How to Pay Less for a Private Office in New York (2026)
Croissant compared the monthly prices of 365 private offices in New York City. The cheapest option is often a short walk from one that costs twice as much, a window adds up to 120% to the rent, and Brooklyn only saves money for small teams.
The short answer
How much does a private office cost in New York?
A private office in Manhattan costs a median of $925 a month for one person, $2,400 for four or five people and $7,600 for ten to fifteen, before taxes. Brooklyn is clearly cheaper only for teams of one to three. Which building a team picks moves the price more than which borough: the same size of office can cost twice as much a block away.
- In New York, 194 of 365 private offices have an office of the same size within a five-minute walk, and for half of those the cheapest one nearby costs at least $405 a month less.
- In every New York building that listed the same size of office with and without a window, the office with the window cost 18% to 120% more, a median of $600 a month.
- For one person, a Brooklyn private office costs a median of $467 a month against $925 in Manhattan, 50% less; from four people up, the two boroughs cost about the same.
- Three operators, Jay Suites, TKO Suites and Select Office Suites, run 42 of the 51 offices in the cheapest quarter of Manhattan's private offices.
- The same New York office can be listed at two prices: 10 of the 10 Kent Offices rooms listed on both Croissant and LiquidSpace cost more on LiquidSpace, by a median of 50%.
Croissant Office Price Index. Prices read October 20, 2026 from 365 private offices in 65 New York buildings, each the monthly price of the whole office before taxes.
Private office prices in New York by team size
| Team size | Manhattan median | Brooklyn median | Offices priced | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $925 a month | $467 a month | 26 + 10 | Brooklyn 50% less |
| 2 to 3 people | $1,678 a month | $933 a month | 72 + 27 | Brooklyn 44% less |
| 4 to 5 people | $2,400 a month | $2,350 a month | 74 + 16 | No clear difference |
| 6 to 9 people | $4,200 a month | $4,427 a month | 41 + 23 | No clear difference |
| 10 to 15 people | $7,600 a month | $7,275 a month | 28 + 10 | No clear difference |
Most teams start an office search with a neighborhood and a budget, then take the first office that fits both. The prices below show five patterns that change where it pays to look. Every figure is what the whole office costs a month, before taxes, and the full method is on the Croissant Office Price Index.
Finding 1
The same size of office can cost twice as much a block away
Of the 365 offices, 194 have another office with the same number of seats within 400 metres, about a five-minute walk. For 66% of those, the cheapest office nearby costs less, and for half of them it costs at least $405 a month less.
The closest pair: two offices for 4 people 79 metres apart, at $2,200 and $4,900 a month.
The widest gaps
- 5 people, 87 m apart · 5.5×TKO Suites - New York - 42 Broadway $1,089Primary - 26 Broadway $6,000
- 2 people, 87 m apart · 4.8×TKO Suites - New York - 42 Broadway $501Primary - 26 Broadway $2,400
- 5 people, 191 m apart · 3.0×Select Office Suites $2,000Primary - 26 Broadway $6,000
- 2 people, 108 m apart · 2.6×TKO Suites - New York - 42 Broadway $501Jay Suites - Financial District $1,300
- 2 people, 204 m apart · 2.4×TKO Suites Grand Central $900Emerge212 - 125 Park Avenue $2,200
- 5 people, 108 m apart · 2.4×TKO Suites - New York - 42 Broadway $1,089Jay Suites - Financial District $2,600
Describe this graphic
A map of Manhattan below 59th Street joining 15 pairs of same-size offices less than 250 metres apart, where one costs at least twice the other.
Source: Croissant Office Price Index, 2026-10-20. Offices on Croissant, and offices listed on LiquidSpace and CoworkingCafe collected by Croissant on 2026-08-19.
Finding 2
A window costs more in every building we could check
We found eleven pairs, in seven buildings, of offices with the same number of seats, one with a window and one without. The office with the window cost more every time, by between 18% and 120%, and by a median of $600 a month. At Workville, an office for 6 people costs $2,700 a month inside and $4,800 with a window.
No window With a window
Describe this graphic
11 pairs of offices. In every pair the office with a window costs more, by 18% to 120%.
Windows are read from how each office is named in its listing, such as window, corner, exterior or interior. Source: Croissant Office Price Index, 2026-10-20. Offices on Croissant, and offices listed on LiquidSpace and CoworkingCafe collected by Croissant on 2026-08-19.
| Building | Area | Seats | No window | With a window | Window adds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TKO Suites - New York - 42 Broadway | Below Canal Street | 2 | $501 | $1,100 | +120% |
| Workville | 34th to 59th Street | 6 | $2,700 | $4,800 | +78% |
| TKO Suites - New York - 42 Broadway | Below Canal Street | 2 | $637 | $1,100 | +73% |
| Jay Suites | Brooklyn | 4 | $2,000 | $3,400 | +70% |
| TKO Suites - New York - 307 West 38th Street | 34th to 59th Street | 1 | $540 | $865 | +60% |
| Workville | 34th to 59th Street | 6 | $2,700 | $4,200 | +56% |
| Jay Suites - Wall Street | Below Canal Street | 4 | $1,800 | $2,400 | +33% |
| Workville | 34th to 59th Street | 6 | $2,700 | $3,600 | +33% |
| Jay Suites - 34th Street | 34th to 59th Street | 4 | $1,900 | $2,500 | +32% |
| Jay Suites - 34th Street | 34th to 59th Street | 4 | $1,900 | $2,400 | +26% |
| Kent Offices | Brooklyn | 3 | $1,400 | $1,653 | +18% |
Finding 3
Brooklyn is cheaper for one to three people, and about the same for bigger teams
A one-person office costs a median of $467 a month in Brooklyn and $925 in Manhattan. For two or three people it is $933 against $1,678. From four people up the medians sit close together and their ranges overlap, so the borough stops deciding the price. The Brooklyn vs Manhattan comparison goes through it size by size.
Manhattan Brooklyn
Describe this graphic
1 person: $467 in Brooklyn, $925 in Manhattan. 2 to 3 people: $933 in Brooklyn, $1,678 in Manhattan. 4 to 5 people: $2,350 in Brooklyn, $2,400 in Manhattan. 6 to 9 people: $4,427 in Brooklyn, $4,200 in Manhattan. 10 to 15 people: $7,275 in Brooklyn, $7,600 in Manhattan.
The bars are 90% intervals from resampling the offices 2,000 times. Source: Croissant Office Price Index, 2026-10-20. Offices on Croissant, and offices listed on LiquidSpace and CoworkingCafe collected by Croissant on 2026-08-19.
Finding 4
Three operators run most of Manhattan’s cheapest offices
Of the 51 Manhattan offices in the cheapest quarter, 42 belong to three operators: Jay Suites, TKO Suites and Select Office Suites. TKO Suites’s offices for three to five people have a median of $1,253 a month, against $2,200 for every Manhattan office that size.
Jay SuitesTKO SuitesSelect Office SuitesEveryone else
Describe this graphic
112 offices on a price line. Jay Suites has 38, TKO Suites has 12 and Select Office Suites has 9, mostly below the $2,200 median.
The cheapest quarter ranks offices for 2 to 9 people by price per person, so offices of different sizes can be compared. Source: Croissant Office Price Index, 2026-10-20. Offices on Croissant, and offices listed on LiquidSpace and CoworkingCafe collected by Croissant on 2026-08-19.
Finding 5
The same room can be listed at two different prices
Kent Offices lists its rooms on Croissant and on LiquidSpace. Room 510, for 4 people, costs $2,200 a month on a 12-month term on Croissant, $2,596 on a 3-month term, and $3,300 on LiquidSpace. All 10 of the Kent Offices rooms listed on both cost more on LiquidSpace, by a median of 50%.
Croissant, 12-month termCroissant, 3-month termLiquidSpace, term not stated
Describe this graphic
10 rooms at Kent Offices. LiquidSpace’s price is above Croissant’s 12-month price for 10 of them.
Source: Croissant Office Price Index, 2026-10-20. Offices on Croissant, and offices listed on LiquidSpace and CoworkingCafe collected by Croissant on 2026-08-19.
| Building and room | Seats | Croissant, 12 months | Croissant, 3 months | LiquidSpace, term not stated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Offices, room 511 | 1 | $467 | $551 | $700 |
| Kent Offices, room 518 | 3 | $1,653 | $1,951 | $2,100 |
| Kent Offices, room 527 | 3 | $1,653 | $1,951 | $2,475 |
| Kent Offices, room 510 | 4 | $2,200 | $2,596 | $3,300 |
| Kent Offices, room 514 | 4 | $2,200 | $2,596 | $3,300 |
| Kent Offices, room 516 | 4 | $2,200 | $2,596 | $3,300 |
| Kent Offices, room 520 | 4 | $2,200 | $2,596 | $3,300 |
| Kent Offices, room 525 | 5 | $2,747 | $3,241 | $4,125 |
| Kent Offices, room 523 | 7 | $4,427 | $5,223 | $6,650 |
| Kent Offices, room 501 | 9 | $5,693 | $6,718 | $8,550 |
How we measured it
The comparisons use 365 private offices in New York City with a monthly price and a seat count, in 65 buildings: offices on Croissant at their 12-month price, read on 2026-10-20, and offices listed on LiquidSpace and CoworkingCafe at the monthly price they publish, collected by Croissant on 2026-08-19. An office listed in both places counts once, at Croissant’s price.
- Left out: offices Croissant lists for operators such as Regus and Industrious, whose monthly price is worked out from a day rate; platform listings under $200 a seat a month, which are part-time or “from” prices; and day offices, meeting rooms, call booths, open desks and virtual offices.
- Areas come from each building’s address: its borough, and in Manhattan its band between Canal, 14th, 34th and 59th Streets. Distances are straight lines between buildings.
- Intervals come from resampling the offices 2,000 times; when two 90% intervals do not overlap, the difference is clear.
Brooklyn and Manhattan are compared in more detail in the Croissant Comparison, and offices for bigger teams in the guide to offices for 10 to 15 people. To see every office, browse private offices in New York City.
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