Cost of Living in New York, NY

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Annual Breakdown

Gross Salary $70,000
Taxes (Est.) ...
Housing (Rent) -$34,920
Net Income ...

Cost of Living Index

149.7
Cheaper Avg (100) Pricier

Living in New York, NY is roughly 50% more expensive than the national average.

Monthly Take-Home

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Affordability Score

Grade
Rent Burden –%
Affordable (<20%) 30% Rule Stretched (>40%)

K-12 Schools

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Schools 4,508
Enrollment 2,774,536
Pupil:Teacher 0:1
Charter 6.3%
Title I 0%

Colleges & Universities

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Institutions 364
Avg In-State $19,246
Avg Out-of-State $20,786
Avg Grad Rate 59.0%
Institution Enrollment In-State Tuition Grad Rate
Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing 273 $39,900 100.0%
Ohel Margulia Seminary 243 $9,500 100.0%
Medical Career Institute 162 $0 100.0%
Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-North Plainfield 160 $0 100.0%
Long Island Beauty School-Hauppauge 119 $0 100.0%
Cutting Edge Academy 94 $0 100.0%
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater 71 $17,900 100.0%
Circle in the Square Theatre School 50 $24,000 100.0%
Charles Stuart School of Diamond Setting 43 $0 100.0%
Assumption College for Sisters 35 $6,000 100.0%
Westchester School for Medical & Dental Assistants 35 $0 100.0%
Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program 29 $0 100.0%
School of Professional Horticulture, New York Botanical Garden 19 $8,750 100.0%
Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion 511 $10,000 97.0%
New York School of Esthetics & Day Spa 164 $0 97.0%
New York Medical Career Training Center 87 $0 97.0%
Christine Valmy International School of Esthetics & Cosmetology 247 $0 96.0%
EDP School 155 $0 96.0%
Union County Vocational Technical School 60 $0 96.0%
Columbia University in the City of New York 35,279 $64,526 95.0%
Electrical and HVAC/R Training Center 236 $0 95.0%
Elyon College 31 $14,520 95.0%
Seminary Bnos Chaim 177 $12,000 94.0%
Berk Trade and Business School 161 $0 94.0%
Artistic Academy of Hair Design 93 $0 94.0%
Eastern Suffolk BOCES 31 $0 94.0%
Barnard College 3,353 $64,078 93.0%
Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esthetics 244 $0 93.0%
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York 225 $38,725 93.0%
Long Island Nail Skin & Hair Institute 149 $0 93.0%
New York Seminary 120 $12,750 93.0%
Brittany Beauty Academy 149 $0 91.0%
Alliance Computing Solutions 4 $0 91.0%
Stevens Institute of Technology 8,842 $58,680 90.0%
The Juilliard School 1,028 $53,300 90.0%
Access Careers 408 $0 90.0%
Morris County Vocational School District 32 $0 90.0%
Capri Cosmetology Learning Centers 328 $0 89.0%
New York University 57,335 $60,438 88.0%
Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel 172 $9,400 88.0%
Berkowits School of Electrolysis 107 $0 88.0%
Focus Personal Training Institute 69 $0 88.0%
Grace International Beauty School 15 $0 88.0%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 316 $62,676 87.0%
Total Image Beauty Academy 293 $0 87.0%
New York Institute of Beauty 241 $0 87.0%
Merkaz Bnos-Business School 153 $0 87.0%
Healthcare Training Institute 103 $0 87.0%
Studio Jewelers 65 $0 87.0%
Empire Beauty School-Peekskill 42 $0 87.0%
Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer 373 $12,300 86.0%
Allen School-Brooklyn 156 $0 86.0%
Bais Medrash of Dexter Park 22 $11,000 86.0%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick 50,617 $13,674 85.0%
Mobile Technical Training 31 $0 85.0%
Yeshiva University 6,826 $46,000 84.0%
Parisian Beauty School 464 $0 84.0%
Metropolitan Learning Institute 318 $0 84.0%
Fashion Institute of Technology 8,108 $7,170 83.0%
Western Suffolk BOCES 274 $0 83.0%
Bnos Zion Of Bobov Seminary 142 $8,950 83.0%
Paul Mitchell the School-NYC 75 $0 83.0%
Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov Yitzchok 69 $13,700 83.0%
Westchester School of Beauty Culture 55 $0 83.0%
Long Island Beauty School-Hempstead 47 $0 83.0%
Hunter Business School 1,042 $0 82.0%
Advantage Career Institute 149 $0 82.0%
United States Merchant Marine Academy 961 $0 81.0%
American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education 397 $0 81.0%
Webb Institute 105 $57,830 81.0%
Fordham University 16,153 $60,335 80.0%
Apex Technical School 1,300 $0 80.0%
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 983 $44,550 80.0%
Hohokus School of Trade and Technical Sciences 134 $0 80.0%
Yeshivat Hechal Shemuel 65 $12,380 80.0%
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Teterboro 500 $16,520 79.0%
Stony Brook University 25,865 $7,070 78.0%
Manhattan School of Music 1,097 $53,500 78.0%
Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences 1,160 $24,000 77.0%
Arrojo Cosmetology School 107 $0 77.0%
Island Drafting and Technical Institute 53 $18,750 77.0%
Lincoln Technical Institute-South Plainfield 324 $0 76.0%
Innovate Salon Academy 247 $0 76.0%
School of Visual Arts 4,016 $49,140 75.0%
SUNY Maritime College 1,350 $7,070 75.0%
Institute of Culinary Education 637 $0 75.0%
AMG School of Nursing 570 $0 75.0%
Eastern Suffolk BOCES 275 $0 75.0%
Holy Name Medical Center-Sister Claire Tynan School of Nursing 181 $15,624 75.0%
Ohr Hameir Theological Seminary 94 $10,050 75.0%
Brittany Beauty Academy 75 $0 75.0%
Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Leyma 47 $11,350 75.0%
Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron Meilech 42 $10,100 75.0%
Associated Beth Rivkah Schools 289 $9,700 74.0%
Transitions Career Institute School of Nursing 182 $0 74.0%
New Age Training 157 $0 74.0%
New Jersey Institute of Technology 13,007 $15,616 73.0%
Pratt Institute-Main 5,232 $57,659 73.0%
Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing 388 $19,500 73.0%
Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS 54 $0 73.0%
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College 19,698 $6,930 72.0%
Ramapo College of New Jersey 5,521 $15,978 72.0%
Molloy College 4,970 $36,280 72.0%
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus 2,778 $37,346 72.0%
Drew University 2,226 $44,260 72.0%
Lincoln Technical Institute-Union 1,648 $0 72.0%
American Musical and Dramatic Academy 1,511 $45,260 72.0%
Manhattan School of Computer Technology 625 $0 72.0%
Access Careers-Islandia 314 $0 72.0%
Career School of NY 110 $0 72.0%
Center for Ultrasound Research & Education 35 $0 72.0%
Seton Hall University 9,494 $48,670 71.0%
The New School 9,434 $54,995 71.0%
Boricua College 479 $12,500 71.0%
Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas 461 $10,600 71.0%
Ocean County Vocational-Technical School 450 $0 71.0%
Ace Institute of Technology 264 $0 71.0%
American Beauty School 140 $0 71.0%
Allen School-Jamaica 84 $0 71.0%
Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah 79 $12,000 71.0%
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-New York 76 $0 71.0%
Eastern Suffolk BOCES 9 $0 71.0%
Monmouth University 4,981 $44,098 70.0%
Sarah Lawrence College 1,743 $63,128 70.0%
Lincoln Technical Institute-Mahwah 964 $0 70.0%
Yeshiva Gedolah Shaarei Shmuel 132 $9,720 70.0%
Adelphi University 7,406 $45,450 69.0%
Yeshivath Viznitz 1,148 $9,900 69.0%
St. John's University-New York 19,691 $48,301 68.0%
Rutgers University-Newark 10,809 $13,674 68.0%
Wagner College 1,932 $50,200 68.0%
Pacific College of Health and Science 678 $10,994 68.0%
Yeshiva Gedolah Keren Hatorah 189 $9,800 68.0%
Culinary Tech Center 44 $0 68.0%
Hofstra University 10,393 $54,335 67.0%
New York Automotive and Diesel Institute 448 $0 67.0%
Manhattan College 3,495 $46,100 66.0%
Empire Beauty School-Union 113 $0 66.0%
Touro University 11,953 $18,950 65.0%
New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts 286 $36,200 65.0%
Yeshivas Novominsk 163 $8,540 65.0%
Bais Medrash Mayan Hatorah 25 $11,750 65.0%
Montclair State University 22,570 $13,710 64.0%
St. Joseph's University-New York 4,050 $33,825 64.0%
Eastwick College-Ramsey 929 $16,928 64.0%
Eastwick College-Nutley 456 $14,746 64.0%
Empire Beauty School-Queens 147 $0 64.0%
Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute 121 $12,500 64.0%
MCVSD 63 $0 64.0%
Barber & Beauty Institute of New York 28 $0 64.0%
Saint Peter's University 3,673 $39,954 63.0%
St. Thomas Aquinas College 1,950 $36,920 63.0%
Plaza College 846 $14,000 63.0%
Fortis Institute-Wayne 404 $0 63.0%
New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants 281 $0 63.0%
Pro Beauty Academy 100 $0 63.0%
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus 7,607 $36,526 62.0%
SUNY at Purchase College 3,229 $7,070 62.0%
Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka 232 $11,500 62.0%
CUNY Hunter College 22,879 $6,930 61.0%
Pace University 14,092 $49,550 61.0%
Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov 371 $11,300 61.0%
National Career Institute 148 $0 61.0%
CUNY Queens College 16,481 $6,930 60.0%
Caldwell University 1,864 $37,352 59.0%
Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone 793 $0 59.0%
Empire Beauty School-Manhattan 342 $0 58.0%
P C Age-Jersey City 163 $0 58.0%
Best Care College 46 $0 58.0%
CUNY Brooklyn College 13,935 $6,930 57.0%
Farmingdale State College 9,541 $7,070 57.0%
Monroe College 7,924 $15,912 57.0%
Iona University 3,720 $43,680 57.0%
University of Mount Saint Vincent 3,202 $41,200 57.0%
United Talmudical Seminary 2,006 $14,133 57.0%
Dominican University New York 1,378 $32,160 57.0%
Bais Binyomin Academy 50 $9,200 57.0%
New York Institute of Technology 6,757 $41,960 56.0%
Lincoln Technical Institute-Paramus 608 $0 56.0%
Universal Training Institute 133 $0 56.0%
Long Island University 16,322 $39,458 55.0%
CUNY City College 15,012 $6,930 55.0%
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 13,510 $6,930 55.0%
Georgian Court University 1,910 $35,360 55.0%
Yeshivath Shaar Hatorah 96 $18,700 55.0%
PC AGE-Metropark 56 $0 55.0%
Manhattanville College 2,379 $40,850 54.0%
Universal Technical Institute-Bloomfield 1,200 $0 54.0%
American Institute-Clifton 735 $0 54.0%
New York School of Interior Design 593 $36,600 54.0%
New York College of Health Professions 97 $14,040 54.0%
LIM College 1,371 $31,090 53.0%
Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary 679 $12,300 53.0%
Garden State Science and Technology Institute 576 $0 53.0%
Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary 57 $10,400 53.0%
St. Francis College 3,552 $27,460 52.0%
Rabbinical College Ohr Yisroel 116 $9,000 52.0%
Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah 108 $10,500 52.0%
Lincoln Technical Institute-Iselin 586 $0 51.0%
Felician University 2,236 $35,180 50.0%
Marymount Manhattan College 1,648 $38,400 50.0%
Yeshiva Gedolah of Woodlake Village 79 $8,830 50.0%
CUNY Lehman College 12,894 $6,930 49.0%
Five Towns College 723 $28,450 49.0%
Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok 222 $12,400 49.0%
William Paterson University of New Jersey 9,426 $14,690 48.0%
Mercy University 8,774 $21,236 48.0%
SUNY Old Westbury 4,449 $7,070 47.0%
American Institute-Somerset 274 $0 47.0%
Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary 206 $12,800 47.0%
American Institute-Toms River 463 $0 46.0%
Berkeley College-Woodland Park 2,007 $26,072 45.0%
Empire Beauty School-Bloomfield 117 $0 45.0%
Rabbinical College Beth Shraga 48 $15,800 45.0%
Sussex County Community College 2,220 $5,232 44.0%
Eastwick College-Hackensack 874 $16,813 44.0%
Kean University 13,352 $11,135 43.0%
Talmudical Seminary of Bobov 515 $13,200 43.0%
St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens 945 $16,897 42.0%
Digital Film Academy 60 $0 41.0%
Berkeley College-New York 1,902 $25,781 40.0%
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology 1,212 $28,000 40.0%
Saint Elizabeth University 1,009 $33,886 40.0%
Rabbinical College of Ohr Shimon Yisroel 233 $22,500 40.0%
Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn 161 $0 40.0%
Ocean County College 7,429 $4,752 39.0%
New Jersey City University 5,833 $13,785 39.0%
Brittany Beauty Academy 148 $0 39.0%
Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser Torah 82 $9,300 38.0%
Middlesex College 11,471 $5,472 35.0%
UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ 8,081 $9,500 35.0%
Raritan Valley Community College 6,587 $6,240 35.0%
County College of Morris 6,069 $9,240 35.0%
Yeshiva Yesoda Hatorah Vetz Chaim 205 $21,000 35.0%
Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute 83 $12,000 35.0%
Jersey College 4,089 $0 34.0%
Rabbinical Seminary of America 601 $10,000 34.0%
Pillar College 554 $24,120 34.0%
Rabbinical College of Long Island 161 $9,790 34.0%
College of Staten Island CUNY 10,736 $6,930 33.0%
JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools 572 $6,420 33.0%
Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary 538 $12,500 33.0%
DeVry College of New York 233 $14,392 33.0%
Yeshiva Karlin Stolin 166 $14,000 33.0%
DeVry University-New Jersey 74 $14,392 33.0%
Keser Torah-Mayan Hatalmud 59 $11,060 33.0%
Mildred Elley-New York Campus 1,004 $14,881 32.0%
The College of Westchester 891 $23,220 32.0%
Mandl School-The College of Allied Health 465 $19,980 32.0%
Bais Medrash Toras Chesed 125 $8,100 32.0%
Bloomfield College 910 $30,680 31.0%
New Community Career & Technical Institute 18 $0 31.0%
CUNY York College 6,161 $6,930 30.0%
Brookdale Community College 9,916 $7,875 29.0%
Rockland Community College 5,763 $5,472 29.0%
American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service 282 $19,838 29.0%
St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island 661 $16,872 28.0%
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College 129 $13,500 28.0%
Gemological Institute of America-New York 313 $0 27.0%
Yeshiva Toras Chaim 225 $12,600 27.0%
Yeshivas Sanz Klauzenburg 107 $14,000 27.0%
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College 18,225 $4,800 26.0%
Suffolk County Community College 20,053 $5,640 25.0%
CUNY LaGuardia Community College 13,998 $4,800 25.0%
CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College 1,101 $4,800 25.0%
Metropolitan College of New York 663 $19,338 25.0%
Eastern International College-Jersey City 474 $17,950 25.0%
Center for Allied Health Education 113 $0 25.0%
Rabbinical Seminary Mkor Chaim 81 $8,300 25.0%
CUNY Kingsborough Community College 19,070 $4,800 24.0%
Bergen Community College 11,801 $7,516 24.0%
Nassau Community College 11,984 $5,800 23.0%
CUNY Queensborough Community College 10,251 $4,800 23.0%
SUNY Westchester Community College 9,031 $4,980 23.0%
Hudson County Community College 7,229 $7,440 23.0%
CUNY Medgar Evers College 3,846 $6,930 22.0%
Long Island Business Institute 367 $9,800 22.0%
Essex County College 6,790 $8,054 21.0%
CUNY New York City College of Technology 13,767 $6,930 19.0%
Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin 276 $10,800 19.0%
CUNY Bronx Community College 6,465 $4,800 18.0%
Rabbinical College of America 206 $13,000 18.0%
Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid 183 $9,640 18.0%
Yeshiva Derech Chaim 152 $12,700 18.0%
CUNY Hostos Community College 5,526 $4,800 17.0%
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America 66 $13,560 17.0%
Passaic County Community College 5,165 $7,500 15.0%
Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah 353 $8,000 14.0%
Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok 52 $11,200 14.0%
Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael 17 $9,400 13.0%
Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander 169 $21,000 12.0%
Yeshiva of Kasho 174 $14,000 11.0%
Yeshiva Gedolah of Cliffwood 55 $8,550 11.0%
Talmudical Academy-New Jersey 78 $15,600 10.0%
Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary 73 $9,600 10.0%
Lia Schorr Institute of Cosmetic Skin Care Training 38 $0 9.0%
Yeshiva Shaar Ephraim 138 $16,800 8.0%
Yeshiva Yesodei Hatorah 72 $12,500 7.0%
Yeshiva Sholom Shachna 118 $10,500 6.0%
Yeshiva of the Telshe Alumni 78 $9,200 6.0%
Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical College 86 $9,200 5.0%
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School 96 $12,450 4.0%
Yeshivas Emek Hatorah 93 $9,600 4.0%
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz 918 $8,400 3.0%
CUNY Graduate School and University Center 9,116 $6,930
Beth Medrash Govoha 8,824 $25,780
Teachers College at Columbia University 4,392 $0
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University 2,204 $7,070
Relay Graduate School of Education 1,911 $0
New York Medical College 1,470 $0
Weill Medical College of Cornell University 1,390 $0
Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1,328 $0
Chamberlain University-New Jersey 1,316 $20,300
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 1,234 $0
Brooklyn Law School 1,174 $0
New York Law School 1,056 $0
Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, Skin Care & Makeup 728 $0
Helene Fuld College of Nursing 722 $22,267
CUNY School of Law 681 $0
Strayer University-New Jersey 602 $13,725
Bank Street College of Education 597 $0
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine 567 $0
SUNY College of Optometry 394 $0
New York College of Podiatric Medicine 349 $0
The Rockefeller University 286 $0
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion 266 $0
Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-West New York 229 $0
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York 220 $0
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine 179 $16,290
Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY 175 $0
Innovate Salon Academy 166 $0
Austin Medical Assistant Training 158 $0
Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College 151 $11,000
Salon Professional Academy 143 $0
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland 141 $13,000
New Brunswick Theological Seminary 131 $0
HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership 127 $0
Mechon L'hoyroa 124 $11,800
New York Academy of Art 116 $0
Montefiore School of Nursing 115 $22,620
Cochran School of Nursing 112 $8,120
Beth Medrash of Asbury Park 109 $11,760
Bais Medrash Elyon 95 $8,600
Saint Vladimirs Orthodox Theological Seminary 90 $0
The Ailey School 88 $13,925
Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes Boruch 70 $9,550
Academy for Jewish Religion 62 $0
New York Theological Seminary 50 $0
Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine 50 $0
Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh 36 $9,070
Miami Ad School-New York 32 $19,400
American Institute of Alternative Medicine 32 $0
Glasgow Caledonian New York College 23 $0
Central Yeshiva Beth Joseph 22 $10,000
Yeshiva Bais Aharon 13 $10,200
Memorial Hospital School of Radiation Therapy Technology 12 $5,000
Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine 1 $0