Renters in the Los Angeles and Orange County metropolitan area would need an annual raise of $1,152 to keep up with expected rent increases in the next year, a study by real estate website Zillow says.

The L.A./O.C. area came in second highest in the nation, after No. 1 Seattle at $1,248. That compares with $168 for the U.S. as a whole.

In Seattle, L.A./O.C. and Boston, renters need their incomes to be at least $1,000 higher next year to have the same amount of money left over after paying the rent, according to the analysis.

The report gives this example: If you earn the median annual salary in the L.A./O.C. area ($56,900), pay the median monthly rent ($2,642), and expect your rent to go up this year in line with Zillow’s forecast (3.6 percent, or $96 a month), then you’ll need a raise of 2.02 percent (or $1,152 for the year) to stay even.

Housing appreciation has been tough on renters, notes Zillow Chief Economist Dr. Svenja Gudell. In some markets, the median rent requires more than 40 percent of the typical household income. And in most major markets, rental affordability has gotten worse than before the housing boom and collapse.

A recent report showed rents have been rising even faster for houses than apartments.

House rents averaged $3,114 a month in Orange County during the fourth quarter of 2016, according to Irvine-based HomeUnion, a firm that helps investors buy and rent houses.

That’s up 22 percent, or $561 a month, over the past four years, compared to a 13 percent increase for apartment rents during the same period, figures from Reis Inc. show.

But rent appreciation is slowing, and overall, rents are predicted to rise 1 percent over the next year, Zillow’s analysis shows.

“For a long time now, renters have faced an affordability crisis when it comes to housing, and renters in some hot markets will still need significant raises just to keep up with rising rents,” Gudell said.

“Incomes have a ways to go to bring rental affordability closer to historical levels, but recent gains are being met with slowing rent appreciation, a welcome sign for renters,” she said.

Here’s how the Top 5 markets where residents need the biggest raises compare:

1.

Seattle

$1,248

2.

Los Angeles

$1,152

3.

Boston

$1,140

4.

Sacramento

$792

5.

Orlando, Fla.

$672

Earn more than $56,900? Less? Zillow provides a calculator for that.