🇨🇷 Costa Rica
San José · 2026-09-28
Capital location. General national rules are used where applicable; this is not a national average.
Intelligence Hours IndexGross minimum-wage work for one month of this subscription benchmark.
Behind the number
- Monthly USD price
- $20
- Hourly minimum wage
- CRC 1,554.55
- Local currency per USD
- 453.48
- Reference FX date
- 2026-09-28
- Wage effective / source-reference date
- 2026-01-01
- Last wage verification
- 2026-09-28
- Data status
- reference
- Service availability
- Not yet verified
US list price · estimated wage conversion · before taxes
Private-sector workers in the unskilled occupation category (TONC). Domestic, qualified and professional occupations have separate rates.
Estimate: the published CRC 12,436.41 daily rate divided by an assumed eight-hour ordinary daytime shift. Night, mixed and shorter shifts need a different divisor.
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| Region | Hours of work | Hourly wage, local | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| San José | 5h 50m | 1,554.55 | Estimated · see notes |
A history that starts with evidence.
The first recorded observation is 2026-09-28. A trend will appear once more dated observations accumulate. We do not invent a historical line.
Recorded data table
| Date | Hours | Revision |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | 5.8342238636391 | 2 |
Compare subscriptions.
| Plan | USD/month | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT Go | 8 | 2h 20m |
| ChatGPT Plus | 20 | 5h 50m |
| ChatGPT Pro — More | 200 | 58h 21m |
| Claude Pro | 20 | 5h 50m |
| Claude Max — 5× | 100 | 29h 10m |
| Google AI Plus | 4.99 | 1h 27m |
| Google AI Pro | 19.99 | 5h 50m |
| Google AI Ultra — 5× | 99.99 | 29h 10m |
| Google AI Ultra — 20× | 199.99 | 58h 20m |
| SuperGrok | 30 | 8h 45m |
| SuperGrok Plus | 100 | 29h 10m |
| Kimi Plus | 19 | 5h 33m |
| Kimi Pro | 39 | 11h 23m |
| Kimi Max | 99 | 28h 53m |
| Kimi Ultra | 199 | 58h 03m |
Every input has a source.
- ChatGPT pricing — OpenAI
- Claude pricing — Anthropic
- Google AI plans — United States — Google
- Frankfurter v2 reference exchange rates — Frankfurter / contributing official institutions
- 2026 minimum wages by occupation — Costa Rica Ministry of Labour and Social Security
chatgpt-plus · verified 2026-09-28
ChatGPT Plus: USD 20 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.
Observation chatgpt-plus-2026-09-28. Source openai-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.
claude-pro · verified 2026-09-28
Claude Pro: USD 20 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.
Observation claude-pro-2026-09-28. Source anthropic-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.
google-ai-pro · verified 2026-09-28
Google AI Pro: USD 19.99 per month, regular monthly web subscription. Monthly billing / United States USD price selected on the official page. Promotions and annual equivalents excluded.
Observation google-ai-pro-2026-09-28. Source google-pricing. Approved 2026-09-28.
CR-CAP · verified 2026-09-28
Private-sector workers in the unskilled occupation category (TONC). Domestic, qualified and professional occupations have separate rates. Published rate: 12436.41 CRC/day. Estimate: the published CRC 12,436.41 daily rate divided by an assumed eight-hour ordinary daytime shift. Night, mixed and shorter shifts need a different divisor.
Observation CR-CAP-coverage-2026-09-28. Source cr-minimum-2026. Approved 2026-09-28.
What changed, and when.
| Effective / reference date | Published rate | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 12436.41 CRC / day | Published observation |