How much do you think it costs a month or year to live in NYC comfortably?

Answer 1

If youmake over 100k a year you should do ok....and no I'm not exagerrating.

Answer 2

How comfortably? One person? In Manhattan or elsewhere in the city.

Say a 30-something living in Manhattan -- basic one bedroom with doorman/elevator/type building: $3000 average/month so 36K/year

Gym probably $500/year

Groceries $500/month

Entertainment (hard to estimate) $1500/month

Utilities: $50-100/month

Cable TV/Internet: $100/month

Cellphone $50-100/month


Haven't included anything like clothing, miscellaneous, transit, etc....but you get the idea.


All of these can be less but since you said comfortably, I gave liberal estimates.

Answer 3

depends on the part of the city. On average though, apts in the outer boroughs are gonna run you 1500 a month for a 1BR, give or take a few hundred depending on area. Manhattan is a whole other ball game. Studios the size of a closet can exceed 2 grand a month, 5 flights up. All other expenses are off the charts in Manhattan, but more normal in Queens, Brooklyn or the bronx. Its all realtive. What are you going to do? You can live on 30,000 a year in NY, just not on 42St!

Answer 4

Manhattan is probably the only place in the world where a person can make over $100K a year and still be considered "poor". Seriously. Rent alone is average of $2500 a month fora studio apartment.

Answer 5

Depends on your comfort level. For most natives, convenience outweighs comfort. There is no rhyme or reason when it comes to rent in this town.

Answer 6

New york City is one of the most expensive places in the WORLD. you'd have to pay more just to live there then to experiance it. idk im guessing 80,000-120,000 average apartment