This study estimates the living income and living wage for Costa Rica’s Pacífico Central Region using the Anker Methodology®, reflecting economic and labor market conditions as of June 2025 and distinguishing between urban and rural areas.

This study estimates the living income and living wage for Costa Rica’s Huetar Norte Region using the Anker Methodology®, reflecting economic and labor market conditions as of June 2025 and distinguishing between urban and rural areas.

This study estimates the living income and living wage for Costa Rica’s Chorotega Region using the Anker Methodology®, reflecting economic and labor market conditions as of June 2025 and distinguishing between urban and rural areas.

This study estimates the living income and living wage for Costa Rica’s Central Region using the Anker Methodology®, reflecting economic and labor market conditions as of June 2025 and distinguishing between urban and rural areas.

This study estimates the living income and living wage for Costa Rica’s Brunca Region using the Anker Methodology®, reflecting economic and labor market conditions as of June 2025 and distinguishing between urban and rural areas.

This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses and living wage for rural areas in the Limón and Heredia Provinces of Costa Rica. This region focuses on agriculture, particularly banana and pineapple. The update for 2025 takes into account the complex dynamics of inflation and exchange rates since the original Anker living wage study carried out in May 2017 (Voorend, Anker & Anker, 2017).