Most of East Orange is in Essex County, where a full-time job needs to pay at least $63.75 an hour before taxes to take home four times the typical studio rent.
Across the 3 ZIP codes in East Orange with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $1,460 to $1,550 a month. At the middle rent, $1,540, a full-time job would need to pay $51.54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07017 | Essex County | $1,460/mo | $48.40/hr |
| 07018 | Essex County | $1,540/mo | $51.54/hr |
| 07019 | Essex County | $1,550/mo | $51.94/hr |
Under the Four Times Rent standard, a full-time job in East Orange needs to pay at least $63.75 an hour before taxes, about $132,591 a year. That is the figure for Essex County, where the typical studio rent is $1,850 a month.
Yes. Across the 3 ZIP codes in East Orange with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $1,460 to $1,550 a month. At the middle rent of $1,540, the pay needed would be $51.54 an hour.
The minimum wage in Essex County is $15.92 an hour. The Four Times Rent standard there is 4.0 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