How Much Does a School Teacher Need to Earn to Live in New York?

And what lifestyle can they afford?

Joanna Henderson
Making of a Millionaire
7 min readJan 19, 2022

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I recently wrote about the lifestyle Carrie Bradshaw from “Sex and the City” would realistically be able to afford on a columnist salary, and one of the commentators had a request. Paul Kenjora asked if I could review the lifestyle of a single public school teacher living in NYC.

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Canadian. Mental health activist. Banker and financier who drinks too much coffee. Pursuing happiness and sharing my thoughts with others.