Cost of Living in New York

What a mess with all these comments from users promoting a right-wing grift channel that just parrots FOX news.

The reality is that New York has an *extremely* low crime rate for a large US city. One of the very lowest, and anyone telling you otherwise is a liar.

Don't fall for it. To stay on topic, New York *is* massively unaffordable. For Manhattan, I would say these numbers are representative, but I live in Queens, make $165k and only spend $55k a year, $1425/mo on market rate rent. That includes 2 luxurious international vacations/y and restaurant meals 3x a week.

I would stay out of Manhattan to get lower costs. If you do, it is extremely easy to make it on $100k pre-tax. Below 90th street or so, $130k is a good salary that will allow you comfort, and you could hack it on $90k with some roommates pretty easily.

you will get nothing for 3k in Manhattan, you need to calclaute at least 5k for a one bedroom in Manhattan or 2 bedrooms in Brooklyn..

That cost of living estimate might be way to low as it doesn't include healthcare. also the table below doesn't include healthcare

Where i can find an apartment in New York just $350

Hi all. I am a Brit and have been offered a transfer to the NYC office of my employer. I work in advertising. The salary offer is $100,000 per annum. Would this salary afford me a decent life in NY? It is considerably more than an I make in the UK [allowing for FER).

New York became unaffordable, even for the upper middle class and even the rich.

Cash Jordan shows you exactly what it looks like now living in New York :

https://www.youtube.com/@CashJordan/videos

I might just live in keya now since i heard that was a lot more cheaper

Hi my name is sobhan Abbasi my 13 years old lm from Iran in zanjan

I Mark moved my family from the USA for 3 years to the Russian Federation, as it is impossible to live in NY because of the increase in prices for food, heating, fuel and, of course, crowds of brazen migrants who live on welfare and rob and mock local residents, and the authorities only indulge them for votes in elections. Now we have been living in Moscow for 4 years and this city is a thousand times better than NY. No wonder UN experts recognize Moscow best metropolis in terms of quality of life! Moscow has been name the best in the world in terms of infrastructure development and quality of life according to UN-Habitat's City Prosperity Index.. Haters can write anything, but the fact remains anyway!

@confused—the minimum wage is $15 per hour, which works out to $31,200 annually before taxes. Most people are living paycheck to paycheck, but there’s so much wealth concentrated in New York that the average salary is totally skewed. So while 75% of people are living on $50,000 or less, the top 5%—hedge fund managers, Wall Street brokers, lawyers, software engineers—make so much more than everyone else that it seems like the average New Yorker is a lot richer than they actually are.

Anon from Aug 25 — your country is made up of foreigners, stupid.

the guy who started off at 40k in 2014 with roommates did very well he said and now makes 64k and still was able to save money.
what is the minimum wage in NY??
i read it is 13 dollars and 20 cents an hour.
so how much is that YEARLY?
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-york-minimum-wage-and-salary-7981936/#:~:text=Workers%20in%20New%20York%20City%20employed%20by%20businesses%20with%2010,hour%20(up%20from%20%2414.00).

the average yearly salary for new yorkers is 35,000 per year. yes, thats HALF of what that college graduate makes at 64k.
so if the average salary for people statistically is 35k a year, then there are TONS of people living in new york with a home.

Unless you're born with a golden spoon in your mouth to a millionaire daddy, don't come here.
If the job offer is less than $6,000 NET after tax, don't come here.
The stress and pace of life alone are guaranteed to kill you, let alone the cost of living and inflation.
I see dog moms in their mid twenties looking like 40 year olds walking the streets of NY like zombies. It's tough, it's depressing, it's lonely, it's very expensive and it will consume you slowly. You've been warned.
On a side note, yesterday I was at a Turkish coffee shop here in the backwards of Queens. I bought a small regular coffee and a Turkish delight piece the size of an airpod case cut into 4 little pieces and paid 10 USD TOTAL plus tip. The coffee shop is on Queens Boulevard, arguably the shittiest boulevard in Northern America.
I sat on the sidewalk and stared at my order and I was like Poor America, it could've saved itself, but chose not to.

Thank God!I am in Kenya. Where I get clean water for free and almost all the food mentioned above goes for less than one dollar per kg..After seeing the cost of living there I honestly have no desire to ever go to NYC..

Poor example... no toilet paper you can’t even clean your butt

Rents came down in NYC over past few months. A lot of kids moved out as a result of the pandemic. A studio, which went for $3,500 a month at the beginning of 2020, goes for $2,400 now.
The City is kind of desolate now. Before the pandemic you needed $125k a year plus $50k bonus to live a decent single life. Now, you can do it just for the salary, kind of, without the bonus. The entertainment options are limited. Good luck to all.