Prices, pay, taxes, homes and family budgets, county by county, from the same official data the site's calculators use.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures price levels in every state against a national average of 100. New York scores 107.9 overall, so a $75,000 salary at average US prices buys what $80,941 buys here. Compare any salary with another state.
| Price level | New York (US = 100) | Rank, most expensive first |
|---|---|---|
| Everything | 107.9 | 5th of 51 |
| Rents | 122.2 | 8th of 51 |
| Goods | 107.3 | — |
| Other services | 104.1 | — |
Home electricity averaged 24.43 cents a kilowatt-hour in 2024, against 17.06 across all states. A gallon of regular gas cost $4.21 at the end of August 2026, against $4.12.
Across all 9,688,000 jobs the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts in New York, the median pay is $59,670 a year, or $28.69 an hour; that ranks 7th of the 50 states and DC. One worker in ten earns less than $35,760 and one in ten more than $157,500.
New York taxes wages in brackets, with a top rate of 10.9%. The brackets in New York. A single filer on the median $59,670, with no retirement or health deductions, takes home about $47,068 a year, or $1,810 every two weeks, after $4,980 of federal income tax, $4,565 of Social Security and Medicare and $3,057 of state income tax. Work out your own paycheck in New York.
The five occupations employing the most people, with their median annual pay:
| Occupation | Jobs | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 663,140 | $39,620 |
| Retail Salespersons | 238,540 | $37,720 |
| General and Operations Managers | 206,740 | $130,860 |
| Registered Nurses | 205,810 | $109,440 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 195,250 | $41,640 |
Of the 20 largest occupations, the best paid are lawyers ($207,860), software developers ($166,180), general and operations managers ($130,860). See what common jobs pay in every state.
Across the 62 New York counties with their own Zillow home value, the median typical home is worth $257,530, and across the 49 with their own rent figure the median typical rent is $1,548 a month. A typical home costs 2.95 years of the county's median family income, at the median county.
With 10% down at 7.03%, the average 30-year rate on September 24, 2026, that home costs about $2,069 a month with tax, insurance and mortgage insurance, which takes $88,684 a year of income under the usual 28% guideline. The median family can afford its own county's typical home in 41.9% of New York's counties, against 44.9% of counties nationally. Try it with your own income.
At the median county, home values changed +5.5% over the past year and +32.3% over five years, and rents +5.2% over the past year.
The most expensive New York counties are New York County ($1,254,053), Kings County ($971,639) and Westchester County ($886,668); the least expensive are Allegany County ($142,982), St. Lawrence County ($150,602) and Chenango County ($166,635).
The Economic Policy Institute prices what a modest but adequate standard of living costs in every county: housing, food, transport, healthcare, childcare, other necessities and taxes. In the median New York county, that comes to $50,878 a year for one adult and $120,159 for two adults and two children, of which $23,968 is childcare. The national averages are $47,367 and $101,771. Median family income in the median county is $88,049.
| Two adults, two children | Per year, median county | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | $14,438 | $1,203 |
| Food | $12,617 | $1,051 |
| Transportation | $19,186 | $1,599 |
| Healthcare | $20,064 | $1,672 |
| Childcare | $23,968 | $1,997 |
| Other necessities | $8,351 | $696 |
| Taxes | $20,233 | $1,686 |
Each line is its own median across counties, so the lines do not add up exactly to the total.
The Department of Education's College Scorecard lists 417 colleges in New York, 108 of them public. The median public college reports a cost of attendance of $16,830 a year, covering tuition, housing, books and other expenses. Ten years after enrolling, the median school's former students earn $47,733. Compare degrees and schools.
| Albany County | $376,480 | +4.6% | $1,668 | $115,490 | $131,694 |
| Allegany County | $142,982 | +7.6% | — | $80,013 | $105,262 |
| Bronx County | $502,648 | +5.6% | $2,794 | $59,322 | $144,085 |
| Broome County | $204,090 | +6.4% | $1,331 | $83,422 | $113,976 |
| Cattaraugus County | $168,000 | +4.8% | $1,061 | $75,127 | $102,958 |
| Cayuga County | $238,643 | +6.1% | $1,451 | $85,449 | $109,939 |
| Chautauqua County | $180,156 | +4.9% | $1,022 | $76,149 | $102,116 |
| Chemung County | $166,792 | +5.7% | $1,135 | $81,566 | $117,271 |
| Chenango County | $166,635 | +7.5% | — | $76,894 | $105,917 |
| Clinton County | $234,264 | +6.4% | $1,450 | $90,354 | $121,758 |
| Columbia County | $488,466 | +6.1% | $2,104 | $104,645 | $122,207 |
| Cortland County | $209,946 | +6.9% | $1,308 | $85,316 | $110,019 |
| Delaware County | $253,239 | +2.9% | $1,075 | $76,474 | $114,024 |
| Dutchess County | $505,712 | +5.5% | $2,154 | $122,611 | $148,573 |
| Erie County | $301,755 | +4.1% | $1,491 | $96,230 | $118,505 |
| Essex County | $297,848 | +10.5% | — | $85,105 | $114,647 |
| Franklin County | $180,341 | +8.0% | — | $75,978 | $108,361 |
| Fulton County | $231,092 | +7.4% | $962 | $73,183 | $107,601 |
| Genesee County | $230,970 | +5.8% | $1,444 | $89,729 | $107,036 |
| Greene County | $370,068 | +3.0% | $1,681 | $96,523 | $116,441 |
| Hamilton County | $275,515 | +3.1% | — | $87,302 | $122,582 |
| Herkimer County | $206,905 | +7.0% | — | $88,417 | $121,373 |
| Jefferson County | $235,506 | +5.8% | $1,504 | $80,333 | $117,753 |
| Kings County | $971,639 | +4.6% | $3,860 | $87,226 | $161,667 |
| Lewis County | $201,054 | +5.5% | — | $78,095 | $108,122 |
| Livingston County | $250,099 | +4.1% | $1,682 | $93,602 | $120,677 |
| Madison County | $265,879 | +6.7% | $1,191 | $94,317 | $118,128 |
| Monroe County | $295,138 | +4.5% | $1,548 | $99,834 | $130,609 |
| Montgomery County | $216,435 | +2.2% | $1,164 | $86,028 | $113,753 |
| Nassau County | $859,466 | +5.1% | $3,655 | $165,692 | $173,868 |
| New York County | $1,254,053 | +2.6% | $4,846 | $142,014 | $182,886 |
| Niagara County | $258,142 | +6.2% | $1,175 | $88,304 | $107,790 |
| Oneida County | $240,539 | +7.4% | $1,446 | $88,011 | $114,374 |
| Onondaga County | $290,079 | +6.4% | $1,659 | $98,891 | $126,515 |
| Ontario County | $331,802 | +6.2% | $1,808 | $100,623 | $134,189 |
| Orange County | $470,558 | +4.2% | $2,321 | $113,255 | $149,394 |
| Orleans County | $207,441 | +8.2% | — | $83,039 | $112,731 |
| Oswego County | $211,749 | +8.4% | $1,361 | $84,690 | $117,131 |
| Otsego County | $221,447 | +4.1% | $1,562 | $84,415 | $121,952 |
| Putnam County | $580,602 | +5.6% | $2,867 | $144,954 | $182,646 |
| Queens County | $751,364 | +4.5% | $3,284 | $96,052 | $167,976 |
| Rensselaer County | $332,753 | +6.3% | $1,595 | $111,952 | $130,631 |
| Richmond County | $732,730 | +5.3% | $2,623 | $117,811 | $168,440 |
| Rockland County | $767,885 | +4.1% | $2,971 | $130,026 | $180,355 |
| Saratoga County | $474,627 | +5.7% | $1,879 | $125,869 | $140,103 |
| Schenectady County | $317,519 | +5.4% | $1,486 | $98,882 | $129,110 |
| Schoharie County | $256,222 | +7.3% | — | $87,727 | $124,650 |
| Schuyler County | $250,031 | +5.3% | — | $84,851 | $110,439 |
| Seneca County | $229,354 | +5.7% | — | $86,917 | $110,712 |
| St. Lawrence County | $150,602 | +5.4% | $1,197 | $80,918 | $109,529 |
| Steuben County | $174,606 | +5.1% | $1,314 | $86,598 | $108,526 |
| Suffolk County | $723,980 | +3.3% | $3,303 | $147,792 | $176,193 |
| Sullivan County | $325,747 | +4.6% | $1,857 | $88,086 | $117,545 |
| Tioga County | $211,016 | +5.8% | $1,256 | $86,598 | $118,484 |
| Tompkins County | $359,644 | +3.9% | $1,872 | $111,825 | $151,012 |
| Ulster County | $449,947 | +3.3% | $1,995 | $110,044 | $145,805 |
| Warren County | $385,025 | +6.7% | $1,518 | $102,500 | $130,735 |
| Washington County | $256,918 | +4.2% | $1,400 | $84,756 | $122,422 |
| Wayne County | $256,621 | +6.0% | $1,232 | $94,964 | $120,304 |
| Westchester County | $886,668 | +6.4% | $3,183 | $153,491 | $183,025 |
| Wyoming County | $214,077 | +4.4% | — | $84,930 | $105,218 |
| Yates County | $327,019 | +4.0% | — | $82,228 | $120,014 |
A dash means the source publishes no figure for that county. Home values and rents are Zillow's own county figures only; counties Zillow does not cover are left blank rather than filled with a state average.
New York, NY (typical rent $3,627), Buffalo, NY (typical rent $1,446), Rochester, NY (typical rent $1,557), Albany, NY (typical rent $1,689), Poughkeepsie, NY (typical rent $2,257), Syracuse, NY (typical rent $1,613).
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