How many years do I have to work to buy a house?
With the minimum wage of 2026 and without spending anything, between 12.6 years (Cali) and 37.1 years (Cartagena) for a typical 2 apartment.
In Bogotá, an apartment of 2 alcobas costs 30.2 years of full minimum wage: the median price requested is $634 million, according to the sales announcements of 5 October of 2026, and the minimum wage of 2026 is $1,750,905 ([Decree 1469 of 2025] (https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/normograma/compilacion/docs/decreto14692025.htm)). In Cartagena they are 37.1 years old and in Cali, the cheapest of the eight cities measured, 12.6.
How many years of minimum wage does an apartment cost? Ranking by city 2026 · Data date: 18 October 2026 · Source: Aptología (aptologia.com)
- Original study (Spanish): ¿Cuántos años de salario mínimo cuesta un apartamento? Ranking por ciudad 2026
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/anos-de-salario-minimo-para-comprar-apartamento
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/anos-de-salario-minimo-para-comprar-apartamento-colombia-2026
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