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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR
Gross income
Net (after tax)
520.13 CRC = 1 USD

24,072,795 CRC

$46,282 USD
San José

24,085,799 CRC

14,043,591 CRC

$27,000 USD
Including "San José"
Excluding "San José"

Average Salary / Costa Rica

Average salary in Costa Rica is 24,072,795 CRC per year. The most typical earning is 14,043,591 CRC. All data are based on 231 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 26,630,810 CRC. Women receive a salary of 17,112,375 CRC.

The most paid careers are Manufacturing & Labor Workers with average income 52,637,460 CRC and Engineers & Technicians IV with income 49,672,702 CRC.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 31,624,086 CRC. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 22,209,679 CRC.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 45,251,571 CRC. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 38,905,949 CRC.

Levels / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

Salary Levels (CRC) per Year Surveys [%]
1,560,400 CRC - 2,600,099 CRC
0 n/a
2,600,700 CRC - 5,200,799 CRC
8 100%
3.46%
5,201,300 CRC - 7,801,499 CRC
24 96.54%
10.39%
7,802,000 CRC - 10,402,099 CRC
19 86.15%
8.23%
10,402,700 CRC - 13,002,799 CRC
23 77.92%
9.96%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
13,003,300 CRC - 15,603,499 CRC
25 67.97%
10.82%
15,604,000 CRC - 18,204,099 CRC
13 57.14%
5.63%
18,204,700 CRC - 20,804,799 CRC
22 51.52%
9.52%
20,805,300 CRC - 23,405,499 CRC
11 41.99%
4.76%
23,406,000 CRC - 26,006,099 CRC
14 37.23%
6.06%
26,006,700 CRC - 28,606,799 CRC
10 31.17%
4.33%
28,607,300 CRC - 31,207,499 CRC
11 26.84%
4.76%
31,208,000 CRC - 33,808,099 CRC
7 22.08%
3.03%
33,808,600 CRC - 36,408,799 CRC
8 19.05%
3.46%
36,409,300 CRC - 39,009,499 CRC
3 15.58%
1.3%
39,010,000 CRC - 41,610,099 CRC
3 14.29%
1.3%
41,610,600 CRC - 44,210,799 CRC
7 12.99%
3.03%
44,211,300 CRC - 46,811,499 CRC
0 n/a
46,812,000 CRC - 49,412,099 CRC
1 9.96%
0.43%
49,412,600 CRC - 52,012,799 CRC
5 9.52%
2.16%
52,013,300 CRC - 54,613,399 CRC
1 7.36%
0.43%
54,614,000 CRC - 57,214,099 CRC
1 6.93%
0.43%
57,214,600 CRC - 59,814,799 CRC
0 n/a
59,815,300 CRC - 62,415,399 CRC
3 6.49%
1.3%
62,416,000 CRC - 65,016,099 CRC
2 5.19%
0.87%
65,016,600 CRC - 67,616,799 CRC
1 4.33%
0.43%
67,617,300 CRC - 70,217,399 CRC
0 n/a
70,218,000 CRC - 72,818,099 CRC
0 n/a
72,818,600 CRC - 75,418,799 CRC
0 n/a
75,419,300 CRC - 78,019,399 CRC
0 n/a
HIGH SALARIES
78,020,000 CRC - 83,220,799 CRC
1 3.9%
0.43%
83,221,300 CRC - 88,422,099 CRC
1 3.46%
0.43%
88,422,600 CRC - 93,623,399 CRC
1 3.03%
0.43%
93,623,900 CRC - 98,824,799 CRC
1 2.6%
0.43%
98,825,300 CRC - 104,026,099 CRC
2 2.16%
0.87%
104,026,600 CRC - 109,227,399 CRC
1 1.3%
0.43%
109,227,900 CRC - 114,428,699 CRC
1 0.87%
0.43%
114,429,300 CRC - 119,630,099 CRC
0 n/a
119,630,600 CRC - 124,831,399 CRC
0 n/a
124,831,900 CRC - 130,032,699 CRC
1 0.43%
0.43%
130,033,300 CRC - 182,046,599 CRC
0 n/a

Gender / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Men 155 26,630,810 CRC
2 Women 58 17,112,375 CRC

Education / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Masters Degree 66 31,624,086 CRC
2 Bachelors Degree 124 22,209,679 CRC
3 Doctorate Degree 7 21,273,440 CRC
4 High School 10 17,528,482 CRC
5 Some College 23 16,904,322 CRC
6 Bellow H. School 1 5,461,396 CRC

Experience / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 16-20 Years 15 45,251,571 CRC
2 20+ Years 22 38,905,949 CRC
3 8-12 Years 47 28,867,381 CRC
4 12-16 Years 26 25,070,411 CRC
5 4-8 Years 57 20,545,253 CRC
6 2-4 Years 32 15,031,843 CRC
7 1-2 Years 16 13,575,471 CRC
8 0-1 Year 16 9,414,407 CRC

Age / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 46-50 13 48,060,290 CRC
2 66-70 2 38,437,829 CRC
3 41-45 16 36,617,363 CRC
4 36-40 32 29,439,528 CRC
5 31-35 55 26,110,677 CRC
6 n/a 18 24,186,184 CRC
7 51-55 1 21,221,426 CRC
8 56-60 5 19,088,881 CRC
9 26-30 57 16,904,322 CRC
10 14-20 4 13,679,498 CRC
11 21-25 27 11,807,019 CRC
12 61-65 1 6,085,556 CRC

Work Type / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Self Employed 5 39,009,975 CRC
2 Permanent 207 24,082,158 CRC
3 Contract 15 22,313,706 CRC
4 Part Time 4 11,026,819 CRC

Cities / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Cartago 4 34,068,712 CRC
2 --Other-- 23 26,266,716 CRC
3 San José 198 24,082,158 CRC
4 San Ramón 2 9,310,380 CRC
5 Limón 4 8,270,114 CRC

Career Groups / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 Manufacturing & Labor Workers 3 52,637,460 CRC
2 Engineers & Technicians IV 1 49,672,702 CRC
3 Sports & Recreation 1 39,061,988 CRC
4 Management & Business 29 37,241,523 CRC
5 Making Design 4 36,825,417 CRC
6 Human Resources 13 29,699,594 CRC
7 Salesmen & Saleswomen 4 29,231,475 CRC
8 Health Care & Medical II 4 28,295,235 CRC
9 IT & Programming II 24 27,775,102 CRC
10 Engineers & Technicians III 1 25,382,490 CRC
11 IT & Programming 45 23,770,078 CRC
12 Law 3 22,469,745 CRC
13 Marketing, Sales, Purchase 14 20,493,240 CRC
14 Engineers & Technicians 15 20,285,187 CRC
15 Engineers & Technicians V 4 20,129,147 CRC
16 Finance & Banking 14 19,869,080 CRC
17 Insurance 2 19,817,067 CRC
18 Media 2 18,308,681 CRC
19 Properties & Real Estates 6 17,528,482 CRC
20 Engineers & Technicians II 2 17,320,429 CRC
21 Automobile 1 17,320,429 CRC
22 Accounting & Administration 15 14,303,657 CRC
23 Education & University 5 13,991,577 CRC
24 Hotels & Tourism 2 13,627,484 CRC
25 Health Care & Medical 3 11,234,872 CRC
26 Organization & Coordination 2 8,530,181 CRC
27 Customer Services 7 8,322,128 CRC
28 Construction & Labor Workers 2 8,218,101 CRC
29 Public Sector 1 7,801,995 CRC
30 Architect Constructions 2 7,021,795 CRC

Careers / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

# Surveys AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1 General Manager 3 79,840,416 CRC
2 J2EE Developer 2 74,483,046 CRC
3 Real Estate Broker 1 62,415,961 CRC
4 Director 5 60,803,548 CRC
5 Other Manufacturing Career 2 58,046,843 CRC
6 IT Researching 1 49,932,768 CRC
7 Pharmaceutical Sales 2 47,488,143 CRC
8 Plant Manager 1 47,488,143 CRC
9 Research Engineer 1 41,610,640 CRC
10 Interaction Designer 1 39,009,975 CRC
11 Sales Manager 4 36,409,310 CRC
12 Software Engineer 9 33,756,632 CRC
13 Security Specialist 2 33,600,592 CRC
14 Manager 9 33,028,446 CRC
15 Human Resources Manager 4 32,976,432 CRC
16 IT Manager 5 32,300,259 CRC
17 Credit Administrator 1 31,207,980 CRC
18 Lead Developer 3 29,387,515 CRC
19 Other Human Resource Career 6 29,283,488 CRC
20 Lead Salesmen or Saleswomen 4 29,231,475 CRC
21 Computer Architect 2 26,110,677 CRC
22 Quality Manager 1 25,590,544 CRC
23 Investment Manager 1 24,966,384 CRC
24 System Analyst 3 24,394,238 CRC
25 IT Project Manager 11 23,978,131 CRC
26 Business Manager 2 23,301,958 CRC
27 Education Coordinator 2 22,729,812 CRC
28 Media Manager 1 21,377,466 CRC
29 Database Administrator 2 21,221,426 CRC
30 Other Engineer Career 3 21,169,413 CRC
31 Lawyer 2 20,649,280 CRC
32 Business Administration 2 20,545,253 CRC
33 Product Manager 1 19,765,054 CRC
34 Mechanical Engineer 3 19,504,987 CRC
35 Java Developer 4 18,880,828 CRC
36 Customer Service Manager 1 18,152,642 CRC
37 Financial Analyst 6 18,100,628 CRC
38 Web Developer 2 17,268,415 CRC
39 .NET Developer 5 16,436,203 CRC
40 Project Manager 3 16,228,149 CRC
41 Software Developer 7 16,072,109 CRC
42 Other Management Career 3 14,615,737 CRC
43 Economist 2 13,575,471 CRC
44 Marketing 2 13,107,351 CRC
45 Engineer 4 12,639,232 CRC
46 Electrical Engineer 2 11,702,992 CRC
47 Other Administration Career 2 10,922,793 CRC
48 Other IT Career 3 10,766,753 CRC
49 Accountant 5 8,998,301 CRC
50 Property Manager 2 8,270,114 CRC
51 Other Public Sector Career 1 7,801,995 CRC
52 Commercial Real Estate Broker 1 7,489,915 CRC
53 Doctor 2 7,333,875 CRC
54 Call Center 4 7,125,822 CRC
55 Architect 2 7,021,795 CRC
56 Primary School Teacher 2 6,085,556 CRC
57 Customer Consultant 2 5,721,463 CRC
58 Other Property Career 1 5,461,396 CRC

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

50/50  Digital Design Manager (Woman)
Posted 05 April 2024

What I do?

"People manager, product manager, design, ux design, product design, global collaboration."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years Expert 39,010,000 CRC

49/50  Insights Manager (Man)
Posted 11 January 2024

What I do?

"Market research."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Masters Degree 4-8 Years Intermediate 41,610,600 CRC

48/50  Tax Law (Man)
Posted 11 July 2023

What I do?

"International Tax Law consultant."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year Advanced 10,538,400 CRC

47/50  Analista Financiera (Woman)
Posted 29 September 2022

What I do?

"ANALISTA FINANCIERA- CONTADORA."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years Advanced 8,423,600 CRC

46/50  Developer (Man)
Posted 14 July 2022

What I do?

"HTML, Apache."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Masters Degree 1-2 Years Intermediate 13,839,200 CRC

45/50  Real Estate Broker (Man)
Posted 12 July 2022

What I do?

"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 62,416,000 CRC

44/50  Business Development Manager - It (Man)
Posted 11 June 2022

What I do?

"Administration Finance Project manager."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 31,208,000 CRC

43/50  Intern (Woman)
Posted 08 April 2022

What I do?

"Windows."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Some College 0-1 Year Basic 5,083,300 CRC

42/50  Chemical Engineer I (Woman)
Posted 26 March 2022

What I do?

"Chemical engineer in the environmental health department."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 16-20 Years Advanced 7,805,600 CRC

41/50  Hr Services (Woman)
Posted 21 March 2022

What I do?

"HR, Customer Services, SP, etc."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José High School 2-4 Years Advanced 5,691,800 CRC

40/50  Java Developer (Man)
Posted 18 March 2022

What I do?

"Spring boot, programming, unit testing restful."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Advanced 28,607,300 CRC

39/50  Computer Engineer (Man)
Posted 10 March 2022

What I do?

"System Administration; Training."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
--Other-- Bachelors Degree 12-16 Years Advanced 23,406,000 CRC

38/50  Product Engineer (Man)
Posted 14 February 2022

What I do?

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

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year Intermediate 11,075,200 CRC

37/50  Administrator (Man)
Posted 12 February 2022

What I do?

"Full funtions."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Intermediate 31,208,000 CRC

36/50  Software Engineer (Man)
Posted 18 January 2022

What I do?

"Business Management."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Masters Degree 8-12 Years Advanced 26,838,900 CRC

35/50  Quality & Automation Analyst (Man)
Posted 17 January 2022

What I do?

"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 6,756,500 CRC

34/50  Cybersecurity (Man)
Posted 17 January 2022

What I do?

"Cybersecutiry context."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Masters Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 49,932,800 CRC

33/50  Market Analyst (Man)
Posted 13 January 2022

What I do?

"Evaluation, bonds, data, market."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
--Other-- Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Intermediate 14,043,600 CRC

32/50  Project Manager Technology (Woman)
Posted 03 January 2022

What I do?

"Project manager."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
--Other-- Masters Degree 4-8 Years Advanced 15,604,000 CRC

31/50  Country Manager (Woman)
Posted 16 November 2021

What I do?

"Oversee CR operation."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Masters Degree 16-20 Years Expert 104,026,600 CRC

30/50  Embedded Software Developer (Man)
Posted 03 November 2021

What I do?

"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 32,976,400 CRC

29/50  C&b Analyst (Man)
Posted 11 October 2021

What I do?

"Compensations and benefits analyst."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José High School 4-8 Years Intermediate 15,604,000 CRC

28/50  Junior Associate (Man)
Posted 30 August 2021

What I do?

"Brokerage consulting services."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year Advanced 7,489,900 CRC

27/50  Software Developer (Man)
Posted 18 August 2021

What I do?

"Python, SQl, PowerBI, DataBricks."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 0-1 Year Advanced 9,269,800 CRC

26/50  Quality Manager (Man)
Posted 01 July 2021

What I do?

"Lean Six Sigma Business Intelligence Quality Management."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Masters Degree 4-8 Years Expert 25,594,200 CRC

25/50  Investment Officer (Man)
Posted 01 July 2021

What I do?

"Investment."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 2-4 Years Intermediate 24,966,400 CRC

24/50  Training And Development Manager (Woman)
Posted 26 April 2021

What I do?

"Create, manage, kpis,."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Masters Degree 16-20 Years Expert 20,475,000 CRC

23/50  Customer Software Support Engineer (Man)
Posted 05 April 2021

What I do?

"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 18,738,800 CRC

22/50  Senior Software Engineer (Man)
Posted 28 March 2021

What I do?

"Aws, full stack developer."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 8-12 Years n/a 29,677,200 CRC

21/50  Software Architect (Man)
Posted 24 March 2021

What I do?

"Software development."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Masters Degree 12-16 Years n/a 38,580,300 CRC

20/50  Multimedia Manager (Woman)
Posted 15 March 2021

What I do?

"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 21,367,600 CRC

19/50  Human Resources Regional Director (Man)
Posted 27 February 2021

What I do?

"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 62,097,100 CRC

18/50  Sr Consultant (Man)
Posted 26 February 2021

What I do?

"Create and create architectures for customers."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Masters Degree 8-12 Years n/a 36,841,000 CRC

17/50  Compensation Director (Man)
Posted 05 January 2021

What I do?

"Compensation Pricing Market Salary Analysis."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Masters Degree 8-12 Years n/a 42,735,700 CRC

16/50  Supervisor (Man)
Posted 31 December 2020

What I do?

"Supervisr, ba science."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Limón Bachelors Degree 20+ Years n/a 18,167,200 CRC

15/50  Demand Planner (Man)
Posted 28 December 2020

What I do?

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

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Masters Degree 4-8 Years n/a 14,261,000 CRC

14/50  . NET Software Developer (Man)
Posted 30 November 2020

What I do?

"- 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 5,995,100 CRC

13/50  Marketing Director (Man)
Posted 13 October 2020

What I do?

"Digital marketing, seo."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Some College 16-20 Years n/a 66,765,300 CRC

12/50  Cleaning (Woman)
Posted 03 October 2020

What I do?

"Cleaning up house and guard."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
Limón Bellow H. School 8-12 Years n/a 5,450,000 CRC

11/50  Seller Support (Woman)
Posted 26 September 2020

What I do?

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

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José High School 2-4 Years n/a 6,267,600 CRC

10/50  Mid Software Developer (Man)
Posted 04 September 2020

What I do?

"Full stack developer."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 19,530,000 CRC

9/50  Franchise Manager (Man)
Posted 19 August 2020

What I do?

"Pharmacist Specialist in Pharmaceutical Marketing MBA in Pharmacoeconomics."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 20+ Years n/a 84,601,700 CRC

8/50  Production Manager (Man)
Posted 18 August 2020

What I do?

"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 47,507,900 CRC

7/50  Security Technical Project Manager (Man)
Posted 02 August 2020

What I do?

"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 23,345,100 CRC

6/50  Senior Software Engineer (Man)
Posted 21 June 2020

What I do?

"Full stack software development."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 23,254,100 CRC

5/50  Product Owner (Man)
Posted 29 May 2020

What I do?

"Product Owner Certified Product Manager."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 19,746,300 CRC

4/50  Country Manager (Man)
Posted 23 May 2020

What I do?

"P$L experience with marketing and sales."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 20+ Years n/a 109,767,800 CRC

3/50  Regulatory Analyst (Man)
Posted 13 May 2020

What I do?

"Reeingenering process."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 19,984,000 CRC

2/50  Financial Analyst (Man)
Posted 12 May 2020

What I do?

"Management reporting."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 4-8 Years n/a 20,152,000 CRC

1/50  Director (Man)
Posted 13 March 2020

What I do?

"Software Development."

City Education Experience Knowledge Gross salary / year
San José Bachelors Degree 20+ Years n/a 61,200,400 CRC




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