Most of West Palm Beach is in Palm Beach County, where a full-time job needs to pay at least $65.12 an hour before taxes to take home four times the typical studio rent.
Across the 17 ZIP codes in West Palm Beach with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $1,500 to $2,140 a month. At the middle rent, $1,910, a full-time job would need to pay $61.34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33401 | Palm Beach County | $1,870/mo | $59.92/hr |
| 33402 | Palm Beach County | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33403 | Palm Beach County | $1,540/mo | $48.19/hr |
| 33404 | Palm Beach County | $1,500/mo | $46.77/hr |
| 33405 | Palm Beach County | $1,570/mo | $49.26/hr |
| 33406 | Palm Beach County | $1,760/mo | $56.01/hr |
| 33407 | Palm Beach County | $1,790/mo | $57.07/hr |
| 33409 | Palm Beach County | $1,870/mo | $59.92/hr |
| 33411 | Palm Beach County | $1,990/mo | $64.20/hr |
| 33412 | Palm Beach County | $2,140/mo | $69.69/hr |
| 33413 | Palm Beach County | $2,110/mo | $68.59/hr |
| 33415 | Palm Beach County | $1,760/mo | $56.01/hr |
| 33416 | Palm Beach County | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33417 | Palm Beach County | $1,950/mo | $62.76/hr |
| 33419 | Palm Beach County | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33420 | Palm Beach County | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
| 33422 | Palm Beach County | $1,910/mo | $61.34/hr |
Under the Four Times Rent standard, a full-time job in West Palm Beach needs to pay at least $65.12 an hour before taxes, about $135,443 a year. That is the figure for Palm Beach County, where the typical studio rent is $2,015 a month.
Yes. Across the 17 ZIP codes in West Palm Beach with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $1,500 to $2,140 a month. At the middle rent of $1,910, the pay needed would be $61.34 an hour.
The minimum wage in Palm Beach County is $15.00 an hour. The Four Times Rent standard there is 4.3 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