SAN JOSÉ / SALARY
COSTA RICA

SALARY SURVEYS

196

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 536.38 CRC = 1 USD
24,667,068 CRC $45,988 USD		6,436,566 CRC $12,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 536.38 CRC = 1 USD

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Average Salary / San José

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Average salary in San José is 24,667,068 CRC per year. The most typical earning is 6,436,566 CRC. All data are based on 196 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 27,248,132 CRC. Women receive a salary of 17,807,834 CRC.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians IV with average income 51,224,343 CRC and Sports & Recreation with income 40,282,179 CRC.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 32,611,937 CRC. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 23,064,363 CRC.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 46,450,556 CRC. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 42,427,701 CRC.

Levels / San José (Gross CRC)

Salary Levels (CRC) per Year	Surveys	[%]
1,609,100 CRC - 2,681,399 CRC	0	n/a
2,681,900 CRC - 5,363,299 CRC	4	100% 2.04%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
5,363,800 CRC - 8,045,199 CRC	23	97.96% 11.73%
8,045,700 CRC - 10,727,099 CRC	17	86.22% 8.67%
10,727,600 CRC - 13,408,999 CRC	20	77.55% 10.2%
13,409,500 CRC - 16,090,899 CRC	20	67.35% 10.2%
16,091,400 CRC - 18,772,799 CRC	9	57.14% 4.59%
18,773,300 CRC - 21,454,699 CRC	20	52.55% 10.2%
21,455,200 CRC - 24,136,599 CRC	11	42.35% 5.61%
24,137,100 CRC - 26,818,499 CRC	13	36.73% 6.63%
26,819,000 CRC - 29,500,399 CRC	8	30.1% 4.08%
29,500,900 CRC - 32,182,299 CRC	11	26.02% 5.61%
32,182,800 CRC - 34,864,199 CRC	5	20.41% 2.55%
34,864,700 CRC - 37,546,099 CRC	7	17.86% 3.57%
37,546,600 CRC - 40,227,999 CRC	3	14.29% 1.53%
40,228,500 CRC - 42,909,899 CRC	1	12.76% 0.51%
42,910,400 CRC - 45,591,799 CRC	4	12.24% 2.04%
45,592,300 CRC - 48,273,699 CRC	0	n/a
48,274,200 CRC - 50,955,599 CRC	1	10.2% 0.51%
50,956,200 CRC - 53,637,499 CRC	4	9.69% 2.04%
53,638,100 CRC - 56,319,399 CRC	1	7.65% 0.51%
56,320,000 CRC - 59,001,299 CRC	1	7.14% 0.51%
59,001,900 CRC - 61,683,199 CRC	0	n/a
61,683,800 CRC - 64,365,099 CRC	3	6.63% 1.53%
64,365,700 CRC - 67,046,999 CRC	2	5.1% 1.02%
67,047,600 CRC - 69,728,899 CRC	1	4.08% 0.51%
69,729,500 CRC - 72,410,799 CRC	0	n/a
72,411,400 CRC - 75,092,699 CRC	0	n/a
75,093,300 CRC - 77,774,599 CRC	0	n/a
77,775,200 CRC - 80,456,499 CRC	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
80,457,100 CRC - 85,820,399 CRC	0	n/a
85,820,900 CRC - 91,184,199 CRC	1	3.57% 0.51%
91,184,700 CRC - 96,547,999 CRC	1	3.06% 0.51%
96,548,500 CRC - 101,911,799 CRC	1	2.55% 0.51%
101,912,300 CRC - 107,275,599 CRC	1	2.04% 0.51%
107,276,100 CRC - 112,639,399 CRC	1	1.53% 0.51%
112,639,900 CRC - 118,003,199 CRC	1	1.02% 0.51%
118,003,700 CRC - 123,366,999 CRC	0	n/a
123,367,500 CRC - 128,730,799 CRC	0	n/a
128,731,300 CRC - 134,094,599 CRC	1	0.51% 0.51%
134,095,100 CRC - 187,733,199 CRC	0	n/a

Gender / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	132	27,248,132 CRC
2	Women	48	17,807,834 CRC

Education / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	55	32,611,937 CRC
2	Bachelors Degree	106	23,064,363 CRC
3	High School	10	18,076,024 CRC
4	Doctorate Degree	4	17,486,006 CRC
5	Some College	21	16,359,606 CRC

Experience / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	11	46,450,556 CRC
2	20+ Years	18	42,427,701 CRC
3	8-12 Years	39	28,535,445 CRC
4	12-16 Years	23	26,068,094 CRC
5	4-8 Years	49	21,884,326 CRC
6	2-4 Years	27	16,520,521 CRC
7	1-2 Years	13	13,516,789 CRC
8	0-1 Year	16	9,708,488 CRC

Age / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	1	64,365,666 CRC
2	46-50	9	48,864,268 CRC
3	41-45	10	47,201,488 CRC
4	36-40	28	32,075,557 CRC
5	31-35	47	25,960,818 CRC
6	n/a	16	23,922,572 CRC
7	51-55	1	21,884,326 CRC
8	56-60	5	19,685,166 CRC
9	26-30	51	17,968,748 CRC
10	14-20	4	14,106,808 CRC
11	21-25	23	11,210,353 CRC
12	61-65	1	6,275,652 CRC

Work Type / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	4	45,592,347 CRC
2	Permanent	178	24,458,953 CRC
3	Contract	12	24,083,486 CRC
4	Part Time	2	5,739,271 CRC

Career Groups / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	51,224,343 CRC
2	Sports & Recreation	1	40,282,179 CRC
3	Management & Business	26	39,638,523 CRC
4	Health Care & Medical II	3	37,117,534 CRC
5	Human Resources	12	30,841,881 CRC
6	IT & Programming II	18	30,198,225 CRC
7	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	30,144,587 CRC
8	Properties & Real Estates	3	28,535,445 CRC
9	Engineers & Technicians III	1	26,175,371 CRC
10	IT & Programming	40	25,048,971 CRC
11	Law	3	23,171,639 CRC
12	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	14	21,133,393 CRC
13	Finance & Banking	12	21,026,117 CRC
14	Insurance	2	20,436,099 CRC
15	Engineers & Technicians	13	19,685,166 CRC
16	Media	2	18,880,595 CRC
17	Engineers & Technicians II	2	17,861,472 CRC
18	Automobile	1	17,861,472 CRC
19	Health Care & Medical	2	15,286,845 CRC
20	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	1	14,696,827 CRC
21	Accounting & Administration	13	14,482,274 CRC
22	Making Design	2	14,482,274 CRC
23	Hotels & Tourism	2	14,053,170 CRC
24	Engineers & Technicians V	2	12,604,943 CRC
25	Education & University	3	11,103,077 CRC
26	Organization & Coordination	2	8,796,641 CRC
27	Construction & Labor Workers	2	8,474,812 CRC
28	Public Sector	1	8,045,708 CRC
29	Architect Constructions	2	7,241,137 CRC
30	Customer Services	6	6,865,671 CRC

Careers / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	General Manager	3	82,334,415 CRC
2	J2EE Developer	2	76,809,695 CRC
3	Director	4	74,664,173 CRC
4	Real Estate Broker	1	64,365,666 CRC
5	IT Researching	1	51,492,533 CRC
6	Pharmaceutical Sales	2	48,971,544 CRC
7	Plant Manager	1	48,971,544 CRC
8	Software Engineer	6	42,803,168 CRC
9	Sports Management	1	40,282,179 CRC
10	IT Manager	4	39,048,504 CRC
11	Sales Manager	4	37,546,638 CRC
12	Human Resources Manager	3	35,883,859 CRC
13	Security Specialist	2	34,650,183 CRC
14	Credit Administrator	1	32,182,833 CRC
15	Manager	8	31,592,814 CRC
16	Lead Developer	3	30,305,501 CRC
17	Other Human Resource Career	6	30,198,225 CRC
18	Lead Salesmen or Saleswomen	4	30,144,587 CRC
19	Electrical Engineer Lead	1	29,393,654 CRC
20	Computer Architect	2	26,926,303 CRC
21	Quality Manager	1	26,389,923 CRC
22	Investment Manager	1	25,746,266 CRC
23	System Analyst	2	25,638,990 CRC
24	IT Project Manager	11	24,727,143 CRC
25	Business Manager	2	24,029,848 CRC
26	Media Manager	1	22,045,240 CRC
27	Database Administrator	2	21,884,326 CRC
28	Java Developer	3	21,669,774 CRC
29	Lawyer	2	21,294,308 CRC
30	Business Administration	2	21,187,031 CRC
31	Product Manager	1	20,382,461 CRC
32	Mechanical Engineer	3	20,114,270 CRC
33	Financial Analyst	4	19,470,614 CRC
34	Project Manager	2	17,861,472 CRC
35	Purchasing Agent	1	17,861,472 CRC
36	Web Developer	2	17,807,834 CRC
37	Web Producer	1	15,769,588 CRC
38	Software Developer	5	15,125,931 CRC
39	Other Management Career	3	15,072,293 CRC
40	Other Manufacturing Career	1	14,696,827 CRC
41	Android Developer	1	14,053,170 CRC
42	Economist	2	13,999,532 CRC
43	Real Estate	1	13,570,428 CRC
44	Marketing	2	13,516,789 CRC
45	Engineer	4	13,034,047 CRC
46	Other Engineer Career	2	12,604,943 CRC
47	Electrical Engineer	2	12,068,562 CRC
48	.NET Developer	4	12,014,924 CRC
49	Lead Purchaser	1	11,854,010 CRC
50	System Administrator	1	11,263,991 CRC
51	Accountant	5	9,279,383 CRC
52	Other Public Sector Career	1	8,045,708 CRC
53	Commercial Real Estate Broker	1	7,723,879 CRC
54	Call Center	4	7,348,413 CRC
55	Architect	2	7,241,137 CRC
56	Other IT Career	2	6,972,947 CRC
57	Other Administration Career	1	6,490,204 CRC
58	Customer Consultant	2	5,900,186 CRC

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Tax Law

Posted 11 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"International Tax Law consultant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	10,867,600 CRC

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	8,686,700 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	14,271,500 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	64,365,700 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	32,182,800 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	5,242,000 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	8,049,500 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	5,869,600 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	29,500,900 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	11,421,200 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	32,182,800 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	27,677,200 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	6,967,600 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	51,492,500 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	107,276,100 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	16,091,400 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	7,723,900 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	9,559,400 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	26,393,700 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	25,746,300 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	21,114,600 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	30,604,300 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	39,785,500 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	22,035,000 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	64,036,900 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	37,991,800 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	44,070,600 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	14,706,500 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	6,182,300 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	68,850,900 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	6,463,400 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	20,140,000 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	87,244,400 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	48,991,900 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	24,074,400 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	23,980,500 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	20,363,200 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	113,196,700 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	20,608,300 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	20,781,500 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	63,112,100 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	11,240,900 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	28,102,100 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	15,830,700 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	21,544,800 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	40,280,000 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	14,051,000 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	13,582,800 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	11,802,500 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	15,746,000 CRC

SAN JOSÉ / SALARY COSTA RICA

196

24,667,068 CRC

6,436,566 CRC