Most of Daly City is in San Mateo County, where a full-time job needs to pay at least $102.16 an hour before taxes to take home four times the typical studio rent.
Across the 3 ZIP codes in Daly City with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $2,240 to $2,740 a month. At the middle rent, $2,650, a full-time job would need to pay $100.20 an hour before taxes.
What the standard would be at each ZIP code's own studio rent. The calculator and the official standard use the county figure.
| ZIP | County | Studio rent | Pay needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94014 | San Mateo County | $2,240/mo | $82.89/hr |
| 94015 | San Mateo County | $2,650/mo | $100.20/hr |
| 94017 | San Mateo County | $2,740/mo | $103.72/hr |
Under the Four Times Rent standard, a full-time job in Daly City needs to pay at least $102.16 an hour before taxes, about $212,486 a year. That is the figure for San Mateo County, where the typical studio rent is $2,700 a month.
Yes. Across the 3 ZIP codes in Daly City with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $2,240 to $2,740 a month. At the middle rent of $2,650, the pay needed would be $100.20 an hour.
The minimum wage in San Mateo County is $16.90 an hour. The Four Times Rent standard there is 6.0 times that.
The Four Times Rent standard: a month of full-time work (160 hours) should take home at least four times the typical rent on a studio apartment in the county where the work is done. Rents: HUD FY2027 Fair Market Rents. Taxes: 2026 federal and state income taxes plus Social Security and Medicare, for a single filer. Why four times rent? · Method and data downloads