Education and Teaching salaries in Costa Rica
The median senior Education and Teaching salary in Costa Rica is CRC 11,256,644 per year, with the market band from CRC 11,256,644 to CRC 11,256,644 (sistemas.inec.cr, 2026-09-07).
By seniority
senior (Medium quality data)
- Median
- CRC 11,256,644
- per month
- CRC 938,054
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Curated directly by the reviewer from the INEC Costa Rica Encuesta Continua de Empleo (Continuous Employment Survey), historical-series workbook Cuadro 4, average monthly income from the main job (gross current income, colones), moving quarter April to June 2026. Archetype: all employees in Education and health (Enseñanza y salud). No occupation or seniority split is published, so this is an all-seniority average: treat it as a floor when quoting senior roles. INEC publishes the two sectors only as a combined branch, so healthcare and education share this one published pool. For context, the economy-wide mean in the same quarter was 543,425 colones.
Sources for these numbers
- https://sistemas.inec.cr/nada5.4/index.php/catalog/384/download/7331
- https://sistemas.inec.cr/nada5.4/index.php/catalog/384
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