COSTA RICA / SALARY

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

560.37 CRC = 1 USD

25,845,928 CRC

$46,123 USD

San José

25,844,247 CRC

15,129,980 CRC

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Costa Rica

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Average salary in Costa Rica is 25,845,928 CRC per year. The most typical earning is 15,129,980 CRC. All data are based on 228 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 28,746,962 CRC. Women receive a salary of 18,043,902 CRC.

The most paid careers are Manufacturing & Labor Workers with average income 56,709,406 CRC and Engineers & Technicians IV with income 53,515,299 CRC.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 33,902,362 CRC. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 23,927,783 CRC.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 48,752,158 CRC. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 41,915,648 CRC.

Levels / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

Salary Levels (CRC) per Year	Surveys	[%]
1,681,100 CRC - 2,801,299 CRC	0	n/a
2,801,800 CRC - 5,603,099 CRC	8	100% 3.51%
5,603,700 CRC - 8,404,999 CRC	24	96.49% 10.53%
8,405,500 CRC - 11,206,799 CRC	19	85.96% 8.33%
11,207,400 CRC - 14,008,699 CRC	22	77.63% 9.65%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
14,009,200 CRC - 16,810,499 CRC	25	67.98% 10.96%
16,811,100 CRC - 19,612,399 CRC	13	57.02% 5.7%
19,612,900 CRC - 22,414,199 CRC	22	51.32% 9.65%
22,414,800 CRC - 25,216,099 CRC	11	41.67% 4.82%
25,216,600 CRC - 28,017,899 CRC	14	36.84% 6.14%
28,018,500 CRC - 30,819,799 CRC	10	30.7% 4.39%
30,820,300 CRC - 33,621,599 CRC	11	26.32% 4.82%
33,622,200 CRC - 36,423,499 CRC	7	21.49% 3.07%
36,424,000 CRC - 39,225,299 CRC	8	18.42% 3.51%
39,225,900 CRC - 42,027,199 CRC	3	14.91% 1.32%
42,027,700 CRC - 44,828,999 CRC	2	13.6% 0.88%
44,829,600 CRC - 47,630,899 CRC	6	12.72% 2.63%
47,631,400 CRC - 50,432,699 CRC	0	n/a
50,433,300 CRC - 53,234,599 CRC	1	10.09% 0.44%
53,235,100 CRC - 56,036,399 CRC	5	9.65% 2.19%
56,037,000 CRC - 58,838,299 CRC	1	7.46% 0.44%
58,838,800 CRC - 61,640,099 CRC	1	7.02% 0.44%
61,640,700 CRC - 64,441,899 CRC	0	n/a
64,442,500 CRC - 67,243,799 CRC	3	6.58% 1.32%
67,244,400 CRC - 70,045,599 CRC	2	5.26% 0.88%
70,046,200 CRC - 72,847,499 CRC	1	4.39% 0.44%
72,848,100 CRC - 75,649,299 CRC	0	n/a
75,649,900 CRC - 78,451,199 CRC	0	n/a
78,451,700 CRC - 81,252,999 CRC	0	n/a
81,253,600 CRC - 84,054,899 CRC	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
84,055,400 CRC - 89,658,599 CRC	1	3.95% 0.44%
89,659,100 CRC - 95,262,299 CRC	1	3.51% 0.44%
95,262,800 CRC - 100,865,999 CRC	1	3.07% 0.44%
100,866,500 CRC - 106,469,699 CRC	1	2.63% 0.44%
106,470,200 CRC - 112,073,399 CRC	2	2.19% 0.88%
112,073,900 CRC - 117,677,099 CRC	1	1.32% 0.44%
117,677,600 CRC - 123,280,799 CRC	1	0.88% 0.44%
123,281,300 CRC - 128,884,499 CRC	0	n/a
128,885,000 CRC - 134,488,199 CRC	0	n/a
134,488,700 CRC - 140,091,799 CRC	1	0.44% 0.44%
140,092,400 CRC - 196,129,399 CRC	0	n/a

Gender / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	153	28,746,962 CRC
2	Women	57	18,043,902 CRC

Education / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	65	33,902,362 CRC
2	Bachelors Degree	122	23,927,783 CRC
3	Doctorate Degree	7	22,919,117 CRC
4	High School	10	18,884,456 CRC
5	Some College	23	18,212,013 CRC
6	Bellow H. School	1	5,883,881 CRC

Experience / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	15	48,752,158 CRC
2	20+ Years	22	41,915,648 CRC
3	8-12 Years	46	30,820,329 CRC
4	12-16 Years	26	27,009,816 CRC
5	4-8 Years	56	21,686,304 CRC
6	2-4 Years	32	16,194,682 CRC
7	1-2 Years	16	14,625,647 CRC
8	0-1 Year	15	10,030,616 CRC

Age / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	13	51,778,154 CRC
2	66-70	2	41,411,315 CRC
3	41-45	16	39,450,022 CRC
4	36-40	32	31,716,921 CRC
5	31-35	53	27,514,148 CRC
6	n/a	18	26,057,187 CRC
7	51-55	1	22,863,081 CRC
8	56-60	5	20,565,565 CRC
9	26-30	56	18,324,086 CRC
10	14-20	4	14,737,721 CRC
11	21-25	27	12,720,390 CRC
12	61-65	1	6,556,324 CRC

Work Type / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	5	42,027,722 CRC
2	Permanent	204	25,833,040 CRC
3	Contract	15	24,039,857 CRC
4	Part Time	4	11,879,836 CRC

Cities / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Cartago	4	36,704,210 CRC
2	--Other--	23	28,298,666 CRC
3	San José	195	25,833,040 CRC
4	San Ramón	2	10,030,616 CRC
5	Limón	4	8,909,877 CRC

Career Groups / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	3	56,709,406 CRC
2	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	53,515,299 CRC
3	Sports & Recreation	1	42,083,759 CRC
4	Management & Business	29	40,122,465 CRC
5	Making Design	3	38,889,652 CRC
6	Human Resources	13	31,997,106 CRC
7	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	31,492,773 CRC
8	Law	2	30,596,181 CRC
9	Health Care & Medical II	4	30,484,108 CRC
10	IT & Programming II	24	29,923,738 CRC
11	Engineers & Technicians III	1	27,346,038 CRC
12	IT & Programming	45	25,608,892 CRC
13	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	14	22,078,563 CRC
14	Engineers & Technicians V	4	21,686,304 CRC
15	Finance & Banking	14	21,406,119 CRC
16	Insurance	2	21,350,083 CRC
17	Engineers & Technicians	14	20,173,306 CRC
18	Media	2	19,725,011 CRC
19	Properties & Real Estates	6	18,884,456 CRC
20	Engineers & Technicians II	2	18,660,308 CRC
21	Automobile	1	18,660,308 CRC
22	Accounting & Administration	15	15,410,164 CRC
23	Education & University	5	15,073,943 CRC
24	Hotels & Tourism	2	14,681,684 CRC
25	Health Care & Medical	3	12,103,984 CRC
26	Organization & Coordination	2	9,190,061 CRC
27	Customer Services	7	8,965,914 CRC
28	Construction & Labor Workers	2	8,853,840 CRC
29	Public Sector	1	8,405,544 CRC
30	Architect Constructions	2	7,564,990 CRC

Careers / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	General Manager	3	86,016,738 CRC
2	J2EE Developer	2	80,244,931 CRC
3	Real Estate Broker	1	67,244,355 CRC
4	Director	5	65,507,210 CRC
5	Other Manufacturing Career	2	62,537,251 CRC
6	IT Researching	1	53,795,484 CRC
7	Pharmaceutical Sales	2	51,161,747 CRC
8	Plant Manager	1	51,161,747 CRC
9	Sports Management	1	42,083,759 CRC
10	Sales Manager	4	39,225,874 CRC
11	Software Engineer	9	36,367,989 CRC
12	Security Specialist	2	36,199,878 CRC
13	Manager	9	35,583,471 CRC
14	Human Resources Manager	4	35,527,434 CRC
15	IT Manager	5	34,798,954 CRC
16	Credit Administrator	1	33,622,177 CRC
17	Lead Developer	3	31,660,884 CRC
18	Other Human Resource Career	6	31,548,810 CRC
19	Lead Salesmen or Saleswomen	4	31,492,773 CRC
20	Computer Architect	2	28,130,555 CRC
21	Quality Manager	1	27,570,185 CRC
22	Investment Manager	1	26,897,742 CRC
23	System Analyst	3	26,281,335 CRC
24	IT Project Manager	11	25,833,040 CRC
25	Business Manager	2	25,104,559 CRC
26	Education Coordinator	2	24,488,152 CRC
27	Media Manager	1	23,031,191 CRC
28	Database Administrator	2	22,863,081 CRC
29	Other Engineer Career	3	22,807,044 CRC
30	Business Administration	2	22,134,600 CRC
31	Product Manager	1	21,294,046 CRC
32	Mechanical Engineer	3	21,013,861 CRC
33	Java Developer	4	20,341,417 CRC
34	Customer Service Manager	1	19,556,900 CRC
35	Financial Analyst	6	19,500,863 CRC
36	Web Developer	2	18,604,271 CRC
37	.NET Developer	5	17,707,680 CRC
38	Project Manager	3	17,483,532 CRC
39	Software Developer	7	17,315,421 CRC
40	Other Management Career	3	15,746,386 CRC
41	Android Developer	1	14,681,684 CRC
42	Economist	2	14,625,647 CRC
43	Marketing	2	14,121,314 CRC
44	Engineer	4	13,616,982 CRC
45	Electrical Engineer	2	12,608,316 CRC
46	Other Administration Career	2	11,767,762 CRC
47	System Administrator	1	11,767,762 CRC
48	Other IT Career	3	11,599,651 CRC
49	Accountant	5	9,694,394 CRC
50	Property Manager	2	8,909,877 CRC
51	Other Public Sector Career	1	8,405,544 CRC
52	Commercial Real Estate Broker	1	8,069,322 CRC
53	Doctor	2	7,901,211 CRC
54	Call Center	4	7,677,063 CRC
55	Architect	2	7,564,990 CRC
56	Primary School Teacher	2	6,556,324 CRC
57	Customer Consultant	2	6,164,065 CRC
58	Other Property Career	1	5,883,881 CRC

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Analista Financiera

Posted 29 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"ANALISTA FINANCIERA- CONTADORA."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	9,075,200 CRC

Developer

Posted 14 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HTML, Apache."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	14,909,800 CRC

Real Estate Broker

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"35 years in Costa Rica real estate - running the business."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	High School	16-20 Years	Expert	67,244,400 CRC

Business Development Manager - It

Posted 11 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Administration
Finance
Project manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	33,622,200 CRC

Intern

Posted 08 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Windows."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	0-1 Year	Basic	5,476,500 CRC

Chemical Engineer I

Posted 26 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Chemical engineer in the environmental health department."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	8,409,500 CRC

Hr Services

Posted 21 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR, Customer Services, SP, etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	High School	2-4 Years	Advanced	6,132,100 CRC

Java Developer

Posted 18 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Spring boot, programming, unit testing restful."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	30,820,300 CRC

Computer Engineer

Posted 10 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"System Administration; Training."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	25,216,600 CRC

Product Engineer

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product testing, programming, management, quality and data analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	11,932,000 CRC

Administrator

Posted 12 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full funtions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	33,622,200 CRC

Software Engineer

Posted 18 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	28,915,100 CRC

Quality & Automation Analyst

Posted 17 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Power Platform Automations/Solutions
Python Automation using Selenium
Excel VBA 
SAP Scripting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	0-1 Year	Advanced	7,279,200 CRC

Cybersecurity

Posted 17 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cybersecutiry context."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	53,795,500 CRC

Market Analyst

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Evaluation, bonds, data, market."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	15,130,000 CRC

Project Manager Technology

Posted 03 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	16,811,100 CRC

Country Manager

Posted 16 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Oversee CR operation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	112,073,900 CRC

Embedded Software Developer

Posted 03 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design and develop software, debugging sofware issues, converting requirements into software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cartago	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	35,527,400 CRC

C&b Analyst

Posted 11 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compensations and benefits analyst."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	High School	4-8 Years	Intermediate	16,811,100 CRC

Junior Associate

Posted 30 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Brokerage consulting services."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	8,069,300 CRC

Software Developer

Posted 18 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Python, SQl, PowerBI, DataBricks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	9,986,900 CRC

Quality Manager

Posted 01 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lean Six Sigma
Business Intelligence
Quality Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	27,574,100 CRC

Investment Officer

Posted 01 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Investment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	26,897,700 CRC

Training And Development Manager

Posted 26 April 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Create, manage, kpis, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	22,059,000 CRC

Customer Software Support Engineer

Posted 05 April 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"We receive bugs from customers. We reproduce the bugs, and then send them to developers to fix."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	20,188,400 CRC

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 28 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Aws, full stack developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	31,973,000 CRC

Software Architect

Posted 24 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	41,564,900 CRC

Multimedia Manager

Posted 15 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Multimedia production for an International Non-Profit, management of suppliers and staff, multimedia content acquisition, creative multimedia product creation, decision making, strategic content creation. Brand maintenance and profile raising."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	23,020,500 CRC

Human Resources Regional Director

Posted 27 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Define and implement a functional HR strategy for the group based on the values and assume responsibility for strategic and operational aspects of HRM."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	66,900,800 CRC

Sr Consultant

Posted 26 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Create and create architectures for customers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	39,691,000 CRC

Compensation Director

Posted 05 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compensation 
Pricing Market
Salary Analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	46,041,700 CRC

Supervisor

Posted 31 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervisr, ba science."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Limón	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	19,572,600 CRC

Demand Planner

Posted 28 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Collaborative Planning, forecasting, replenishment, inventory management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	15,364,200 CRC

. Net Software Developer

Posted 30 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"- Experience in microservices
- Experience in. NET Framework and. NET Core
- Experience with Entity Framework
- Expereince using micro ORM like Dapper
- Experience designing and maintaining Rest and Restful APIs
- Experience consuming APis with JSON
- Experience in SQL server
- Expereinces with MVC(Model-View-Controller)
- Experience with CSS, Bootstrap, JQuery and Javascript
- Experience developing APIs and applications under the SOLID principles
- Expereince with N-Tier Architecture."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	6,458,800 CRC

Marketing Director

Posted 13 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Digital marketing, seo."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	71,930,200 CRC

Cleaning

Posted 03 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cleaning up house and guard."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Limón	Bellow H. School	8-12 Years	n/a	5,871,600 CRC

Seller Support

Posted 26 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Amazon internal web pages, and dont have certificates."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	High School	2-4 Years	n/a	6,752,500 CRC

Mid Software Developer

Posted 04 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full stack developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	21,040,800 CRC

Franchise Manager

Posted 19 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Pharmacist
Specialist in Pharmaceutical Marketing
MBA in Pharmacoeconomics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	91,146,400 CRC

Production Manager

Posted 18 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Head of Costa Rica Site, leading a team of 72 employees, overseeing all aspects of the
business such as: productivity, process improvements, budget, FTZ Management, training
and professional growth for employees."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	51,183,000 CRC

Security Technical Project Manager

Posted 02 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Security-driven engineer

PMI CAPM, Security + - CDN Web Application Firewall, DNS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	25,151,100 CRC

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 21 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full stack software development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	25,053,000 CRC

Product Owner

Posted 29 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product Owner Certified
Product Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	21,273,900 CRC

Country Manager

Posted 23 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"P$L experience with marketing and sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	118,259,300 CRC

Regulatory Analyst

Posted 13 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Reeingenering process."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	21,530,000 CRC

Financial Analyst

Posted 12 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management reporting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	21,711,000 CRC

Director

Posted 13 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	65,934,800 CRC

Exchange Administrator

Posted 09 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing Exchange and mailflow."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	11,743,700 CRC

Project Manager

Posted 20 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"End to end management if IT infrastructure projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	29,358,900 CRC

Workforce Planning Analyst

Posted 11 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Reporting, Analysis, Data collections, Project Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	16,538,700 CRC

ECONOMY / Costa Rica

The main industries in Costa Rica are eco-tourism, software development, financial outsourcing, and pharmaceutical. Well educated residents and low cost labor make country interesting for investments. The country make more earnings from tourism then all three main exports: coffee, bananas, and pineapples. In the history coffee production was the largest industry in country.

Education

Costa Rica with the literacy rate of 95% ranks among highest in Latin America. Practically every community in the country has at least elementary and high school. Primary school is obligatory. Preschool and high school are both free.

Costa Ricans