SAN JOSÉ / SALARY
COSTA RICA

SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 560.37 CRC = 1 USD
25,844,247 CRC $46,120 USD		6,724,435 CRC $12,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 560.37 CRC = 1 USD

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Average Salary / San José

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Average salary in San José is 25,844,247 CRC per year. The most typical earning is 6,724,435 CRC. All data are based on 195 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 28,578,851 CRC. Women receive a salary of 18,604,271 CRC.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians IV with average income 53,515,299 CRC and Sports & Recreation with income 42,083,759 CRC.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 34,070,473 CRC. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 24,207,968 CRC.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 48,528,010 CRC. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 44,325,237 CRC.

Levels / San José (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	4	100% 2.05%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
5,603,700 CRC - 8,404,999 CRC	23	97.95% 11.79%
8,405,500 CRC - 11,206,799 CRC	17	86.15% 8.72%
11,207,400 CRC - 14,008,699 CRC	19	77.44% 9.74%
14,009,200 CRC - 16,810,499 CRC	20	67.69% 10.26%
16,811,100 CRC - 19,612,399 CRC	9	57.44% 4.62%
19,612,900 CRC - 22,414,199 CRC	20	52.82% 10.26%
22,414,800 CRC - 25,216,099 CRC	11	42.56% 5.64%
25,216,600 CRC - 28,017,899 CRC	13	36.92% 6.67%
28,018,500 CRC - 30,819,799 CRC	8	30.26% 4.1%
30,820,300 CRC - 33,621,599 CRC	11	26.15% 5.64%
33,622,200 CRC - 36,423,499 CRC	5	20.51% 2.56%
36,424,000 CRC - 39,225,299 CRC	7	17.95% 3.59%
39,225,900 CRC - 42,027,199 CRC	3	14.36% 1.54%
42,027,700 CRC - 44,828,999 CRC	1	12.82% 0.51%
44,829,600 CRC - 47,630,899 CRC	4	12.31% 2.05%
47,631,400 CRC - 50,432,699 CRC	0	n/a
50,433,300 CRC - 53,234,599 CRC	1	10.26% 0.51%
53,235,100 CRC - 56,036,399 CRC	4	9.74% 2.05%
56,037,000 CRC - 58,838,299 CRC	1	7.69% 0.51%
58,838,800 CRC - 61,640,099 CRC	1	7.18% 0.51%
61,640,700 CRC - 64,441,899 CRC	0	n/a
64,442,500 CRC - 67,243,799 CRC	3	6.67% 1.54%
67,244,400 CRC - 70,045,599 CRC	2	5.13% 1.03%
70,046,200 CRC - 72,847,499 CRC	1	4.1% 0.51%
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	0	n/a
89,659,100 CRC - 95,262,299 CRC	1	3.59% 0.51%
95,262,800 CRC - 100,865,999 CRC	1	3.08% 0.51%
100,866,500 CRC - 106,469,699 CRC	1	2.56% 0.51%
106,470,200 CRC - 112,073,399 CRC	1	2.05% 0.51%
112,073,900 CRC - 117,677,099 CRC	1	1.54% 0.51%
117,677,600 CRC - 123,280,799 CRC	1	1.03% 0.51%
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	0.51% 0.51%
140,092,400 CRC - 196,129,399 CRC	0	n/a

Gender / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	131	28,578,851 CRC
2	Women	48	18,604,271 CRC

Education / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	55	34,070,473 CRC
2	Bachelors Degree	105	24,207,968 CRC
3	High School	10	18,884,456 CRC
4	Doctorate Degree	4	18,268,050 CRC
5	Some College	21	17,091,273 CRC

Experience / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	11	48,528,010 CRC
2	20+ Years	18	44,325,237 CRC
3	8-12 Years	39	29,811,664 CRC
4	12-16 Years	23	27,233,964 CRC
5	4-8 Years	49	22,863,081 CRC
6	2-4 Years	27	17,259,384 CRC
7	1-2 Years	13	14,121,314 CRC
8	0-1 Year	15	10,030,616 CRC

Age / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	1	67,244,355 CRC
2	46-50	9	51,049,673 CRC
3	41-45	10	49,312,527 CRC
4	36-40	28	33,510,104 CRC
5	31-35	47	27,121,890 CRC
6	n/a	16	24,992,485 CRC
7	51-55	1	22,863,081 CRC
8	56-60	5	20,565,565 CRC
9	26-30	50	18,940,493 CRC
10	14-20	4	14,737,721 CRC
11	21-25	23	11,711,725 CRC
12	61-65	1	6,556,324 CRC

Work Type / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	4	47,631,418 CRC
2	Permanent	177	25,608,892 CRC
3	Contract	12	25,160,596 CRC
4	Part Time	2	5,995,955 CRC

Career Groups / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	53,515,299 CRC
2	Sports & Recreation	1	42,083,759 CRC
3	Management & Business	26	41,411,315 CRC
4	Health Care & Medical II	3	38,777,578 CRC
5	Human Resources	12	32,221,253 CRC
6	IT & Programming II	18	31,548,810 CRC
7	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	31,492,773 CRC
8	Law	2	30,596,181 CRC
9	Properties & Real Estates	3	29,811,664 CRC
10	Engineers & Technicians III	1	27,346,038 CRC
11	IT & Programming	40	26,169,261 CRC
12	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	14	22,078,563 CRC
13	Finance & Banking	12	21,966,489 CRC
14	Insurance	2	21,350,083 CRC
15	Engineers & Technicians	13	20,565,565 CRC
16	Media	2	19,725,011 CRC
17	Engineers & Technicians II	2	18,660,308 CRC
18	Automobile	1	18,660,308 CRC
19	Health Care & Medical	2	15,970,534 CRC
20	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	1	15,354,127 CRC
21	Accounting & Administration	13	15,129,980 CRC
22	Making Design	2	15,129,980 CRC
23	Hotels & Tourism	2	14,681,684 CRC
24	Engineers & Technicians V	2	13,168,686 CRC
25	Education & University	3	11,599,651 CRC
26	Organization & Coordination	2	9,190,061 CRC
27	Construction & Labor Workers	2	8,853,840 CRC
28	Public Sector	1	8,405,544 CRC
29	Architect Constructions	2	7,564,990 CRC
30	Customer Services	6	7,172,731 CRC

Careers / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	General Manager	3	86,016,738 CRC
2	J2EE Developer	2	80,244,931 CRC
3	Director	4	78,003,452 CRC
4	Real Estate Broker	1	67,244,355 CRC
5	Human Resource	1	66,179,653 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	Software Engineer	6	44,717,496 CRC
10	Sports Management	1	42,083,759 CRC
11	IT Manager	4	40,794,909 CRC
12	Sales Manager	4	39,225,874 CRC
13	Human Resources Manager	3	37,488,728 CRC
14	Security Specialist	2	36,199,878 CRC
15	Credit Administrator	1	33,622,177 CRC
16	Manager	8	33,005,771 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	Electrical Engineer Lead	1	30,708,255 CRC
21	Computer Architect	2	28,130,555 CRC
22	Quality Manager	1	27,570,185 CRC
23	Investment Manager	1	26,897,742 CRC
24	System Analyst	2	26,785,668 CRC
25	IT Project Manager	11	25,833,040 CRC
26	Business Manager	2	25,104,559 CRC
27	Media Manager	1	23,031,191 CRC
28	Database Administrator	2	22,863,081 CRC
29	Java Developer	3	22,638,933 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	Financial Analyst	4	20,341,417 CRC
34	Project Manager	2	18,660,308 CRC
35	Purchasing Agent	1	18,660,308 CRC
36	Web Developer	2	18,604,271 CRC
37	Web Producer	1	16,474,867 CRC
38	Software Developer	5	15,802,423 CRC
39	Other Management Career	3	15,746,386 CRC
40	Other Manufacturing Career	1	15,354,127 CRC
41	Android Developer	1	14,681,684 CRC
42	Economist	2	14,625,647 CRC
43	Real Estate	1	14,177,351 CRC
44	Marketing	2	14,121,314 CRC
45	Engineer	4	13,616,982 CRC
46	Other Engineer Career	2	13,168,686 CRC
47	Electrical Engineer	2	12,608,316 CRC
48	.NET Developer	4	12,552,279 CRC
49	Lead Purchaser	1	12,384,168 CRC
50	System Administrator	1	11,767,762 CRC
51	Accountant	5	9,694,394 CRC
52	Other Public Sector Career	1	8,405,544 CRC
53	Commercial Real Estate Broker	1	8,069,322 CRC
54	Call Center	4	7,677,063 CRC
55	Architect	2	7,564,990 CRC
56	Other IT Career	2	7,284,805 CRC
57	Other Administration Career	1	6,780,472 CRC
58	Customer Consultant	2	6,164,065 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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	22,508,400 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	42,081,500 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	14,679,400 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	14,190,200 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	12,330,400 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	16,450,200 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	12,356,200 CRC

SAN JOSÉ / SALARY COSTA RICA

195

25,844,247 CRC

6,724,435 CRC