Salaries In Costa Rica 2010 – Private sector increase by 3.96 – 4.2%

The raise has been approved by the Consejo Nacional de Salarios, government representatives and business owners supported the increase although it was rejected by the unions.

The biggest percentage raise go to the the lowest paid employees: workers with no real qualifications like laborers, semi-qualified workers like kitchen helpers and warehousemen and qualified workers like plumbers, upholsterers and carpenters.

A bus driver who earns ¢7,662 per day will see his salary rise by ¢322 to ¢7,984 (US$15.29 per day*) as of the 1st of July

The 3.96% raise will go to employees in all other categories as defined by the Ministerio de Trabajo which would include all specialized jobs and jobs that require employees with degrees.

A person working in a warehouse now earns ¢221,949 per month which will increase by ¢8,789 to ¢230,738 per month (US$442 per month*).

After the increase:

• A housemaid will earn ¢128,527 (US$246 per month)
• Messengers, porters, building maintenance workers will earn ¢214,204 (US$410 per month)
• Guards, warehousemen, receptionists, telephonist will earn ¢230,738 per month (US$442 per month*)
• Sales agents, accounting assistants and secretaries will earn ¢242,765 per month (US$465 per month)

The private sector has 1,650,000 workers and these guidelines are for the minimum wage only.




You can download the Spanish language .pdf document for the mid-year 2010 Costa Rica minimum Salaries from the Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social website here.




* Our calculations are based on c522:$1 and you can always see the current rate of exchange between the US dollar and the Costa Rica colon on the Costa Rica Central Bank website here.

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Our thanks to our friends at La Nación – Costa Rica’s largest Spanish circulation newspaper – for their permission summarize their article and use their charts.

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