Rent Affordability for A Chef in New York
A typical chef in New York earns about $73,131 a year, which supports approximately $1,828 a month in rent under the 30% rule. Below, every tracked New York city is ranked by how local rent compares against that affordability ceiling.
As of May 2026. 47 of 145 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 98 are rent-burdened on this salary.
| City↕ | Median rent↕ | % of income↑ | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloversville, NY | $1,025/mo | 16.8% | very comfortable |
| Lockport, NY | $1,036/mo | 17% | very comfortable |
| Palmyra, NY | $1,055/mo | 17.3% | very comfortable |
| Elmira, NY | $1,121/mo | 18.4% | very comfortable |
| Amsterdam, NY | $1,194/mo | 19.6% | very comfortable |
| North Tonawanda, NY | $1,203/mo | 19.7% | very comfortable |
| Niagara Falls, NY | $1,221/mo | 20% | affordable |
| Endicott, NY | $1,246/mo | 20.4% | affordable |
| Binghamton, NY | $1,261/mo | 20.7% | affordable |
| Potsdam, NY | $1,263/mo | 20.7% | affordable |
| Tonawanda, NY | $1,270/mo | 20.8% | affordable |
| Oswego, NY | $1,282/mo | 21% | affordable |
| Johnson City, NY | $1,280/mo | 21% | affordable |
| Cortland, NY | $1,309/mo | 21.5% | affordable |
| Hamburg, NY | $1,315/mo | 21.6% | affordable |
| Corning, NY | $1,322/mo | 21.7% | affordable |
| Brockport, NY | $1,330/mo | 21.8% | affordable |
| Whitesboro, NY | $1,338/mo | 22% | affordable |
| Auburn, NY | $1,379/mo | 22.6% | affordable |
| Painted Post, NY | $1,385/mo | 22.7% | affordable |
| Buffalo, NY | $1,423/mo | 23.3% | affordable |
| Utica, NY | $1,431/mo | 23.5% | affordable |
| Glens Falls, NY | $1,462/mo | 24% | affordable |
| Watervliet, NY | $1,476/mo | 24.2% | affordable |
| Rochester, NY | $1,496/mo | 24.5% | affordable |
| Troy, NY | $1,491/mo | 24.5% | affordable |
| Schenectady, NY | $1,500/mo | 24.6% | affordable |
| Rome, NY | $1,500/mo | 24.6% | affordable |
| Henrietta, NY | $1,506/mo | 24.7% | affordable |
| Syracuse, NY | $1,525/mo | 25% | affordable |
| Depew, NY | $1,527/mo | 25.1% | affordable |
| Oneonta, NY | $1,540/mo | 25.3% | affordable |
| Penfield, NY | $1,543/mo | 25.3% | affordable |
| Clarence, NY | $1,550/mo | 25.4% | affordable |
| Watertown, NY | $1,578/mo | 25.9% | affordable |
| Lancaster, NY | $1,582/mo | 26% | affordable |
| Canandaigua, NY | $1,603/mo | 26.3% | affordable |
| Ellenville, NY | $1,600/mo | 26.3% | affordable |
| Monticello, NY | $1,617/mo | 26.5% | affordable |
| Albany, NY | $1,635/mo | 26.8% | affordable |
| Clifton Park, NY | $1,671/mo | 27.4% | affordable |
| Webster, NY | $1,697/mo | 27.8% | affordable |
| Port Jervis, NY | $1,708/mo | 28% | affordable |
| West Henrietta, NY | $1,713/mo | 28.1% | affordable |
| Cohoes, NY | $1,768/mo | 29% | affordable |
| Fairport, NY | $1,774/mo | 29.1% | affordable |
| Camillus, NY | $1,805/mo | 29.6% | affordable |
| Catskill, NY | $1,831/mo | 30% | stretched |
| Baldwinsville, NY | $1,901/mo | 31.2% | stretched |
| Grand Island, NY | $1,903/mo | 31.2% | stretched |
| Poughkeepsie, NY | $1,908/mo | 31.3% | stretched |
| Ithaca, NY | $1,926/mo | 31.6% | stretched |
| East Syracuse, NY | $1,925/mo | 31.6% | stretched |
| Rensselaer, NY | $1,951/mo | 32% | stretched |
| Kingston, NY | $1,978/mo | 32.5% | stretched |
| Ballston Spa, NY | $2,001/mo | 32.8% | stretched |
| Newburgh, NY | $2,017/mo | 33.1% | stretched |
| Williamsville, NY | $2,015/mo | 33.1% | stretched |
| Latham, NY | $2,049/mo | 33.6% | stretched |
| East Amherst, NY | $2,074/mo | 34% | stretched |
| Farmington, NY | $2,133/mo | 35% | stretched |
| Getzville, NY | $2,130/mo | 35% | stretched |
| New Hartford, NY | $2,158/mo | 35.4% | stretched |
| Hudson, NY | $2,224/mo | 36.5% | stretched |
| Deer Park, NY | $2,238/mo | 36.7% | stretched |
| Manorville, NY | $2,253/mo | 37% | stretched |
| Delmar, NY | $2,269/mo | 37.2% | stretched |
| Middletown, NY | $2,294/mo | 37.6% | stretched |
| Brentwood, NY | $2,300/mo | 37.7% | stretched |
| Moriches, NY | $2,407/mo | 39.5% | stretched |
| Liverpool, NY | $2,427/mo | 39.8% | stretched |
| Wappingers Falls, NY | $2,467/mo | 40.5% | rent-burdened |
| Saratoga Springs, NY | $2,494/mo | 40.9% | rent-burdened |
| New Windsor, NY | $2,537/mo | 41.6% | rent-burdened |
| Suffern, NY | $2,567/mo | 42.1% | rent-burdened |
| Bohemia, NY | $2,686/mo | 44.1% | rent-burdened |
| Warwick, NY | $2,706/mo | 44.4% | rent-burdened |
| Mount Vernon, NY | $2,736/mo | 44.9% | rent-burdened |
| Yonkers, NY | $2,766/mo | 45.4% | rent-burdened |
| Patchogue, NY | $2,798/mo | 45.9% | rent-burdened |
| Goshen, NY | $2,814/mo | 46.2% | rent-burdened |
| Holbrook, NY | $2,845/mo | 46.7% | rent-burdened |
| New Paltz, NY | $2,848/mo | 46.7% | rent-burdened |
| Nyack, NY | $2,914/mo | 47.8% | rent-burdened |
| Farmingdale, NY | $2,948/mo | 48.4% | rent-burdened |
| Bay Shore, NY | $2,953/mo | 48.5% | rent-burdened |
| Beacon, NY | $2,954/mo | 48.5% | rent-burdened |
| Valley Stream, NY | $2,967/mo | 48.7% | rent-burdened |
| New Rochelle, NY | $2,989/mo | 49% | rent-burdened |
| Ronkonkoma, NY | $3,003/mo | 49.3% | rent-burdened |
| West Babylon, NY | $3,077/mo | 50.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Franklin Square, NY | $3,100/mo | 50.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Central Islip, NY | $3,110/mo | 51% | severely rent-burdened |
| Port Jefferson Station, NY | $3,119/mo | 51.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hauppauge, NY | $3,157/mo | 51.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Monroe, NY | $3,188/mo | 52.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Peekskill, NY | $3,191/mo | 52.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Amityville, NY | $3,204/mo | 52.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Port Chester, NY | $3,213/mo | 52.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Coram, NY | $3,224/mo | 52.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| White Plains, NY | $3,227/mo | 53% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hicksville, NY | $3,239/mo | 53.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Nanuet, NY | $3,273/mo | 53.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Westbury, NY | $3,284/mo | 53.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Levittown, NY | $3,303/mo | 54.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Huntington Station, NY | $3,317/mo | 54.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Huntington, NY | $3,321/mo | 54.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Ossining, NY | $3,368/mo | 55.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Massapequa, NY | $3,438/mo | 56.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Eastchester, NY | $3,450/mo | 56.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Port Jefferson, NY | $3,453/mo | 56.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Rockville Centre, NY | $3,465/mo | 56.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mineola, NY | $3,467/mo | 56.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Oceanside, NY | $3,475/mo | 57% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hempstead, NY | $3,480/mo | 57.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Woodbury, NY | $3,509/mo | 57.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Uniondale, NY | $3,545/mo | 58.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Oyster Bay, NY | $3,565/mo | 58.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Long Beach, NY | $3,653/mo | 59.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Tivoli, NY | $3,650/mo | 59.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Glen Cove, NY | $3,721/mo | 61.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| West Hempstead, NY | $3,781/mo | 62% | severely rent-burdened |
| Irvington, NY | $3,788/mo | 62.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Port Washington, NY | $3,846/mo | 63.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Washingtonville, NY | $3,850/mo | 63.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mamaroneck, NY | $3,906/mo | 64.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Sleepy Hollow, NY | $3,980/mo | 65.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Farmingville, NY | $3,983/mo | 65.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Centereach, NY | $4,058/mo | 66.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Purchase, NY | $4,101/mo | 67.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| New Hyde Park, NY | $4,111/mo | 67.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| New York, NY | $4,170/mo | 68.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Dobbs Ferry, NY | $4,216/mo | 69.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Southold, NY | $4,250/mo | 69.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| West Harrison, NY | $4,350/mo | 71.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Harrison, NY | $4,566/mo | 74.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Great Neck, NY | $4,970/mo | 81.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Plainview, NY | $5,081/mo | 83.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Garden City, NY | $6,075/mo | 99.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Larchmont, NY | $6,849/mo | 112.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Rye, NY | $8,099/mo | 132.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Scarsdale, NY | $8,839/mo | 145% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hampton Bays, NY | $9,761/mo | 160.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| East Quogue, NY | $13,000/mo | 213.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Southampton, NY | $17,483/mo | 286.9% | severely rent-burdened |