{"id":2694,"date":"2026-05-01T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/staging-filmshrine\/?p=2694"},"modified":"2026-05-01T10:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:54:48","slug":"the-real-cost-of-andy-sachs-ridiculous-lifestyle-vs-her-measly-assistant-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/05\/01\/the-real-cost-of-andy-sachs-ridiculous-lifestyle-vs-her-measly-assistant-salary\/","title":{"rendered":"The real cost of Andy Sachs ridiculous lifestyle vs her measly assistant salary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you believe it\u2019s been 20 years since Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) landed her not-so-dream job at Runway? A <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has changed since 2006, including the cost of living.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even back then, Andy\u2019s lifestyle didn\u2019t quite match her paycheque, but in 2026 the difference is glaring. With <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/2026\/04\/08\/it-makes-me-so-angry-viewers-spot-huge-error-in-new-devil-wears-prada-2-trailer\">The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/a> on the way, here\u2019s how her salary stacks up against the lifestyle she was somehow living.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Salary \u2013 $32,500 (2006) to $70,000 (2026)<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2707\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2707\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-6.jpg\" alt=\"Andy in The Devil Wears Prada\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-6.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-6-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-6-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: 20th Century Fox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In The Devil Wears Prada book, Andy was paid $32,000 (\u00a324,000) before taxes, whereas a recent ad for a similar position at Vogue publisher Cond\u00e9 Nast was offering between $60,000 (\u00a344,500) and $80,000 (\u00a359,000).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working as a junior assistant at Runway is the job \u201ca million girls would kill for\u201d, but that had little to do with the pay. Now, both figures are not to be sniffed at, but living the lifestyle Andy was in New York City is near damn impossible. Especially after rent\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Rent \u2013\u00a0$2,850 (2006) to $7,825 (2026)<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2706\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2706\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-5.jpg\" alt=\"Nate in The Devil Wears Prada\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-5-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-5-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: 20th Century Fox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/06\/04\/realestate\/what-you-can-rent-for-1000.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the average one bedroom flat in a non-doorman building in Soho &#8211; where Andy lived with her boyfriend <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/2026\/04\/08\/awks-actor-who-played-nate-in-the-devil-wears-prada-is-still-salty-hes-not-in-the-sequel\">Nate (Adrian Grenier)<\/a> &#8211; would set you back a whopping $2850 (\u00a32110).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, bear in mind that she would have split this with Nate, but that\u2019s still a huge chunk of her wages. But it\u2019s nothing compared to what she\u2019d be paying today if she were in the same role now: $7,825 (\u00a35,800), as per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/average-rent-in\/soho-new-york-ny\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RentHop<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even halved, that\u2019s basically her entire paycheque gone before she\u2019s even bought a single latte for Miranda (Meryl Streep).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Chanel boots \u2013\u00a0$1,500 (2006) to $4,150 (2026)<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLiG_k2JpMp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLiG_k2JpMp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by sororite\u0301. (@sororitevintage)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who can forget the moment Andy had Emily\u2019s (Emily Blunt) jaw on the floor with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Chanel thigh-high boots from the 2005 fall\/winter collection. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/how-much-would-the-devil-wears-pradas-fashion-cost-today.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cut<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> did some digging and found out that they had a price tag of $1,500 (\u00a31,110) 20 years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, well, you\u2019d be hard pressed to actually find a pair. But the outlet did find a recently sold listing for just over $4,150 (\u00a33,070). This one\u2019s just for comparison\u2019s sake, however, as we all know Nigel (Stanley Tucci) raided them from the Runway closet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Green Fendi crochet bag \u2013\u00a0$930 (2006) to $3,250 (2026)<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2704\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2704\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-3.jpg\" alt=\"Andy in The Devil Wears Prada\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-3-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-3-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: 20th Century Fox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the topic of the 2005 fall\/winter collection, another little number that made an appearance in Andy\u2019s glow-up scene was the green Fendi knit chef bag.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A disgruntled <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purseblog.com\/handbags\/fendi-crocheted-chef-bag\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blogger<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> revealed that it originally cost $930 (\u00a3690), a hefty chunk for what, as they put it, anyone\u2019s grandmother could make in an evening. But in today\u2019s market, well, a recent listing on Sororit\u00e9 has it down for $3,250 (\u00a32,400). Yeah, I\u2019ll stick with my grandma\u2019s, thanks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, this one\u2019s more of a fun entry because we all know Andy didn\u2019t pay for the bag herself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Cream cheese bagel \u2013\u00a0$2 (2006) to $6.50 (2026)<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2705\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2705\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-4.jpg\" alt=\"Andy grabbing a bagel in The Devil Wears Prada\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-4-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-4-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: 20th Century Fox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big ticket designer items might not affect Andy\u2019s bank account, but her New Yorker breakfast of a cream cheese bagel certainly will &#8211; especially if she\u2019s eating these every morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s some guesswork to the $2 figure, as the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriouseats.com\/bagelnomics-best-bagel-pricing-nyc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cost<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of a cream cheese bagel at Murray\u2019s was $2.75 in 2014, so we rounded down according to inflation. But these days you\u2019re looking at $6.50, depending on where you\u2019re buying from.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Andy\u2019s rent? It\u2019d have to be a \u2018bagels at home\u2019 situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Latest phone \u2013 $475 (2006) to $1,099 (2026)<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2702\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2702\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-1.jpg\" alt=\"Andy in The Devil Wears Prada\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-1-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-1-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: 20th Century Fox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, you can\u2019t be booking impossible flights in the middle of a Broadway show without the latest phone model, which at the time was the T-Mobile Sidekick &#8211; retailing at $475 (\u00a3350).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But that\u2019s pennies compared to the modern equivalent &#8211; the iPhone 17 Pro &#8211; which starts at $1,099 (\u00a3815) in the US. That one would definitely have to be on credit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Miranda&#8217;s Starbucks order \u2013\u00a0$3 (2006) to $6.50 (2026)<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2703\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2703\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Andy in The Devil Wears Prada\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-2-1024x538.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.filmshrine.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-devil-wears-prada-2-costs-2-768x403.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: 20th Century Fox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last but definitely not least, who can forget Miranda&#8217;s signature Starbucks order: a tall, no-foam, extra-shot, extra-hot nonfat latte. The Cut revealed that this would set you back $3 two decades ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if Miranda\u2019s still ordering the same drink in <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/2025\/11\/13\/the-three-brutal-reasons-the-devil-wears-prada-2-trailers-getting-utterly-deservingly-dragged\">The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/a>, Andy might want to grab the company card, as it\u2019s more than doubled in price to $6.50. Inflation\u2019s a bitch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes, <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FilmShrine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">like our Facebook page<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image credit: 20th Century Fox<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Soho rent to Starbucks runs, the maths behind Andy\u2019s lifestyle is brutal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[99,4,22],"coauthors":[17],"class_list":["post-2694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-explained","tag-disney","tag-film","tag-the-devil-wears-prada"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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