Hire in Costa Rica. Central America's most stable talent hub.
Costa Rica is Central America's services darling — politically stable, highly educated, and long trusted by US multinationals for bilingual customer experience, shared services, and growing tech talent.
Why teams hire in Costa Rica
It's not just about cost — though the savings are very real.
Your exact time zone
GMT-6 means near-total overlap with US and Canadian hours — real-time standups and calls, not overnight handoffs.
English, verified
We verify a C1 English standard, so communication never slows your team down.
A deep talent pool
5.2M people — young, educated, and spanning tech, finance, sales, support and operations.
A real cost advantage
Comparable skills at up to 55% lower all-in cost than a US hire — flat fees, no salary percentage. Calculate yours →
US-facing work culture
A workforce raised on close business ties with North America — collaborative, communicative, and delivery-focused.
Strong education
A steady pipeline of technical and business graduates from respected universities feeds the market every year.
The cities behind Costa Rica's talent
We source across Costa Rica's strongest professional hubs — each with its own specialties. Tap a city to explore.
San José
The heart of Costa Rica's services economy — bilingual customer experience, finance, shared services, and growing tech.
San José
The heart of Costa Rica's services economy — bilingual customer experience, finance, shared services, and growing tech.
Heredia
Home to multinational tech and services campuses, strong in IT, support, and back-office talent.
Cartago
An education and engineering center feeding technical and analytical talent into the market.
A country worth hiring from
A country that traded its army for schools and rainforests, Costa Rica lives by 'pura vida' — a calm, positive, service-first ethos. Between cloud forests, volcanoes, and two coastlines, its people are famously friendly and reliable. Decades of hosting US shared-service centers have built a workforce fluent in North American business culture.
Roles we place in Costa Rica
From first hire to a full team — vetted, English-fluent, in your time zone.
Industries that thrive here
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See Costa Rica's talent for yourself
Tell us the role — we'll bring you vetted, English-fluent candidates from Costa Rica in days.