Architectural top vs honest height
Empire State Building is marketed at 381m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 373.1m. The gap between those two numbers is 7.9m of structure that no occupant reaches.
That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 2.1%.
In the Honest 100,Empire State Building ranks #43 by occupied height.
Observation decks
86th Floor Observatory
Floor 86 · Outdoor
320m
102nd Floor Observatory
Floor 102 · Indoor
373m
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Vanity context
A Vanity Ratio of 2.1% places Empire State Building in the near-zero vanity category. Almost all of its architectural height is occupiable - a rare outcome in tall building design.
Comparable buildings
In context
Sources and methodology
Height data sourced from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA). Vanity Ratio calculated as (Architectural Top - Highest Occupied Floor) / Architectural Top. See the full methodology.
Per-field source notes
- architectural_top_m
- Wikipedia - 381m to tip of mooring mast
- roof_height_m
- Wikipedia - 373.1m to 102F / mooring mast base
- highest_occupied_floor_m
- Wikipedia - 102F at 373.1m; 86F observatory at ~320m
- observation_decks
- Official esbnyc.com - 86F outdoor at 320m, 102F indoor at 373m
- hat_factor_pct
- Calculated: (381-373.1)/381 = 2.1%