A median two-bedroom rent takes 19.3% of a full-time paycheck (September 2026)
The median two-bedroom home costs $1,263 a month, 19.3% of a full-time paycheck, below the 30% the federal government treats as affordable. Average private-sector pay was $37.81 an hour in September 2026, or $6,554 a month before tax. Civic Forecast calculation from Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings and HUD Fair Market Rents (2027). Gross of tax, on a 2,080-hour year.
Induced by API Automations for Civic Forecast from federal open data. Each finding names the datasets it was computed from. How this is calculated.