As of May 2026, the FRC Corporate-CAI for a RN at this employer stands at 12% β meaning 88% of local housing inventory is mathematically out of reach based on standardized underwriting at $95,000 median salary. Source: FinanceRateCalc.com Corporate-CAI, BLS OEWS, Zillow ZHVI.
A registered nurse at a New York City hospital earning the median $95,000 would need 60% of gross income for the median NYC home. Financially viable housing is available in just 7% of the metro area.
During the COVID pandemic, New York City nurses worked 80-hour weeks to keep the city alive. Today, the majority of those same nurses commute from New Jersey, Staten Island, or Westchester β because Manhattan and Brooklyn are simply unaffordable on a nursing salary. This is a systemic retention crisis that every major NYC hospital system is now trying to address.
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