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States with large metropolitan areas saw a bump in the average salary needed to buy with California, Washington, D.C., and Hawaii edging out all others with the highest salaries required.\r\n\r\nBelow is a map with the full results of the study:\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002F20180418-STM-ENG.jpeg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-37356\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F04\u002F20180418-STM-ENG.jpeg\" alt=\"How Much Do You Need to Make to Buy a Home in Your State? | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\n\u003Cem>GoBankingRates \u003C\u002Fem>gave this advice to anyone considering a home purchase,\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“Before you buy a home, it’s important to find out if you can afford the monthly mortgage payment. To do this, some financial experts recommend your housing costs — primarily your mortgage payments — shouldn’t consume more than 30 percent of your monthly income.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\nAs we \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2018\u002F04\u002F12\u002Fthe-cost-of-your-next-home-will-be-less-than-your-parents-home-was\u002F\">recently reported\u003C\u002Fa>, research from \u003Cem>Zillow\u003C\u002Fem> shows that historically, Americans had spent 21% of their income on owning a median-priced home. 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