Big Mac ₡3,150
42 minutes of work
Monday from 9 am to 9:42 am.
Joint 31st of 36. In Switzerland the same burger takes 11 minutes; in Colombia, 102.
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Three things, in Costa Rica
Apple has no online store in Costa Rica, so no Apple price.
Tesla does not sell in Costa Rica; its site lists no store there.
And you?
I take home a year.
That is the average worker's, after tax. Put in yours for a year, bonuses and extra months' pay included, and the card and the list redo the sums. It stays on this page.
The sums
The average full-time worker in Costa Rica earns ₡10,340,494 a year before tax and takes home ₡9,322,035 after income tax and social security contributions (OECD, 2025, a single worker without children). Divided by 2,080 working hours, an hour of work pays ₡4,482.
A Big Mac: ₡3,150 ÷ ₡4,482 = 0.70 hours, or 42 minutes.
Hours count 52 weeks of 40, whatever people in Costa Rica actually work. More in what the index leaves out.
Against the other 37
iPhone 18 Pro no price
Apple has no online store in Costa Rica, so no Apple price.
Tesla Model Y no price
Tesla does not sell in Costa Rica; its site lists no store there.
Big Mac joint 31st of 36
Sources
Pay: OECD, Taxing Wages 2026: net take-home pay of a single worker without children on 100% of the average wage, 2025 (a national estimate, as for four other countries).
Prices, checked 29 September 2026: The Economist, the Big Mac index, July 2026 (data, CC BY 4.0).