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Salary vs rent · Austin

$40,000 salary in Austin: how much rent can you afford?

On $40,000/year your monthly take-home budget (gross) is $3,333/month. The median rent in Austin is $2,000, which would take 60.0% of your income — Risky.

Your monthly rent budget

Comfortable (25%)up to $833/mo
Manageable (30%)up to $1,000/mo
Stretch (35%)up to $1,167/mo
Risky (45%)up to $1,500/mo

Rent landscape in Austin

$1,100

33.0% of your salary

Budget rent

$2,000

60.0% of your salary

Typical rent

$3,400

102.0% of your salary

High-end rent

Renters in Austin typically spend 2240% of income on rent. At $40,000/year, you have limited room to cover the median rent comfortably.

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Data confidence: medium · US Census ACS 2022 + Austin Board of Realtors data · 2022–2023

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