The salary a single person needs to live comfortably in 25 major U.S. cities

To live “comfortably” as a single person in 99 of the largest U.S. metro areas, you’ll need a median income of $93,933, according to a recent SmartAsset analysis.

“Comfortable” is defined as the income needed to cover a 50/30/20 budget, which assumes 50% of your monthly income can pay for necessities like housing and utility costs, 30% can cover discretionary spending and 20% can be set aside for savings or investments.

SmartAsset extrapolated the income needed for a 50/30/20 budget based on the cost of necessities, using data from the MIT Living Wage Calculator.

Here’s the income a single person needs to live comfortably in the 25 U.S. cities with the highest cost of living:

1. New York City: $138,570
2. San Jose, California: $136,739
3. Irvine, California: $126,797
4. Santa Ana, California: $126,797
5. Boston: $124,966
6. San Diego: $122,803
7. Chula Vista, California: $122,803
8. San Francisco: $119,558
9. Seattle: $119,392
10. Oakland, California: $118,768
11. Arlington, Virginia: $117,686
12. Newark, New Jersey: $116,646
13. Jersey, New Jersey: $116,646
14. Long Beach, California: $114,691
15. Anaheim, California: $114,691
16. Honolulu: $111,904
17. Los Angeles: $110,781
18. Aurora, Colorado: $110,115
19. Portland, Oregon: $110,032
20. Riverside, California: $109,408
21. Atlanta: $107,453
22. Sacramento, California: $104,790
23. Raleigh, North Carolina: $102,752
24. Gilbert, Arizona: $102,752
25. Glendale, Arizona: $102,752

New York City ranks first overall, requiring an income of $138,570 for a single person to live comfortably. In contrast, single people in Houston need to earn $75,088 — the lowest amount of all major U.S. cities examined.

Other large coastal cities follow NYC in the rankings. In Los Angeles, Honolulu, San Francisco, Seattle and Boston, you’d need to earn $110,000 or more to live comfortably as a single person. All of these cities command some of the highest living costs in the country, particularly for housing, according to The Council for Community and Economic Research.

Californians, in particular, have suffered from a longstanding housing shortage…