Top Ten Metropolitan Areas with the Highest Monthly Rental Housing CostsMetropolitan Monthly Income at Monthly Income Needed Area Minimum Wage to Afford 1BR UnitSan Francisco, CA $1,280 $4,743 Honolulu, HI $1,160 $4,640 Stamford-Norwalk, CT $1,320 $4,423 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $1,280 $4,207 New York, NY $1,160 $4,143 Washington, D.C.-Arlington-Alexandria, VA $1,320 $3,970 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA $1,280 $3,853 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $1,280 $3,720 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA $1,280 $3,670 Oakland-Fremont, CA $1,280 $3,607 Source: Bolton, M. & Bravve, E. (2013, June 6). Affordable housing: for many, still out of reach. MetroTrends. Retrieved from: http://urbn.is/Zw5TWj