Cost of living in New York 2026
Typical rent, prices and the overall cost index for New York, with quick comparisons to other cities.
Cost index (base New York = 100)
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About the same as New York
New YorkUSD
1-bed apartment, centre 3,800 USD $3,800
1-bed apartment, outside centre 2,800 USD $2,800
3-bed apartment, centre 7,000 USD $7,000
Room in shared flat 1,500 USD $1,500
Buy price per m2 17,000 USD $17,000
Living cost excl. rent 1,400 USD $1,400
Typical net salary 5,500 USD $5,500
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How we calculate and where the data comes from
Educational model, not financial, tax or relocation advice. Figures are estimates for 2026 and are rounded to ranges, never exact values. Our cost index is built from open data and adapted by CrawlJobs (aggregated and reweighted); it is not endorsed by the sources.
Sources: Eurostat (free reuse, Commission Decision 2011/833/EU), World Bank Open Data ICP (CC-BY-4.0), US BEA / HUD / Census (public domain), GeoNames (CC-BY-4.0). Source and product names are used for attribution only; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.