San Juan, PR
San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, San Juan ranks 47th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 296th for income. A household earns $30,640 a year while median rent runs $620/mo, making it comfortably affordable for what residents earn.
Its strongest card is rent (5th of 300), while household income is the soft spot (296th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 5th and home prices 5th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 296th of 300↑32.4%$30,640
- Per-capita income
- $21,140
- Full-time pay
- $23,680
Housing
- Median rent
- 5th of 300↑18.5%$620/mo
- Home value
- 5th of 300↑26%$152,300
- Property tax
- $678/yr · 0.4%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 283rd of 3007.5%
- Bachelor's+
- 155th of 30033%
- Avg commute
- 275th of 30030 min
People
- Population
- 2,036,751
- Population change
- +0.2%
- Median age
- 45.2 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 3.7%
- Broadband
- 86.9%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 185th of 30049
- Natural-hazard loss
- 293rd of 300$44/$10k
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. EPA, FEMA, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Rent
- + Home prices
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Household income
- – Job market
- – Commute
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — miami beach.
What jobs pay in San Juan
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $126,310
- Pharmacists
- $113,420
- IT managers
- $99,780
- Financial managers
- $94,600
- Software developers
- $79,380
- General & operations managers
- $75,370
- Civil engineers
- $61,580
- Secondary school teachers
- $58,400
- Elementary school teachers
- $51,300
- Web developers
- $47,250
- Police officers
- $45,510
- Accountants & auditors
- $44,470
- Registered nurses
- $41,980
- Electricians
- $35,470
- Plumbers
- $32,300
- Carpenters
- $30,530
- Customer service reps
- $26,520
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $26,170
- Construction laborers
- $24,270
- Waiters & waitresses
- $24,250
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $23,450
- Retail salespersons
- $22,780
- Cashiers
- $22,300
- Janitors
- $21,930
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
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San Juan metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the San Juan metro?
- Median gross rent across the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area is $620 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of San Juan.
- What is the median household income in the San Juan metro?
- A typical household in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area earns $30,640 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the typical home value in the San Juan metro?
- The median home value across the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area is $152,300 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the San Juan metro?
- The unemployment rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area is 7.5% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).