SAN JOSÉ / SALARY
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SALARY SURVEYS 191		UPDATED May 2022 About salary data?	CALCULATE YOUR OPTIMUM SALARY! (based on your career and experience)
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 656.54 CRC = 1 USD
30,147,636 CRC $45,919 USD		7,878,473 CRC $12,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 656.54 CRC = 1 USD

Average Salary / San José

Average salary in San José is 30,147,636 CRC per year. The most typical earning is 7,878,473 CRC. All data are based on 191 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 33,220,897 CRC. Women receive a salary of 22,059,726 CRC.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians IV with average income 62,699,520 CRC and Sports & Recreation with income 49,306,114 CRC.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 40,377,177 CRC. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 28,428,159 CRC.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 54,689,738 CRC. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 51,932,272 CRC.

Levels / San José (Gross CRC)

Salary Levels (CRC) per Year	Surveys	[%]
1,969,600 CRC - 3,281,999 CRC	0	n/a
3,282,700 CRC - 6,564,699 CRC	4	100% 2.09%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
6,565,400 CRC - 9,847,399 CRC	23	97.91% 12.04%
9,848,100 CRC - 13,130,099 CRC	16	85.86% 8.38%
13,130,800 CRC - 16,412,799 CRC	19	77.49% 9.95%
16,413,500 CRC - 19,695,499 CRC	19	67.54% 9.95%
19,696,200 CRC - 22,978,199 CRC	9	57.59% 4.71%
22,978,900 CRC - 26,260,899 CRC	20	52.88% 10.47%
26,261,600 CRC - 29,543,599 CRC	11	42.41% 5.76%
29,544,300 CRC - 32,826,299 CRC	13	36.65% 6.81%
32,827,000 CRC - 36,108,999 CRC	8	29.84% 4.19%
36,109,700 CRC - 39,391,699 CRC	11	25.65% 5.76%
39,392,400 CRC - 42,674,399 CRC	4	19.9% 2.09%
42,675,100 CRC - 45,957,099 CRC	7	17.8% 3.66%
45,957,800 CRC - 49,239,799 CRC	3	14.14% 1.57%
49,240,500 CRC - 52,522,499 CRC	1	12.57% 0.52%
52,523,200 CRC - 55,805,199 CRC	4	12.04% 2.09%
55,805,900 CRC - 59,087,899 CRC	0	n/a
59,088,600 CRC - 62,370,599 CRC	1	9.95% 0.52%
62,371,300 CRC - 65,653,299 CRC	4	9.42% 2.09%
65,653,900 CRC - 68,935,999 CRC	1	7.33% 0.52%
68,936,600 CRC - 72,218,699 CRC	1	6.81% 0.52%
72,219,300 CRC - 75,501,399 CRC	0	n/a
75,502,000 CRC - 78,784,099 CRC	3	6.28% 1.57%
78,784,700 CRC - 82,066,799 CRC	1	4.71% 0.52%
82,067,400 CRC - 85,349,499 CRC	1	4.19% 0.52%
85,350,100 CRC - 88,632,199 CRC	0	n/a
88,632,800 CRC - 91,914,899 CRC	0	n/a
91,915,500 CRC - 95,197,599 CRC	0	n/a
95,198,200 CRC - 98,480,299 CRC	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
98,480,900 CRC - 105,045,699 CRC	0	n/a
105,046,300 CRC - 111,611,099 CRC	1	3.66% 0.52%
111,611,700 CRC - 118,176,399 CRC	1	3.14% 0.52%
118,177,100 CRC - 124,741,799 CRC	1	2.62% 0.52%
124,742,500 CRC - 131,307,199 CRC	1	2.09% 0.52%
131,307,900 CRC - 137,872,599 CRC	1	1.57% 0.52%
137,873,300 CRC - 144,437,999 CRC	1	1.05% 0.52%
144,438,700 CRC - 151,003,399 CRC	0	n/a
151,004,100 CRC - 157,568,799 CRC	0	n/a
157,569,500 CRC - 164,134,199 CRC	1	0.52% 0.52%
164,134,900 CRC - 229,788,799 CRC	0	n/a

Gender / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	128	33,220,897 CRC
2	Women	47	22,059,726 CRC

Education / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	54	40,377,177 CRC
2	Bachelors Degree	103	28,428,159 CRC
3	Doctorate Degree	4	21,403,187 CRC
4	Some College	21	20,024,454 CRC
5	High School	9	15,822,601 CRC

Experience / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	10	54,689,738 CRC
2	20+ Years	18	51,932,272 CRC
3	8-12 Years	38	35,518,785 CRC
4	12-16 Years	23	31,907,818 CRC
5	4-8 Years	48	26,524,194 CRC
6	2-4 Years	27	20,221,415 CRC
7	1-2 Years	12	16,413,486 CRC
8	0-1 Year	15	11,752,056 CRC

Age / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	9	59,810,746 CRC
2	41-45	10	57,775,474 CRC
3	36-40	28	39,261,060 CRC
4	31-35	44	32,367,396 CRC
5	n/a	16	29,281,660 CRC
6	51-55	1	26,786,810 CRC
7	56-60	5	24,094,998 CRC
8	26-30	50	22,191,034 CRC
9	14-20	4	17,266,988 CRC
10	21-25	23	13,721,675 CRC
11	61-65	1	7,681,511 CRC

Work Type / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	4	55,805,855 CRC
2	Permanent	174	29,938,200 CRC
3	Contract	11	28,559,467 CRC
4	Part Time	2	7,024,972 CRC

Career Groups / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	62,699,520 CRC
2	Sports & Recreation	1	49,306,114 CRC
3	Management & Business	26	48,518,267 CRC
4	Health Care & Medical II	3	45,432,531 CRC
5	Human Resources	12	37,751,020 CRC
6	IT & Programming II	18	36,963,172 CRC
7	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	36,897,518 CRC
8	Law	2	35,847,055 CRC
9	Engineers & Technicians III	1	32,039,126 CRC
10	IT & Programming	38	30,791,701 CRC
11	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	14	25,867,655 CRC
12	Finance & Banking	12	25,736,347 CRC
13	Insurance	2	25,014,154 CRC
14	Engineers & Technicians	13	24,094,998 CRC
15	Media	2	23,110,189 CRC
16	Engineers & Technicians II	2	21,862,764 CRC
17	Automobile	1	21,862,764 CRC
18	Health Care & Medical	2	18,711,375 CRC
19	Accounting & Administration	12	18,317,451 CRC
20	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	1	17,989,181 CRC
21	Making Design	2	17,726,565 CRC
22	Hotels & Tourism	2	17,201,334 CRC
23	Engineers & Technicians V	2	15,428,677 CRC
24	Education & University	3	13,590,367 CRC
25	Properties & Real Estates	2	13,065,135 CRC
26	Organization & Coordination	2	10,767,247 CRC
27	Construction & Labor Workers	2	10,373,323 CRC
28	Public Sector	1	9,848,092 CRC
29	Architect Constructions	2	8,863,282 CRC
30	Customer Services	6	8,403,705 CRC

Careers / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	General Manager	3	100,778,810 CRC
2	J2EE Developer	2	94,016,453 CRC
3	Director	4	91,390,295 CRC
4	Human Resource	1	77,537,312 CRC
5	IT Researching	1	63,027,789 CRC
6	Pharmaceutical Sales	2	59,942,054 CRC
7	Plant Manager	1	59,942,054 CRC
8	Software Engineer	6	52,391,850 CRC
9	IT Manager	3	50,553,539 CRC
10	Sports Management	1	49,306,114 CRC
11	Sales Manager	4	45,957,763 CRC
12	Human Resources Manager	3	43,922,491 CRC
13	Security Specialist	2	42,412,450 CRC
14	Credit Administrator	1	39,392,368 CRC
15	Manager	8	38,670,175 CRC
16	Lead Developer	3	37,094,480 CRC
17	Other Human Resource Career	6	36,963,172 CRC
18	Lead Salesmen or Saleswomen	4	36,897,518 CRC
19	Electrical Engineer Lead	1	35,978,363 CRC
20	Computer Architect	2	32,958,281 CRC
21	Quality Manager	1	32,301,742 CRC
22	Investment Manager	1	31,513,894 CRC
23	System Analyst	2	31,382,587 CRC
24	IT Project Manager	11	30,266,469 CRC
25	Business Manager	2	29,412,968 CRC
26	Media Manager	1	26,983,772 CRC
27	Database Administrator	2	26,786,810 CRC
28	Java Developer	3	26,524,194 CRC
29	Business Administration	2	25,933,309 CRC
30	Product Manager	1	24,948,500 CRC
31	Mechanical Engineer	3	24,620,230 CRC
32	Financial Analyst	4	23,832,383 CRC
33	Project Manager	2	21,862,764 CRC
34	Purchasing Agent	1	21,862,764 CRC
35	Car Service Administration	1	21,862,764 CRC
36	Web Developer	2	21,797,110 CRC
37	Web Producer	1	19,302,260 CRC
38	Software Developer	5	18,514,413 CRC
39	Other Management Career	3	18,448,759 CRC
40	Other Manufacturing Career	1	17,989,181 CRC
41	Android Developer	1	17,201,334 CRC
42	Economist	2	17,135,680 CRC
43	Real Estate	1	16,610,448 CRC
44	Marketing	2	16,544,794 CRC
45	Engineer	4	15,953,909 CRC
46	Other Engineer Career	2	15,428,677 CRC
47	Electrical Engineer	2	14,772,138 CRC
48	Lead Purchaser	1	14,509,522 CRC
49	.NET Developer	3	13,787,329 CRC
50	System Administrator	1	13,787,329 CRC
51	Accountant	4	11,555,094 CRC
52	Other Public Sector Career	1	9,848,092 CRC
53	Commercial Real Estate Broker	1	9,454,168 CRC
54	Call Center	4	8,994,590 CRC
55	Architect	2	8,863,282 CRC
56	Other IT Career	2	8,535,013 CRC
57	Other Administration Career	1	7,944,127 CRC
58	Customer Consultant	2	7,221,934 CRC

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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	6,416,400 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	9,852,700 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	7,184,500 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	36,109,700 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	13,979,700 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	39,392,400 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	33,877,400 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	8,528,400 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	63,027,800 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	131,307,900 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	19,696,200 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	9,454,200 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	11,700,800 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	32,306,300 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	31,513,900 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	25,844,700 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	37,460,200 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	48,698,200 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	26,971,300 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	78,382,300 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	46,502,700 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	53,943,300 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	18,001,000 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	7,567,300 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	84,274,700 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	7,911,300 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	24,651,700 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	106,788,800 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	59,967,000 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	29,467,500 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	29,352,600 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	24,924,900 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	138,554,800 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	25,224,900 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	25,437,000 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	77,250,400 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	13,759,100 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	34,397,400 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	19,377,100 CRC

Software Engineer

Posted 28 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Greenfield development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	26,371,200 CRC

Latam Regional Director

Posted 27 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervise and develop the growth of the brand in the region."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	High School	20+ Years	n/a	49,303,500 CRC

Android Developer

Posted 21 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Android, Java, C#. NET web services, MS Dyncamics NAV."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	17,198,700 CRC

Project Manager

Posted 06 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	16,625,500 CRC

Social Media Manager

Posted 02 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Social Media Managers are responsible for planning, implementing, managing and monitoring company's Social Media strategy in order to increase brand awareness, improve Marketing efforts and increase sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	14,446,500 CRC

Business Analyst

Posted 06 December 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business analyst outsourcing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	19,273,400 CRC

Associate Sourcing Manager

Posted 31 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I lead procurement processes regionally."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	14,476,700 CRC

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 02 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Node JS Python. NET SQL MS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	30,837,700 CRC

Accounts Payable Specialist

Posted 31 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Invoice processor."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	7,913,900 CRC

Partnership Manager

Posted 25 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Revenue generation and partnership channel growth."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	36,298,800 CRC

Product Development Engineer

Posted 22 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Test development planning and product problem-solving in manufacture."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	35,977,100 CRC

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