To take home four times the typical rent here, a full-time job needs to pay at least $65.12 an hour before taxes, about $135,443 a year.
Rent is the middle of 52 ZIP-level HUD studio rents in the county. HUD's county-wide figure is $1,907 (West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL HUD Metro FMR Area).
Rents vary within the county. This is what the standard would be at each ZIP code's own studio rent; the county figure above is what the calculator uses.
| ZIP | Place | Studio rent | Pay needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33401 | West Palm Beach | $1,870/mo | $59.92/hr |
| 33402 | West Palm Beach | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33403 | West Palm Beach | $1,540/mo | $48.19/hr |
| 33404 | West Palm Beach | $1,500/mo | $46.77/hr |
| 33405 | West Palm Beach | $1,570/mo | $49.26/hr |
| 33406 | West Palm Beach | $1,760/mo | $56.01/hr |
| 33407 | West Palm Beach | $1,790/mo | $57.07/hr |
| 33408 | North Palm Beach | $1,970/mo | $63.47/hr |
| 33409 | West Palm Beach | $1,870/mo | $59.92/hr |
| 33410 | Palm Beach Gardens | $2,200/mo | $71.88/hr |
| 33411 | West Palm Beach | $1,990/mo | $64.20/hr |
| 33412 | West Palm Beach | $2,140/mo | $69.69/hr |
| 33413 | West Palm Beach | $2,110/mo | $68.59/hr |
| 33414 | Wellington | $2,430/mo | $80.30/hr |
| 33415 | West Palm Beach | $1,760/mo | $56.01/hr |
| 33416 | West Palm Beach | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33417 | West Palm Beach | $1,950/mo | $62.76/hr |
| 33418 | Palm Beach Gardens | $2,450/mo | $81.03/hr |
| 33419 | West Palm Beach | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33420 | West Palm Beach | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33421 | Royal Palm Beach | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33422 | West Palm Beach | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33424 | Boynton Beach | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33425 | Boynton Beach | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33426 | Boynton Beach | $2,100/mo | $68.23/hr |
| 33427 | Boca Raton | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33428 | Boca Raton | $2,450/mo | $81.03/hr |
| 33429 | Boca Raton | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33430 | Belle Glade | $890/mo | $26.28/hr |
| 33431 | Boca Raton | $2,550/mo | $84.69/hr |
| 33432 | Boca Raton | $2,600/mo | $86.51/hr |
| 33433 | Boca Raton | $2,340/mo | $77.00/hr |
| 33434 | Boca Raton | $1,600/mo | $50.32/hr |
| 33435 | Boynton Beach | $2,050/mo | $66.40/hr |
| 33436 | Boynton Beach | $1,970/mo | $63.47/hr |
| 33437 | Boynton Beach | $2,040/mo | $66.03/hr |
| 33438 | Canal Point | $1,360/mo | $41.79/hr |
| 33444 | Delray Beach | $1,780/mo | $56.72/hr |
| 33445 | Delray Beach | $2,010/mo | $64.93/hr |
| 33446 | Delray Beach | $1,820/mo | $58.14/hr |
| 33448 | Delray Beach | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33449 | Lake Worth | $2,860/mo | $96.01/hr |
| 33454 | Greenacres | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33458 | Jupiter | $2,160/mo | $70.42/hr |
| 33460 | Lake Worth Beach | $1,670/mo | $52.81/hr |
| 33461 | Lake Worth | $1,800/mo | $57.43/hr |
| 33462 | Lake Worth | $1,740/mo | $55.30/hr |
| 33463 | Lake Worth | $1,810/mo | $57.78/hr |
| 33465 | Lake Worth | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33466 | Lake Worth | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33467 | Lake Worth | $2,020/mo | $65.30/hr |
| 33468 | Jupiter | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33469 | Jupiter | $1,980/mo | $63.84/hr |
| 33470 | Loxahatchee | $2,740/mo | $91.63/hr |
| 33472 | Boynton Beach | $2,450/mo | $81.03/hr |
| 33473 | Boynton Beach | $2,180/mo | $71.15/hr |
| 33474 | Boynton Beach | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33476 | Pahokee | $1,040/mo | $30.95/hr |
| 33477 | Jupiter | $2,650/mo | $88.34/hr |
| 33478 | Jupiter | $2,130/mo | $69.32/hr |
| 33480 | Palm Beach | $2,090/mo | $67.86/hr |
| 33481 | Boca Raton | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33482 | Delray Beach | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33483 | Delray Beach | $2,520/mo | $83.59/hr |
| 33484 | Delray Beach | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33486 | Boca Raton | $2,350/mo | $77.37/hr |
| 33487 | Boca Raton | $2,490/mo | $82.49/hr |
| 33488 | Boca Raton | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33493 | South Bay | $1,140/mo | $34.06/hr |
| 33496 | Boca Raton | $2,650/mo | $88.34/hr |
| 33497 | Boca Raton | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33498 | Boca Raton | $2,080/mo | $67.49/hr |
Under the Four Times Rent standard, a full-time job in Palm Beach County, Florida needs to pay at least $65.12 an hour before taxes, about $135,443 a year. That leaves $8,060 a month after taxes, four times the typical $2,015 rent on a studio apartment.
The minimum wage here is $15.00 an hour (Florida minimum wage). The standard is 4.3 times that. A full-time minimum-wage job takes home about $2,271 a month, 28% of the standard.
Take the typical monthly cost of a studio apartment, multiply by four, and divide by 160 hours of work a month. That's the take-home pay needed per hour. The pay before taxes is what it takes to keep that much after federal, state and local income taxes and Social Security and Medicare.
The idea behind the standard is laid out in Chapter 1: The Living Wage Revolution.