SAN JOSÉ / SALARY
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SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 521.31 CRC = 1 USD
24,064,183 CRC $46,161 USD		6,255,718 CRC $12,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 521.31 CRC = 1 USD

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Average Salary / San José

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Average salary in San José is 24,064,183 CRC per year. The most typical earning is 6,255,718 CRC. All data are based on 197 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 26,586,801 CRC. Women receive a salary of 17,307,486 CRC.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians IV with average income 49,785,089 CRC and Sports & Recreation with income 39,150,369 CRC.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 31,904,162 CRC. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 22,416,323 CRC.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 45,145,432 CRC. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 41,235,608 CRC.

Levels / San José (Gross CRC)

Salary Levels (CRC) per Year	Surveys	[%]
1,563,900 CRC - 2,605,999 CRC	0	n/a
2,606,500 CRC - 5,212,599 CRC	4	100% 2.03%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
5,213,100 CRC - 7,819,099 CRC	23	97.97% 11.68%
7,819,600 CRC - 10,425,699 CRC	17	86.29% 8.63%
10,426,200 CRC - 13,032,199 CRC	20	77.66% 10.15%
13,032,700 CRC - 15,638,799 CRC	20	67.51% 10.15%
15,639,300 CRC - 18,245,299 CRC	9	57.36% 4.57%
18,245,800 CRC - 20,851,899 CRC	20	52.79% 10.15%
20,852,400 CRC - 23,458,399 CRC	11	42.64% 5.58%
23,458,900 CRC - 26,064,999 CRC	13	37.06% 6.6%
26,065,500 CRC - 28,671,499 CRC	8	30.46% 4.06%
28,672,000 CRC - 31,278,099 CRC	11	26.4% 5.58%
31,278,600 CRC - 33,884,599 CRC	5	20.81% 2.54%
33,885,100 CRC - 36,491,199 CRC	7	18.27% 3.55%
36,491,700 CRC - 39,097,699 CRC	3	14.72% 1.52%
39,098,200 CRC - 41,704,299 CRC	1	13.2% 0.51%
41,704,800 CRC - 44,310,799 CRC	5	12.69% 2.54%
44,311,300 CRC - 46,917,399 CRC	0	n/a
46,917,900 CRC - 49,523,899 CRC	1	10.15% 0.51%
49,524,400 CRC - 52,130,499 CRC	4	9.64% 2.03%
52,131,000 CRC - 54,736,999 CRC	1	7.61% 0.51%
54,737,500 CRC - 57,343,599 CRC	1	7.11% 0.51%
57,344,100 CRC - 59,950,099 CRC	0	n/a
59,950,600 CRC - 62,556,699 CRC	3	6.6% 1.52%
62,557,200 CRC - 65,163,199 CRC	2	5.08% 1.02%
65,163,700 CRC - 67,769,799 CRC	1	4.06% 0.51%
67,770,300 CRC - 70,376,299 CRC	0	n/a
70,376,800 CRC - 72,982,899 CRC	0	n/a
72,983,400 CRC - 75,589,399 CRC	0	n/a
75,589,900 CRC - 78,195,999 CRC	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
78,196,500 CRC - 83,409,099 CRC	0	n/a
83,409,600 CRC - 88,622,199 CRC	1	3.55% 0.51%
88,622,700 CRC - 93,835,299 CRC	1	3.05% 0.51%
93,835,800 CRC - 99,048,299 CRC	1	2.54% 0.51%
99,048,900 CRC - 104,261,399 CRC	1	2.03% 0.51%
104,262,000 CRC - 109,474,499 CRC	1	1.52% 0.51%
109,475,100 CRC - 114,687,599 CRC	1	1.02% 0.51%
114,688,200 CRC - 119,900,699 CRC	0	n/a
119,901,300 CRC - 125,113,799 CRC	0	n/a
125,114,400 CRC - 130,326,899 CRC	1	0.51% 0.51%
130,327,500 CRC - 182,458,399 CRC	0	n/a

Gender / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	133	26,586,801 CRC
2	Women	48	17,307,486 CRC

Education / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	56	31,904,162 CRC
2	Bachelors Degree	106	22,416,323 CRC
3	High School	10	17,568,141 CRC
4	Doctorate Degree	4	16,994,700 CRC
5	Some College	21	15,899,950 CRC

Experience / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	11	45,145,432 CRC
2	20+ Years	18	41,235,608 CRC
3	8-12 Years	39	27,733,683 CRC
4	12-16 Years	23	25,335,658 CRC
5	4-8 Years	50	21,686,489 CRC
6	2-4 Years	27	16,056,343 CRC
7	1-2 Years	13	13,137,008 CRC
8	0-1 Year	16	9,435,708 CRC

Age / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	66-70	1	62,557,181 CRC
2	46-50	9	47,491,326 CRC
3	41-45	10	45,875,266 CRC
4	36-40	28	31,174,328 CRC
5	31-35	48	25,544,182 CRC
6	n/a	16	23,250,418 CRC
7	51-55	1	21,269,441 CRC
8	56-60	5	19,132,071 CRC
9	26-30	51	17,463,879 CRC
10	14-20	4	13,710,448 CRC
11	21-25	23	10,895,375 CRC
12	61-65	1	6,099,325 CRC

Work Type / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	4	44,311,336 CRC
2	Permanent	179	23,875,990 CRC
3	Contract	12	23,406,811 CRC
4	Part Time	2	5,578,015 CRC

Career Groups / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	49,785,089 CRC
2	Sports & Recreation	1	39,150,369 CRC
3	Management & Business	26	38,524,797 CRC
4	Health Care & Medical II	3	36,074,641 CRC
5	Human Resources	12	29,975,315 CRC
6	IT & Programming II	18	29,349,744 CRC
7	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	29,297,613 CRC
8	Properties & Real Estates	3	27,733,683 CRC
9	Engineers & Technicians III	1	25,439,920 CRC
10	IT & Programming	40	24,345,169 CRC
11	Law	3	22,520,585 CRC
12	Engineers & Technicians	14	20,748,131 CRC
13	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	14	20,539,607 CRC
14	Finance & Banking	12	20,435,345 CRC
15	Insurance	2	19,861,904 CRC
16	Media	2	18,350,106 CRC
17	Engineers & Technicians II	2	17,359,617 CRC
18	Automobile	1	17,359,617 CRC
19	Health Care & Medical	2	14,857,330 CRC
20	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	1	14,283,889 CRC
21	Accounting & Administration	13	14,075,365 CRC
22	Making Design	2	14,075,365 CRC
23	Hotels & Tourism	2	13,658,317 CRC
24	Engineers & Technicians V	2	12,250,781 CRC
25	Education & University	3	10,791,113 CRC
26	Organization & Coordination	2	8,549,481 CRC
27	Construction & Labor Workers	2	8,236,695 CRC
28	Public Sector	1	7,819,647 CRC
29	Architect Constructions	2	7,037,682 CRC
30	Customer Services	6	6,672,765 CRC

Careers / San José (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	General Manager	3	80,021,060 CRC
2	J2EE Developer	2	74,651,569 CRC
3	Director	4	72,566,330 CRC
4	Real Estate Broker	1	62,557,181 CRC
5	IT Researching	1	50,045,744 CRC
6	Pharmaceutical Sales	2	47,595,588 CRC
7	Plant Manager	1	47,595,588 CRC
8	Research Engineer	1	41,704,787 CRC
9	Software Engineer	6	41,600,525 CRC
10	Sports Management	1	39,150,369 CRC
11	IT Manager	4	37,951,356 CRC
12	Sales Manager	4	36,491,688 CRC
13	Human Resources Manager	3	34,875,628 CRC
14	Security Specialist	2	33,676,615 CRC
15	Credit Administrator	1	31,278,590 CRC
16	Manager	8	30,705,149 CRC
17	Lead Developer	3	29,454,006 CRC
18	Other Human Resource Career	6	29,349,744 CRC
19	Lead Salesmen or Saleswomen	4	29,297,613 CRC
20	Electrical Engineer Lead	1	28,567,779 CRC
21	Computer Architect	2	26,169,754 CRC
22	Quality Manager	1	25,648,444 CRC
23	Investment Manager	1	25,022,872 CRC
24	System Analyst	2	24,918,610 CRC
25	IT Project Manager	11	24,032,383 CRC
26	Business Manager	2	23,354,680 CRC
27	Media Manager	1	21,425,834 CRC
28	Database Administrator	2	21,269,441 CRC
29	Java Developer	3	21,060,917 CRC
30	Lawyer	2	20,696,000 CRC
31	Business Administration	2	20,591,738 CRC
32	Product Manager	1	19,809,773 CRC
33	Mechanical Engineer	3	19,549,119 CRC
34	Financial Analyst	4	18,923,547 CRC
35	Project Manager	2	17,359,617 CRC
36	Web Developer	2	17,307,486 CRC
37	Web Producer	1	15,326,509 CRC
38	Software Developer	5	14,700,937 CRC
39	Other Management Career	3	14,648,806 CRC
40	Other Manufacturing Career	1	14,283,889 CRC
41	Android Developer	1	13,658,317 CRC
42	Economist	2	13,606,186 CRC
43	Real Estate	1	13,189,139 CRC
44	Marketing	2	13,137,008 CRC
45	Engineer	4	12,667,829 CRC
46	Other Engineer Career	2	12,250,781 CRC
47	Electrical Engineer	2	11,729,471 CRC
48	.NET Developer	4	11,677,340 CRC
49	Lead Purchaser	1	11,520,947 CRC
50	System Administrator	1	10,947,506 CRC
51	Accountant	5	9,018,660 CRC
52	Other Public Sector Career	1	7,819,647 CRC
53	Commercial Real Estate Broker	1	7,506,861 CRC
54	Call Center	4	7,141,944 CRC
55	Architect	2	7,037,682 CRC
56	Other IT Career	2	6,777,027 CRC
57	Other Administration Career	1	6,307,849 CRC
58	Customer Consultant	2	5,734,408 CRC

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Insights Manager

Posted 11 January 2024
Key knowledge and tasks

"Market research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	41,704,800 CRC

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	10,562,300 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	8,442,600 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	13,870,500 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	62,557,200 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	31,278,600 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	5,094,800 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	7,823,300 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	5,704,700 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	28,672,000 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	11,100,300 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	31,278,600 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	26,899,600 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	6,771,800 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	50,045,700 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	104,262,000 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	15,639,300 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	7,506,900 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	9,290,800 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	25,652,100 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	25,022,900 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	20,521,400 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	29,744,400 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	38,667,600 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	21,415,900 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	62,237,600 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	36,924,400 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	42,832,400 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	14,293,300 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	6,008,600 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	66,916,400 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	6,281,800 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	19,574,100 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	84,793,100 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	47,615,400 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	23,397,900 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	23,306,700 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	19,791,000 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	110,016,200 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	20,029,200 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	20,197,600 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	61,338,900 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	10,925,100 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	27,312,500 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	15,385,900 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	20,939,500 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	39,148,300 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	13,656,200 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	13,201,100 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	11,470,900 CRC

SAN JOSÉ / SALARY COSTA RICA

197

24,064,183 CRC

6,255,718 CRC