Can I get the minimum wage to rent alone?
In 5 of 9 cities, the average rental order of 1 alcoba is higher than the full minimum wage. In the other 4 it is carried between 51% and 86% of the salary; the lowest value is that of Cúcuta, where it is equivalent to 51% of the minimum.
In 6 of the 9 measured cities, rent an apartment of 2 alcobas costs more than half of the income of a two-person home with the average income of its city. In Bogotá it is 54.4%: average order rental of $2,500,000 (Aptology, 5 October of 2026) compared to a $4,594,160 per month income (2 × $2,297,080, per capita income of [DANE, GEIH 2025] (https://www.dane.gov.co/files/operaciones/PM/anex-PM-TotalNacional-2025.xlsx)).
What percentage of the salary goes for rent? The cities where you eat more than half · Data date: 18 October 2026 · Source: Aptología (aptologia.com)
- Original study (Spanish): ¿Qué porcentaje del sueldo se va en arriendo? Las ciudades donde se come más de la mitad
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/arriendo-vs-ingreso-por-ciudad
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/arriendo-vs-ingreso-por-ciudad-colombia-2026
Read the full study · Languages: ES · PT
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