Big Take Podcast

Rent Is Too High in NYC. Even If You Make Six Figures

On today’s Big Take podcast: If six-figure earners in New York can’t make it there, who can? We unpack the squeezed rental market in America’s largest city.

Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side in New York, NY, USA, on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.Photographer: Nina Westervelt/Bloomberg

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The rent is too high…even for high-earning New Yorkers. In the wake of unprecedented rent hikes, residents across America's largest city are finding that not even a six-figure salary can protect them from the squeeze.