Rent Affordability for A Chef in New Jersey
A typical chef in New Jersey earns about $71,848 a year, which supports approximately $1,796 a month in rent under the 30% rule. Below, every tracked New Jersey city is ranked by how local rent compares against that affordability ceiling.
As of May 2026. 11 of 199 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 188 are rent-burdened on this salary.
| City↕ | Median rent↕ | % of income↑ | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collingswood, NJ | $1,588/mo | 26.5% | affordable |
| Millville, NJ | $1,652/mo | 27.6% | affordable |
| Bellmawr, NJ | $1,674/mo | 28% | affordable |
| Gloucester City, NJ | $1,680/mo | 28.1% | affordable |
| West Deptford Township, NJ | $1,721/mo | 28.7% | affordable |
| Maple Shade Township, NJ | $1,723/mo | 28.8% | affordable |
| Audubon, NJ | $1,735/mo | 29% | affordable |
| Somerdale, NJ | $1,738/mo | 29% | affordable |
| Salem, NJ | $1,775/mo | 29.6% | affordable |
| Camden, NJ | $1,786/mo | 29.8% | affordable |
| Atlantic City, NJ | $1,789/mo | 29.9% | affordable |
| Edgewater Park Township, NJ | $1,811/mo | 30.2% | stretched |
| Clementon, NJ | $1,849/mo | 30.9% | stretched |
| Paterson, NJ | $1,864/mo | 31.1% | stretched |
| Voorhees Township, NJ | $1,890/mo | 31.6% | stretched |
| Wildwood, NJ | $1,900/mo | 31.7% | stretched |
| Washington, NJ | $1,903/mo | 31.8% | stretched |
| Pleasantville, NJ | $1,968/mo | 32.9% | stretched |
| Mt Holly Township, NJ | $1,972/mo | 32.9% | stretched |
| Vineland, NJ | $1,974/mo | 33% | stretched |
| Blackwood, NJ | $1,980/mo | 33.1% | stretched |
| Newton, NJ | $1,986/mo | 33.2% | stretched |
| Orange, NJ | $1,991/mo | 33.3% | stretched |
| Phillipsburg, NJ | $1,997/mo | 33.4% | stretched |
| Lavallette, NJ | $2,000/mo | 33.4% | stretched |
| Irvington, NJ | $2,002/mo | 33.4% | stretched |
| East Orange, NJ | $2,008/mo | 33.5% | stretched |
| Woodbury, NJ | $2,023/mo | 33.8% | stretched |
| Randolph, NJ | $2,025/mo | 33.8% | stretched |
| Lumberton Township, NJ | $2,040/mo | 34.1% | stretched |
| Trenton, NJ | $2,045/mo | 34.2% | stretched |
| Eastampton Township, NJ | $2,072/mo | 34.6% | stretched |
| Passaic, NJ | $2,077/mo | 34.7% | stretched |
| North Plainfield, NJ | $2,100/mo | 35.1% | stretched |
| Haddonfield, NJ | $2,122/mo | 35.4% | stretched |
| Newark, NJ | $2,123/mo | 35.5% | stretched |
| Bound Brook, NJ | $2,128/mo | 35.5% | stretched |
| Plainsboro, NJ | $2,131/mo | 35.6% | stretched |
| Lakewood, NJ | $2,137/mo | 35.7% | stretched |
| Burlington Township, NJ | $2,135/mo | 35.7% | stretched |
| Ridgefield Park, NJ | $2,161/mo | 36.1% | stretched |
| Plainfield, NJ | $2,170/mo | 36.2% | stretched |
| Kearny, NJ | $2,168/mo | 36.2% | stretched |
| Ewing, NJ | $2,180/mo | 36.4% | stretched |
| Eatontown, NJ | $2,199/mo | 36.7% | stretched |
| Nutley, NJ | $2,217/mo | 37% | stretched |
| Budd Lake, NJ | $2,252/mo | 37.6% | stretched |
| Fairview, NJ | $2,250/mo | 37.6% | stretched |
| Elizabeth, NJ | $2,261/mo | 37.8% | stretched |
| Egg Harbor Township, NJ | $2,263/mo | 37.8% | stretched |
| Cherry Hill, NJ | $2,292/mo | 38.3% | stretched |
| North Arlington, NJ | $2,316/mo | 38.7% | stretched |
| Belleville, NJ | $2,328/mo | 38.9% | stretched |
| Dover, NJ | $2,335/mo | 39% | stretched |
| Pennsauken, NJ | $2,335/mo | 39% | stretched |
| Mt Laurel Township, NJ | $2,336/mo | 39% | stretched |
| Lodi, NJ | $2,349/mo | 39.2% | stretched |
| Perth Amboy, NJ | $2,361/mo | 39.4% | stretched |
| Sicklerville, NJ | $2,376/mo | 39.7% | stretched |
| Seaside Heights, NJ | $2,375/mo | 39.7% | stretched |
| Bayonne, NJ | $2,387/mo | 39.9% | stretched |
| Highland Park, NJ | $2,393/mo | 40% | stretched |
| Bloomfield, NJ | $2,397/mo | 40% | rent-burdened |
| Union City, NJ | $2,411/mo | 40.3% | rent-burdened |
| Dunellen, NJ | $2,418/mo | 40.4% | rent-burdened |
| Guttenberg, NJ | $2,425/mo | 40.5% | rent-burdened |
| Westampton Township, NJ | $2,423/mo | 40.5% | rent-burdened |
| Hackettstown, NJ | $2,432/mo | 40.6% | rent-burdened |
| Medford Township, NJ | $2,441/mo | 40.8% | rent-burdened |
| Tuckerton, NJ | $2,451/mo | 40.9% | rent-burdened |
| Bordentown Township, NJ | $2,446/mo | 40.9% | rent-burdened |
| Carteret, NJ | $2,457/mo | 41% | rent-burdened |
| Garfield, NJ | $2,469/mo | 41.2% | rent-burdened |
| Manalapan Township, NJ | $2,465/mo | 41.2% | rent-burdened |
| Linden, NJ | $2,481/mo | 41.4% | rent-burdened |
| East Windsor Township, NJ | $2,486/mo | 41.5% | rent-burdened |
| Rahway, NJ | $2,490/mo | 41.6% | rent-burdened |
| Avenel, NJ | $2,498/mo | 41.7% | rent-burdened |
| Ventnor City, NJ | $2,496/mo | 41.7% | rent-burdened |
| Glassboro, NJ | $2,501/mo | 41.8% | rent-burdened |
| Raritan, NJ | $2,500/mo | 41.8% | rent-burdened |
| Evesham Township, NJ | $2,523/mo | 42.1% | rent-burdened |
| Somerville, NJ | $2,524/mo | 42.2% | rent-burdened |
| Monmouth Junction, NJ | $2,528/mo | 42.2% | rent-burdened |
| West New York, NJ | $2,537/mo | 42.4% | rent-burdened |
| Moorestown Township, NJ | $2,537/mo | 42.4% | rent-burdened |
| Wayne, NJ | $2,536/mo | 42.4% | rent-burdened |
| Ridgefield, NJ | $2,543/mo | 42.5% | rent-burdened |
| Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | $2,549/mo | 42.6% | rent-burdened |
| Leonia, NJ | $2,550/mo | 42.6% | rent-burdened |
| Elmwood Park, NJ | $2,564/mo | 42.8% | rent-burdened |
| Keansburg, NJ | $2,567/mo | 42.9% | rent-burdened |
| Roselle, NJ | $2,574/mo | 43% | rent-burdened |
| Browns Mills, NJ | $2,588/mo | 43.2% | rent-burdened |
| Woodbridge, NJ | $2,592/mo | 43.3% | rent-burdened |
| Matawan, NJ | $2,606/mo | 43.5% | rent-burdened |
| Flemington, NJ | $2,607/mo | 43.5% | rent-burdened |
| Union, NJ | $2,609/mo | 43.6% | rent-burdened |
| Franklin Park, NJ | $2,613/mo | 43.6% | rent-burdened |
| North Brunswick, NJ | $2,608/mo | 43.6% | rent-burdened |
| Sewell, NJ | $2,614/mo | 43.7% | rent-burdened |
| Harrison, NJ | $2,624/mo | 43.8% | rent-burdened |
| Brick, NJ | $2,622/mo | 43.8% | rent-burdened |
| Piscataway, NJ | $2,625/mo | 43.8% | rent-burdened |
| East Brunswick, NJ | $2,644/mo | 44.2% | rent-burdened |
| Forked River, NJ | $2,650/mo | 44.3% | rent-burdened |
| Little Falls, NJ | $2,654/mo | 44.3% | rent-burdened |
| Lawrence Township, NJ | $2,655/mo | 44.3% | rent-burdened |
| Lyndhurst, NJ | $2,652/mo | 44.3% | rent-burdened |
| Clifton, NJ | $2,657/mo | 44.4% | rent-burdened |
| Hawthorne, NJ | $2,670/mo | 44.6% | rent-burdened |
| Mount Arlington, NJ | $2,671/mo | 44.6% | rent-burdened |
| South Plainfield, NJ | $2,677/mo | 44.7% | rent-burdened |
| Palisades Park, NJ | $2,675/mo | 44.7% | rent-burdened |
| Barnegat, NJ | $2,688/mo | 44.9% | rent-burdened |
| Carlstadt, NJ | $2,700/mo | 45.1% | rent-burdened |
| Monroe Township, NJ | $2,709/mo | 45.2% | rent-burdened |
| Hackensack, NJ | $2,720/mo | 45.4% | rent-burdened |
| Somerset, NJ | $2,718/mo | 45.4% | rent-burdened |
| Iselin, NJ | $2,721/mo | 45.4% | rent-burdened |
| Metuchen, NJ | $2,725/mo | 45.5% | rent-burdened |
| Springfield, NJ | $2,727/mo | 45.5% | rent-burdened |
| Neptune Township, NJ | $2,728/mo | 45.6% | rent-burdened |
| New Brunswick, NJ | $2,735/mo | 45.7% | rent-burdened |
| Long Branch, NJ | $2,743/mo | 45.8% | rent-burdened |
| Annandale, NJ | $2,768/mo | 46.2% | rent-burdened |
| South Amboy, NJ | $2,770/mo | 46.3% | rent-burdened |
| Maplewood, NJ | $2,799/mo | 46.7% | rent-burdened |
| Willingboro Township, NJ | $2,794/mo | 46.7% | rent-burdened |
| Cliffside Park, NJ | $2,815/mo | 47% | rent-burdened |
| Parsippany, NJ | $2,825/mo | 47.2% | rent-burdened |
| Edison, NJ | $2,832/mo | 47.3% | rent-burdened |
| Englewood, NJ | $2,836/mo | 47.4% | rent-burdened |
| Asbury Park, NJ | $2,841/mo | 47.5% | rent-burdened |
| Atlantic Highlands, NJ | $2,856/mo | 47.7% | rent-burdened |
| Old Bridge, NJ | $2,864/mo | 47.8% | rent-burdened |
| Secaucus, NJ | $2,862/mo | 47.8% | rent-burdened |
| Freehold, NJ | $2,882/mo | 48.1% | rent-burdened |
| West Orange, NJ | $2,877/mo | 48.1% | rent-burdened |
| North Bergen Township, NJ | $2,894/mo | 48.3% | rent-burdened |
| Caldwell, NJ | $2,900/mo | 48.4% | rent-burdened |
| Cranford, NJ | $2,899/mo | 48.4% | rent-burdened |
| Pine Brook, NJ | $2,901/mo | 48.5% | rent-burdened |
| Bedminster, NJ | $2,922/mo | 48.8% | rent-burdened |
| Morristown, NJ | $2,927/mo | 48.9% | rent-burdened |
| Hillsborough Township, NJ | $2,925/mo | 48.9% | rent-burdened |
| Boonton, NJ | $2,933/mo | 49% | rent-burdened |
| Highlands, NJ | $2,933/mo | 49% | rent-burdened |
| Teaneck, NJ | $2,934/mo | 49% | rent-burdened |
| Parlin, NJ | $2,956/mo | 49.4% | rent-burdened |
| Toms River, NJ | $2,978/mo | 49.7% | rent-burdened |
| South Orange, NJ | $2,977/mo | 49.7% | rent-burdened |
| Rockaway, NJ | $2,980/mo | 49.8% | rent-burdened |
| Bergenfield, NJ | $2,987/mo | 49.9% | rent-burdened |
| Bridgewater Township, NJ | $2,994/mo | 50% | severely rent-burdened |
| Montclair, NJ | $2,997/mo | 50.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Summit, NJ | $3,025/mo | 50.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| East Rutherford, NJ | $3,040/mo | 50.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Margate City, NJ | $3,051/mo | 51% | severely rent-burdened |
| Pennington, NJ | $3,053/mo | 51% | severely rent-burdened |
| Montville, NJ | $3,062/mo | 51.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Park Ridge, NJ | $3,139/mo | 52.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Westwood, NJ | $3,156/mo | 52.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mc Guire AFB, NJ | $3,156/mo | 52.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| North Haledon, NJ | $3,164/mo | 52.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mahwah Township, NJ | $3,200/mo | 53.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Monmouth Beach, NJ | $3,206/mo | 53.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Jersey City, NJ | $3,208/mo | 53.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Red Bank, NJ | $3,232/mo | 54% | severely rent-burdened |
| Howell, NJ | $3,241/mo | 54.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Tinton Falls, NJ | $3,281/mo | 54.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Middletown, NJ | $3,317/mo | 55.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Warren Township, NJ | $3,328/mo | 55.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Berkeley Heights, NJ | $3,357/mo | 56.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Westfield, NJ | $3,364/mo | 56.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Chatham, NJ | $3,362/mo | 56.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| East Hanover Township, NJ | $3,366/mo | 56.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Fair Lawn, NJ | $3,385/mo | 56.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Morganville, NJ | $3,383/mo | 56.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Oakhurst, NJ | $3,383/mo | 56.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Ocean, NJ | $3,394/mo | 56.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Jackson, NJ | $3,411/mo | 57% | severely rent-burdened |
| Branchburg Township, NJ | $3,435/mo | 57.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Manasquan, NJ | $3,456/mo | 57.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Princeton, NJ | $3,461/mo | 57.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Madison, NJ | $3,485/mo | 58.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Cedar Knolls, NJ | $3,491/mo | 58.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Fort Lee, NJ | $3,530/mo | 59% | severely rent-burdened |
| Morris Plains, NJ | $3,541/mo | 59.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Weehawken, NJ | $3,848/mo | 64.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hoboken, NJ | $3,961/mo | 66.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Edgewater, NJ | $3,962/mo | 66.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Montvale, NJ | $4,257/mo | 71.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Livingston, NJ | $4,364/mo | 72.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Millburn, NJ | $4,419/mo | 73.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Belmar, NJ | $5,044/mo | 84.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Spring Lake, NJ | $5,292/mo | 88.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Cresskill, NJ | $5,380/mo | 89.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Short Hills, NJ | $6,896/mo | 115.2% | severely rent-burdened |