Most of Spartanburg is in Spartanburg County, where a full-time job needs to pay at least $32.09 an hour before taxes to take home four times the typical studio rent.
Across the 7 ZIP codes in Spartanburg with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $1,010 to $1,200 a month. At the middle rent, $1,050, a full-time job would need to pay $32.43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29301 | Spartanburg County | $1,200/mo | $37.97/hr |
| 29302 | Spartanburg County | $1,040/mo | $32.09/hr |
| 29303 | Spartanburg County | $1,010/mo | $31.07/hr |
| 29304 | Spartanburg County | $1,060/mo | $32.77/hr |
| 29305 | Spartanburg County | $1,060/mo | $32.77/hr |
| 29306 | Spartanburg County | $1,050/mo | $32.43/hr |
| 29307 | Spartanburg County | $1,020/mo | $31.41/hr |
Under the Four Times Rent standard, a full-time job in Spartanburg needs to pay at least $32.09 an hour before taxes, about $66,752 a year. That is the figure for Spartanburg County, where the typical studio rent is $1,040 a month.
Yes. Across the 7 ZIP codes in Spartanburg with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $1,010 to $1,200 a month. At the middle rent of $1,050, the pay needed would be $32.43 an hour.
The minimum wage in Spartanburg County is $7.25 an hour. The Four Times Rent standard there is 4.4 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