had a landlord that did not want to confront her about trying to evict her from her apartment. So he took an eviction notice and placed it in her apartment while she was away under her fridge on the floor hoping she wouldn't see it. My relative has a compulsive disorder and has a very cleanly home This was how we were raised as children. She found it less than a day later and went to the courts to over turn the unwarranted eviction. If you don't check your mail daily it can hurt you, keeping a clean place helps, because living in New York is like running a business you must do daily inspection everyday to make sure your business is safe from those who want to destroy it hourly. If not you are doomed. Then usually if you really did truly have to go into the shelter due to loss of a home or apartment, while in the shelter system you will get relocated to another part of the city for a year or more further than what your commonly used to. This year is going to be the toughest year of your life. The worst thing about New York is making money once you have some they place another bill on your shoulders, so the higher your wages you earn the higher your bills. If you have children make the trip New York cares for families but if your single stay away. I truly don't make that much and when I pay taxes and or get a paycheck 200-400 is removed automatically without a blink or a flinch yet I worked all those hours only to get 60 percent of what I earn. Not even 75 percent of what I make U earn please please reconsider coming here. Do not come here with drug habits because these are expensive and will ruin you in this city the same with an alcohol habit. If you are not at the top of your game and you have drama don't come here the city has enough drama and it will suffocate you. We are at the highest rate of homelessness and highest rate of children starving without food please do better for your families. These two reasons why are why I won't have a child here in the city. Bad enough the person I am with may not even be able to do for himself to survive but how can both of us take care of a child when we can't even truly relax to be apart of this child's life because we work so hard to make sure it eats.
Just for example the author has got data cost of apartment but ignored mortgage interest rate which is very low in the US(less than 4 percent) w.r.t. India(10 percent) at the moment. So, the author should calculate effective cost of apartment. Along with this, the author should consider the hidden cost in the form of black money which exits in countries like india.