The most typical salary in my city (London) is 33k GBP per year. I earn more than that.

My rent is 1150 GBP per month for a 1 bedroom flat in Zone 4, which is considered “the outer suburbs” perhaps, in a nice area. It represents about 40% of my monthly salary. I got offered to buy it for 350k a few years ago, which I did not have the means at all - and still don’t.

I live in Toronto.

I recently rented for about 1/3 of my post-tax income.

I now own and condo fees, mortgage and property tax are about 1/2 of my post-tax income but currently my partner who lives with me is helping which puts my contribution at about 1/3 again.

33%, and I have really cheap rent and a decent paying job for the area.

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A little more than 1/3 of my net income. I live in the suburbs of a town with ~100k residents in Italy. 55mq, two rooms (bedroom + kitchen/livingroom) and bathroom. I’m planning to move out with some friends because living alone is too expensive for my pockets and I’m not saving as much as I would like to, considering I have some other recurring monthly expenses that eat up a considerable amount of my paycheck (not as much as the rent of course. It’s by far the most expensive monthly expense)

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10.5%

I live in a 1 BR in the not so affluent part of town

About 15% of my after tax income I guess.

I’m in a regional centre (not a big city) though which makes a rent cheaper.

Edit: turns out, in Australian cities average rent cost is about a third of the average income.

Before the pandemic hit i used to live in Rome, I payed half my salary for a studio in a very nice part of town. Now I live in Istanbul and cannot afford a house with my current earnings. I make more than minimum wage.

Half my income goes to my rent.

It’s ~300€ for rent, with a ~600€ income. Plus ~150€ for utilities, leaving me at an uncomfortable ~150€ to live for a month, which is barely enough to afford food.

But hey, according to American liberals I should rejoice because I live in “socialist Europe”. Lol

PhD student renting in a big city in Europe. About 35%.

My wife and I bought a 10 acre (~4 hectare) piece of land in very rural, very Northeastern US for 30k USD. We paid for half with about 50% of a year’s combined income, and half with money from when my wife’s parents sold the family farm. Land came with a derelict house, but it turned out to be in better shape than initially thought. Place is fully off-grid: no water supply, electricity, or plumbing. We are living in a yurt while we, my wife’s dad who is a carpenter, and some (paid) timber framer friends make the house safe to live in. Currently we pay about 5% of our combined yearly income in property tax, but that will likely go up when the house is done.

Own my own house (when it’s paid off in 2 years) but 11.4% of my income goes to paying it off. Obviously when I bought it that percentage was a lot higher, but as the years pass, the payment basically stays fixed while your income has been going up.