Typical apartment renters are having to work a lot harder lately to afford to pay their rents.

Over the past five years, rents have grown 36.9%, while the average wage is up only 23%, according to a recent report from Zillow.

Nowhere is it more difficult than in Miami, where the typical renter needs to work three full-time days more than they did five years ago to earn enough to pay the typical rent in that metro area.

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