Salaries in Costa Rica
₡450,000a month
Median monthly salary, 2025.
- Yearly
- ₡5,400,000
- Equals
- $894
Top 10 highest paying
- CEO₡23,257,700
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village₡22,791,900
- Senior government officials₡22,595,400
- IT project manager₡22,403,800
- Finance manager₡21,941,800
- Insurance agent₡21,761,500
- Operations manager₡21,683,000
- Social media manager₡21,599,300
- Specialist doctor₡21,485,200
- Head of marketing₡21,457,000
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food worker₡2,838,300
- Shelf stacker₡3,659,000
- Kitchen assistant₡3,662,200
- Cleaner₡3,670,000
- Housekeeper₡3,717,600
- Tailor₡3,724,900
- Garment presser₡3,790,700
- Fiacre driver₡3,826,800
- Picker and packer₡3,860,900
- Car cleaner₡3,936,200
By major occupation group
| Managers | ₡1,625,000 a month |
| Professionals | ₡1,104,200 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | ₡646,200 a month |
| Clerical support workers | ₡487,500 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | ₡433,300 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | ₡433,300 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | ₡433,000 a month |
| Service and sales workers | ₡406,300 a month |
| Elementary occupations | ₡350,000 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant₡12,607,300
- Accounts assistant₡5,963,600
- Accounts clerk₡6,907,800
- Actor₡8,825,500
- Actuary₡13,710,400
- Agricultural technician₡7,031,600
- Aid worker₡5,902,400
- Air traffic controller₡11,564,300
- Air traffic safety technician₡8,236,600
- Aircraft technician₡6,280,700
- Airline pilot₡11,808,300
- Animal carer₡4,457,000
- Announcer₡11,596,100
- Anthropologist₡11,524,900
- Apiarists and sericulturists₡5,695,500
- Aquaculture support worker₡5,695,500
- Architect₡12,239,000
- Art director₡12,460,800
- Artist₡11,578,200
- Astrologer₡4,954,300
- Astrophysicist₡15,122,500
- Athlete₡7,601,300
- Audio-visual technician₡7,185,300
- Audiology technician₡6,549,900
- Audit clerk₡6,421,900
- Auto mechanic₡4,929,100
- Avionics mechanic₡5,881,800
- Ballet dancer₡10,343,500
- Bartender₡4,256,100
- Basketmaker₡4,215,100
- Beautician₡4,196,900
- Benefits officer₡7,546,600
- Bicycle mechanic₡4,777,900
- Bike assembler₡4,490,800
- Bindery worker₡4,141,000
- Blacksmith₡4,995,100
- Blaster₡5,927,900
- Boiler operator₡6,727,200
- Bricklayer₡5,329,900
- Broadcast engineer₡14,611,100
- Builder₡5,389,500
- Bus driver₡5,254,500
- Butcher₡4,316,100
- Buyer₡7,472,900
- Cabinetmaker₡4,659,700
- Call centre agent₡5,006,000
- Candle factory worker₡4,729,400
- Car assembler₡5,129,000
- Car cleaner₡3,936,200
- Car electrician₡5,947,700
- Car painter₡4,938,900
- Career coach₡11,805,500
- Caretaker₡5,049,100
- Carpenter₡5,119,200
- Carpet worker₡4,287,300
- Cashier₡3,985,300
- CEO₡23,257,700
- Cheese maker₡5,510,100
- Chef₡6,361,800
- Chemical engineer₡14,086,500
- Chemical engineering technician₡8,587,500
- Chemical operator₡8,787,900
- Chemical products plant and machine operators₡5,812,900
- Chemist₡12,721,600
- Chief engineer₡9,233,500
- Childcare centre manager₡14,217,400
- Civil engineer₡13,679,300
- Civils worker₡5,313,900
- Cleaner₡3,670,000
- Cleaners₡4,283,500
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified₡5,612,000
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified₡5,397,800
- Clinical research assistant₡6,137,500
- Cnc operator₡5,275,500
- Coffee taster₡4,703,300
- Commodity trader₡8,692,400
- Community health worker₡7,341,200
- Companion₡4,731,100
- Concrete finisher₡5,446,200
- Construction foreman₡9,041,800
- Construction manager₡17,135,000
- Construction worker₡4,625,600
- Cook₡4,480,700
- Corporate trainer₡11,932,000
- Correctional officer₡6,249,900
- Corrugator operator₡5,116,700
- Courier₡4,167,000
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified₡4,181,200
- Crane operators₡6,135,200
- Crop producer₡5,225,500
- Crop team leader₡5,238,800
- Croupier₡5,082,400
- Cure operator₡4,939,800
- Customer service clerk₡5,423,800
- Customs agent₡6,974,500
- Customs officer₡7,760,000
- Dance teacher₡6,587,600
- Data administrator₡13,490,100
- Data centre operator₡8,782,600
- Data entry clerk₡5,298,700
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified₡13,997,700
- Day care worker₡4,568,600
- Debt collector₡6,277,800
- Deep-sea fisherman₡5,399,700
- Dental hygienist₡6,512,200
- Dentist₡14,910,900
- Dietitian₡11,044,700
- Doctor₡17,832,500
- Door to door seller₡4,897,700
- Draughtsperson₡7,791,200
- Driving instructor₡5,761,200
- Earthmoving and related plant operators₡5,731,900
- Economist₡14,298,300
- Education officer₡11,845,400
- Electric powerline worker₡6,589,300
- Electrical assembler₡4,547,800
- Electrical engineer₡14,936,200
- Electrical technician₡8,468,900
- Electrician₡5,596,200
- Electronic engineer₡14,479,600
- Electronics engineering technician₡7,898,600
- Elementary school teacher₡11,898,500
- Embalmer₡5,237,600
- Embroiderer₡4,302,600
- Employment agent₡7,589,200
- Energy manager₡20,082,500
- Environment engineer₡13,073,800
- Environmental protection professionals₡11,960,400
- Esol teacher₡10,187,000
- Event coordinator₡6,962,300
- Executive assistant₡7,367,000
- Fabric cutter₡4,030,500
- Fabric dyer₡4,590,900
- Façade cleaner₡4,002,100
- Facility manager₡20,058,500
- Factory labourer₡4,388,300
- Farm equipment operator₡5,043,300
- Farm hand₡4,231,800
- Farm hands₡4,001,200
- Fast food worker₡2,838,300
- Fiacre driver₡3,826,800
- File clerk₡5,933,100
- Fill operator₡4,182,000
- Finance adviser₡9,516,100
- Finance manager₡21,941,800
- Financial analyst₡13,813,200
- Financier₡13,837,800
- Fire alarm technician₡5,708,600
- Firefighter₡6,908,700
- Fisheries boatman₡5,399,700
- Fishery production manager₡14,834,800
- Fitness club manager₡15,018,300
- Flight attendant₡5,376,400
- Food and related products machine operators₡4,657,300
- Food service worker₡3,938,500
- Food stall holder₡4,399,500
- Forest ranger₡5,455,400
- Forest worker₡4,532,800
- Forester₡16,135,500
- Forestry advisor₡12,608,300
- Forestry technician₡7,183,100
- Forklift operator₡4,818,400
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers₡4,482,500
- Fur animal rearer₡5,789,100
- Garage manager₡17,246,300
- Gardener₡4,225,500
- Garment presser₡3,790,700
- Gas station salesperson₡3,973,300
- General manager₡18,859,400
- Geologist₡14,104,000
- Glassblower₡4,469,800
- Glassmaker₡5,107,000
- Glazier₡4,965,500
- Gluing operator₡4,246,700
- Grader₡4,858,900
- Grinder₡4,854,100
- Guide₡4,732,700
- Gym worker₡4,038,900
- Hairdresser₡4,190,600
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers₡4,109,300
- Head of marketing₡21,457,000
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified₡10,965,100
- Health records clerk₡7,175,000
- Health screener₡6,720,500
- Heat treat operator₡5,197,300
- Hide machine operator₡4,620,400
- High school teacher₡12,636,200
- Historian₡12,054,600
- Horticulturist₡5,094,600
- Hotel manager₡14,895,100
- Hotel receptionist₡4,866,200
- House manager₡4,997,200
- Household manager₡4,849,100
- Housekeeper₡3,717,600
- HR manager₡20,011,000
- Hunter₡5,448,700
- Hvac mechanic₡5,626,800
- Industrial engineer₡14,107,700
- Industrial painter₡4,735,900
- Information clerk₡5,608,300
- Insulator₡5,175,400
- Insurance agent₡21,761,500
- Insurance seller₡7,984,600
- IT presales technician₡13,826,000
- IT project manager₡22,403,800
- IT technician₡7,649,300
- IT trainer₡11,581,800
- Jeweller₡4,478,500
- Journalist₡11,726,100
- Judge₡16,696,400
- Kitchen assistant₡3,662,200
- Laboratory technologist₡7,181,900
- Landscape architect₡12,326,700
- Laser technician₡8,554,000
- Laundry worker₡3,973,900
- Lawyer₡15,617,200
- Legal aide₡7,439,000
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified₡13,452,200
- Legal secretary₡6,476,700
- Legislators₡9,178,200
- Librarian₡11,659,600
- Library assistant₡5,477,300
- Livestock and dairy producers₡5,441,500
- Livestock farm labourers₡4,089,200
- Loan officer₡7,882,000
- Logistics manager₡18,155,000
- Loss adjuster₡8,209,600
- Machine oiler₡5,892,500
- Mail carrier₡5,862,100
- Management consultant₡13,883,500
- Manufacturing director₡19,387,700
- Market trader₡4,917,800
- Marketing specialist₡12,489,300
- Mechanical engineer₡14,360,000
- Mechanical engineering technician₡8,723,400
- Medical assistant₡5,929,600
- Medical herbalist₡6,851,600
- Medical laboratory technician₡7,154,600
- Medical transcriber₡6,512,100
- Medical writer₡11,214,700
- Metal caster₡5,537,100
- Metal filer₡5,079,300
- Metal furnace operator₡8,097,800
- Metal molder₡4,907,800
- Metal worker₡5,087,000
- Metallurgist₡8,191,700
- Metalworker₡5,325,300
- Meteorologist₡13,935,400
- Meter reader₡4,292,100
- Midwife₡12,856,800
- Midwife assistant₡7,595,000
- Mine engineer₡15,148,200
- Mine supervisor₡9,172,800
- Miners₡6,290,200
- Mining assistant₡5,358,500
- Mixed farmer₡5,345,300
- Motorcyle courier₡4,601,300
- Museum curator₡11,295,800
- Museum technician₡6,587,700
- Music teacher₡10,526,300
- Musician₡10,461,800
- Network engineer₡8,082,200
- Networks engineer₡13,961,700
- Nursing assistant₡4,933,800
- Nursing associate professionals₡7,115,300
- Nursing home manager₡17,869,400
- Odd job persons₡4,451,100
- Office clerk₡5,847,000
- Office manager₡7,845,200
- Operations manager₡21,683,000
- Optician₡6,295,300
- Optometrist₡12,265,100
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals₡7,363,500
- Paper maker₡5,282,500
- Paramedic₡8,281,300
- Paramedical practitioners₡13,964,000
- Passport officer₡7,676,000
- Pastry cook₡4,123,900
- Patent agent₡8,829,200
- Pawnbroker₡4,777,200
- Payroll clerk₡6,470,200
- Performer₡8,281,100
- Personal care attendant₡4,809,100
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified₡4,925,000
- Personnel clerks₡6,197,100
- Pest control technician₡4,618,200
- Pharmacist₡13,585,600
- Photo retoucher₡4,407,800
- Photographer₡6,507,100
- Physical therapist₡11,164,500
- Piano tuner₡5,193,200
- Picker and packer₡3,860,900
- Plasterer₡4,905,800
- Plumber₡5,488,100
- Police detective₡10,200,800
- Police officer₡7,017,900
- Policy analyst₡12,439,600
- Potter₡4,579,700
- Poultry sexer₡5,012,200
- Power plant operator₡9,046,100
- Prepress technician₡4,730,500
- Preschool teacher₡10,033,200
- Preschool teaching assistant₡4,590,200
- Primary school manager₡19,612,700
- Print operator₡4,602,200
- Prison teacher₡10,777,800
- Process operator₡9,960,000
- Product designer₡11,554,000
- Product manager₡21,322,500
- Production line coordinator₡6,594,700
- Production supervisor₡8,580,300
- Professor₡12,911,100
- Project manager₡19,547,100
- Promotions demonstrator₡4,214,500
- Proofreader₡6,209,300
- Psychologist₡12,813,500
- Public health inspector₡12,640,200
- Public relations professionals₡11,692,400
- Pulp control worker₡6,969,900
- Quality inspector₡8,102,400
- Radiologic technologist₡8,412,500
- Rail conductor₡5,047,400
- Real estate agent₡7,745,400
- Receptionist₡4,872,600
- Registered nurse₡12,977,400
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified₡7,297,800
- Religious professionals₡10,176,100
- Religious worker₡6,538,000
- Rental sales worker₡4,850,800
- Restaurant manager₡13,033,500
- Retail sales associate₡4,773,200
- Retail store supervisor₡5,420,700
- Riding instructor₡5,651,800
- Rig driller₡6,307,100
- Rigger₡5,840,100
- Roofer₡4,131,200
- Runway model₡4,304,300
- Sales engineer₡13,448,700
- Sales representative₡8,136,100
- Sawmill operator₡4,935,100
- Scribes and related workers₡5,987,000
- Secretary₡6,011,400
- Security guard₡5,221,000
- Senior government officials₡22,595,400
- Set designer₡6,622,100
- Sewing machine operator₡3,997,700
- Sex worker₡4,313,900
- Shelf stacker₡3,659,000
- Ship pilot₡8,663,000
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers₡5,430,100
- Shoemaker₡4,204,200
- Shop keeper₡6,502,700
- Sign installer₡4,691,300
- Signalman₡6,342,100
- Slitter operator₡4,901,400
- Social care worker₡6,871,600
- Social media manager₡21,599,300
- Social services manager₡17,342,100
- Social worker₡11,408,300
- Software developer₡14,413,800
- Software programmer₡13,308,300
- Software tester₡13,756,300
- Sorter₡4,523,100
- Special needs teacher₡12,022,700
- Specialist doctor₡21,485,200
- Speech therapist₡11,515,200
- Sport coach₡5,502,600
- Statistician₡8,476,300
- Steel erector₡5,520,900
- Stock coordinator₡5,692,400
- Stone fabricator₡5,212,900
- Stone planer₡5,252,500
- Stonemason₡5,213,400
- Store manager₡16,346,100
- Street and related service workers₡4,284,000
- Street sweeper₡4,435,700
- Street vendor₡4,271,000
- Subsistence crop farmers₡4,670,700
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers₡5,185,600
- Subsistence livestock farmers₡4,723,100
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers₡4,676,500
- Survey enumerator₡5,568,300
- Surveyor₡12,725,300
- Switchboard operator₡6,014,000
- Systems administrator₡13,444,900
- Systems analyst₡14,614,900
- Tailor₡3,724,900
- Tanner₡4,516,800
- Tax officer₡8,108,100
- Taxi driver₡4,392,100
- Technical aide₡8,083,100
- Telecom administrator₡8,486,400
- Teller₡6,191,700
- Tent builder₡5,229,300
- Test engineer₡14,139,300
- Textile braider₡4,439,000
- Textile machine operator₡4,313,900
- Therapy assistant₡5,629,600
- Tile installer₡4,902,700
- Tobacco dryer₡4,641,100
- Trades union official₡20,408,000
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village₡22,791,900
- Traditional therapist₡9,804,100
- Train driver₡7,266,400
- Translator₡10,804,200
- Transport clerks₡6,528,800
- Travel agent₡5,527,700
- Tree doctor₡4,939,500
- Truck driver₡5,348,800
- Typist₡5,579,000
- Underwater welder₡5,684,700
- Upholsterer₡4,335,700
- Urban planner₡12,972,800
- UX designer₡10,783,000
- Vet technician₡5,839,500
- Veterinarian₡13,245,700
- Vocational teacher₡11,698,200
- Waiter₡4,064,700
- Warehouse worker₡4,527,300
- Waste collector₡4,511,100
- Watch maker₡5,097,100
- Water and firewood collectors₡4,223,600
- Water plant operator₡7,772,200
- Water-based fisheries worker₡4,054,100
- Web developer₡13,320,700
- Web technician₡8,787,100
- Welder₡5,185,300
- Wind technician₡7,074,400
- Winder operator₡4,354,900
- Window washer₡4,222,400
- Wood treater₡4,780,500
- Woodworker₡4,497,900
- Zoologist₡13,020,700
Source: International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT), pay by major occupation group. How we calculate