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. 10 of 199 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 189 are rent-burdened on this salary.
| City↕ | Median rent↕ | % of income↑ | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collingswood, NJ | $1,610/mo | 26.9% | affordable |
| Millville, NJ | $1,615/mo | 27% | affordable |
| Salem, NJ | $1,650/mo | 27.6% | affordable |
| Bellmawr, NJ | $1,672/mo | 27.9% | affordable |
| Gloucester City, NJ | $1,741/mo | 29.1% | affordable |
| West Deptford Township, NJ | $1,762/mo | 29.4% | affordable |
| Vineland, NJ | $1,764/mo | 29.5% | affordable |
| Maple Shade Township, NJ | $1,766/mo | 29.5% | affordable |
| Blackwood, NJ | $1,773/mo | 29.6% | affordable |
| Camden, NJ | $1,787/mo | 29.8% | affordable |
| Atlantic City, NJ | $1,812/mo | 30.3% | stretched |
| Clementon, NJ | $1,853/mo | 30.9% | stretched |
| Margate City, NJ | $1,858/mo | 31% | stretched |
| Wildwood, NJ | $1,875/mo | 31.3% | stretched |
| Edgewater Park Township, NJ | $1,883/mo | 31.4% | stretched |
| Paterson, NJ | $1,889/mo | 31.5% | stretched |
| Audubon, NJ | $1,902/mo | 31.8% | stretched |
| Voorhees Township, NJ | $1,919/mo | 32.1% | stretched |
| Irvington, NJ | $1,939/mo | 32.4% | stretched |
| Somerdale, NJ | $1,959/mo | 32.7% | stretched |
| Orange, NJ | $1,968/mo | 32.9% | stretched |
| Ventnor City, NJ | $1,973/mo | 33% | stretched |
| Mt Holly Township, NJ | $1,984/mo | 33.1% | stretched |
| Phillipsburg, NJ | $1,988/mo | 33.2% | stretched |
| East Orange, NJ | $1,994/mo | 33.3% | stretched |
| Pleasantville, NJ | $2,001/mo | 33.4% | stretched |
| Washington, NJ | $2,008/mo | 33.5% | stretched |
| Trenton, NJ | $2,030/mo | 33.9% | stretched |
| Haddonfield, NJ | $2,035/mo | 34% | stretched |
| Eastampton Township, NJ | $2,045/mo | 34.2% | stretched |
| Passaic, NJ | $2,055/mo | 34.3% | stretched |
| Lavallette, NJ | $2,067/mo | 34.5% | stretched |
| Bound Brook, NJ | $2,070/mo | 34.6% | stretched |
| Woodbury, NJ | $2,097/mo | 35% | stretched |
| Kearny, NJ | $2,108/mo | 35.2% | stretched |
| Newark, NJ | $2,111/mo | 35.3% | stretched |
| Seaside Heights, NJ | $2,123/mo | 35.5% | stretched |
| Lumberton Township, NJ | $2,165/mo | 36.2% | stretched |
| Plainsboro, NJ | $2,165/mo | 36.2% | stretched |
| Highlands, NJ | $2,181/mo | 36.4% | stretched |
| Plainfield, NJ | $2,191/mo | 36.6% | stretched |
| North Plainfield, NJ | $2,220/mo | 37.1% | stretched |
| Elizabeth, NJ | $2,230/mo | 37.2% | stretched |
| Randolph, NJ | $2,241/mo | 37.4% | stretched |
| Eatontown, NJ | $2,256/mo | 37.7% | stretched |
| Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | $2,259/mo | 37.7% | stretched |
| Burlington Township, NJ | $2,257/mo | 37.7% | stretched |
| Cherry Hill, NJ | $2,258/mo | 37.7% | stretched |
| Somerville, NJ | $2,270/mo | 37.9% | stretched |
| Avenel, NJ | $2,277/mo | 38% | stretched |
| Lakewood, NJ | $2,288/mo | 38.2% | stretched |
| Ewing, NJ | $2,293/mo | 38.3% | stretched |
| Budd Lake, NJ | $2,299/mo | 38.4% | stretched |
| Newton, NJ | $2,311/mo | 38.6% | stretched |
| Belleville, NJ | $2,317/mo | 38.7% | stretched |
| Ridgefield Park, NJ | $2,325/mo | 38.8% | stretched |
| Tuckerton, NJ | $2,330/mo | 38.9% | stretched |
| Bayonne, NJ | $2,342/mo | 39.1% | stretched |
| Union City, NJ | $2,343/mo | 39.1% | stretched |
| Dover, NJ | $2,342/mo | 39.1% | stretched |
| Nutley, NJ | $2,347/mo | 39.2% | stretched |
| Moorestown Township, NJ | $2,352/mo | 39.3% | stretched |
| Sicklerville, NJ | $2,361/mo | 39.4% | stretched |
| Bordentown Township, NJ | $2,375/mo | 39.7% | stretched |
| Keansburg, NJ | $2,385/mo | 39.8% | stretched |
| Lodi, NJ | $2,408/mo | 40.2% | rent-burdened |
| Mt Laurel Township, NJ | $2,404/mo | 40.2% | rent-burdened |
| Dunellen, NJ | $2,418/mo | 40.4% | rent-burdened |
| Bloomfield, NJ | $2,418/mo | 40.4% | rent-burdened |
| Pennsauken, NJ | $2,427/mo | 40.5% | rent-burdened |
| Garfield, NJ | $2,433/mo | 40.6% | rent-burdened |
| Carteret, NJ | $2,430/mo | 40.6% | rent-burdened |
| Guttenberg, NJ | $2,436/mo | 40.7% | rent-burdened |
| Medford Township, NJ | $2,441/mo | 40.8% | rent-burdened |
| Highland Park, NJ | $2,447/mo | 40.9% | rent-burdened |
| North Arlington, NJ | $2,462/mo | 41.1% | rent-burdened |
| Browns Mills, NJ | $2,462/mo | 41.1% | rent-burdened |
| Evesham Township, NJ | $2,461/mo | 41.1% | rent-burdened |
| Neptune Township, NJ | $2,461/mo | 41.1% | rent-burdened |
| Linden, NJ | $2,468/mo | 41.2% | rent-burdened |
| Woodbridge, NJ | $2,464/mo | 41.2% | rent-burdened |
| Rahway, NJ | $2,472/mo | 41.3% | rent-burdened |
| Carlstadt, NJ | $2,475/mo | 41.3% | rent-burdened |
| Sewell, NJ | $2,474/mo | 41.3% | rent-burdened |
| Elmwood Park, NJ | $2,481/mo | 41.4% | rent-burdened |
| Fairview, NJ | $2,481/mo | 41.4% | rent-burdened |
| Monmouth Junction, NJ | $2,486/mo | 41.5% | rent-burdened |
| Roselle, NJ | $2,495/mo | 41.7% | rent-burdened |
| Egg Harbor Township, NJ | $2,499/mo | 41.7% | rent-burdened |
| South Amboy, NJ | $2,500/mo | 41.8% | rent-burdened |
| Oakhurst, NJ | $2,517/mo | 42% | rent-burdened |
| Boonton, NJ | $2,523/mo | 42.1% | rent-burdened |
| Raritan, NJ | $2,525/mo | 42.2% | rent-burdened |
| North Brunswick, NJ | $2,527/mo | 42.2% | rent-burdened |
| Perth Amboy, NJ | $2,540/mo | 42.4% | rent-burdened |
| West New York, NJ | $2,547/mo | 42.5% | rent-burdened |
| Hackettstown, NJ | $2,544/mo | 42.5% | rent-burdened |
| Leonia, NJ | $2,550/mo | 42.6% | rent-burdened |
| Westampton Township, NJ | $2,569/mo | 42.9% | rent-burdened |
| Lawrence Township, NJ | $2,572/mo | 43% | rent-burdened |
| Union, NJ | $2,589/mo | 43.2% | rent-burdened |
| East Windsor Township, NJ | $2,599/mo | 43.4% | rent-burdened |
| Clifton, NJ | $2,605/mo | 43.5% | rent-burdened |
| Hawthorne, NJ | $2,607/mo | 43.5% | rent-burdened |
| Lyndhurst, NJ | $2,603/mo | 43.5% | rent-burdened |
| Manalapan Township, NJ | $2,604/mo | 43.5% | rent-burdened |
| Franklin Park, NJ | $2,613/mo | 43.6% | rent-burdened |
| Iselin, NJ | $2,614/mo | 43.7% | rent-burdened |
| Springfield, NJ | $2,617/mo | 43.7% | rent-burdened |
| Piscataway, NJ | $2,636/mo | 44% | rent-burdened |
| Somerset, NJ | $2,648/mo | 44.2% | rent-burdened |
| South Plainfield, NJ | $2,651/mo | 44.3% | rent-burdened |
| Harrison, NJ | $2,663/mo | 44.5% | rent-burdened |
| Long Branch, NJ | $2,678/mo | 44.7% | rent-burdened |
| Flemington, NJ | $2,676/mo | 44.7% | rent-burdened |
| Asbury Park, NJ | $2,684/mo | 44.8% | rent-burdened |
| Barnegat, NJ | $2,688/mo | 44.9% | rent-burdened |
| Monroe Township, NJ | $2,709/mo | 45.2% | rent-burdened |
| Matawan, NJ | $2,711/mo | 45.3% | rent-burdened |
| Ridgefield, NJ | $2,719/mo | 45.4% | rent-burdened |
| Brick, NJ | $2,718/mo | 45.4% | rent-burdened |
| Hackensack, NJ | $2,723/mo | 45.5% | rent-burdened |
| Westwood, NJ | $2,734/mo | 45.7% | rent-burdened |
| Glassboro, NJ | $2,749/mo | 45.9% | rent-burdened |
| East Brunswick, NJ | $2,751/mo | 45.9% | rent-burdened |
| Annandale, NJ | $2,768/mo | 46.2% | rent-burdened |
| Metuchen, NJ | $2,773/mo | 46.3% | rent-burdened |
| Mount Arlington, NJ | $2,781/mo | 46.4% | rent-burdened |
| Edison, NJ | $2,787/mo | 46.5% | rent-burdened |
| Caldwell, NJ | $2,788/mo | 46.6% | rent-burdened |
| Forked River, NJ | $2,800/mo | 46.8% | rent-burdened |
| Bedminster, NJ | $2,817/mo | 47% | rent-burdened |
| New Brunswick, NJ | $2,820/mo | 47.1% | rent-burdened |
| Belmar, NJ | $2,818/mo | 47.1% | rent-burdened |
| Hillsborough Township, NJ | $2,818/mo | 47.1% | rent-burdened |
| East Rutherford, NJ | $2,828/mo | 47.2% | rent-burdened |
| Parsippany, NJ | $2,832/mo | 47.3% | rent-burdened |
| Pine Brook, NJ | $2,847/mo | 47.6% | rent-burdened |
| Manasquan, NJ | $2,859/mo | 47.8% | rent-burdened |
| North Bergen Township, NJ | $2,869/mo | 47.9% | rent-burdened |
| Maplewood, NJ | $2,875/mo | 48% | rent-burdened |
| Wayne, NJ | $2,877/mo | 48.1% | rent-burdened |
| Atlantic Highlands, NJ | $2,889/mo | 48.3% | rent-burdened |
| Old Bridge, NJ | $2,897/mo | 48.4% | rent-burdened |
| Freehold, NJ | $2,901/mo | 48.5% | rent-burdened |
| West Orange, NJ | $2,920/mo | 48.8% | rent-burdened |
| Mahwah Township, NJ | $2,944/mo | 49.2% | rent-burdened |
| Willingboro Township, NJ | $2,944/mo | 49.2% | rent-burdened |
| Little Falls, NJ | $2,958/mo | 49.4% | rent-burdened |
| Westfield, NJ | $2,973/mo | 49.7% | rent-burdened |
| Summit, NJ | $2,977/mo | 49.7% | rent-burdened |
| Bergenfield, NJ | $2,987/mo | 49.9% | rent-burdened |
| Bridgewater Township, NJ | $2,988/mo | 49.9% | rent-burdened |
| Englewood, NJ | $2,999/mo | 50.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Parlin, NJ | $3,014/mo | 50.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Pennington, NJ | $3,020/mo | 50.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Toms River, NJ | $3,026/mo | 50.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Montvale, NJ | $3,024/mo | 50.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Cliffside Park, NJ | $3,041/mo | 50.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Park Ridge, NJ | $3,041/mo | 50.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Montville, NJ | $3,054/mo | 51% | severely rent-burdened |
| Secaucus, NJ | $3,058/mo | 51.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| South Orange, NJ | $3,094/mo | 51.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Jersey City, NJ | $3,101/mo | 51.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Chatham, NJ | $3,106/mo | 51.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Montclair, NJ | $3,114/mo | 52% | severely rent-burdened |
| Morristown, NJ | $3,119/mo | 52.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Cranford, NJ | $3,119/mo | 52.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mc Guire AFB, NJ | $3,156/mo | 52.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Howell, NJ | $3,171/mo | 53% | severely rent-burdened |
| Cedar Knolls, NJ | $3,195/mo | 53.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Monmouth Beach, NJ | $3,206/mo | 53.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Middletown, NJ | $3,213/mo | 53.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Millburn, NJ | $3,221/mo | 53.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| North Haledon, NJ | $3,241/mo | 54.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Red Bank, NJ | $3,256/mo | 54.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Jackson, NJ | $3,281/mo | 54.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Spring Lake, NJ | $3,288/mo | 54.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Tinton Falls, NJ | $3,294/mo | 55% | severely rent-burdened |
| Teaneck, NJ | $3,297/mo | 55.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Palisades Park, NJ | $3,320/mo | 55.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Rockaway, NJ | $3,325/mo | 55.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Warren Township, NJ | $3,328/mo | 55.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Berkeley Heights, NJ | $3,336/mo | 55.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Princeton, NJ | $3,350/mo | 56% | severely rent-burdened |
| East Hanover Township, NJ | $3,363/mo | 56.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Madison, NJ | $3,423/mo | 57.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Branchburg Township, NJ | $3,435/mo | 57.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Morganville, NJ | $3,464/mo | 57.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Ocean, NJ | $3,485/mo | 58.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Morris Plains, NJ | $3,565/mo | 59.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Fair Lawn, NJ | $3,606/mo | 60.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Edgewater, NJ | $3,628/mo | 60.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Fort Lee, NJ | $3,792/mo | 63.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Weehawken, NJ | $3,854/mo | 64.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hoboken, NJ | $4,005/mo | 66.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Livingston, NJ | $4,260/mo | 71.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Cresskill, NJ | $4,800/mo | 80.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Short Hills, NJ | $7,203/mo | 120.3% | severely rent-burdened |