{
  "url": "https://classa.info/cities/san-jose-cr/talent-and-salaries",
  "title": "San José office talent and salary benchmarks",
  "description": "White-collar talent depth, salary benchmarks, and hiring economics for occupiers of San José Class A office space.",
  "oneSentenceAnswer": "San José indexes 76/100 on the Class A Atlas talent index, with strong bpo, it, finance back-office, and bilingual customer-service talent.",
  "tldr": [
    "Talent index: 76/100 (NYC = 100 baseline).",
    "Corporate tax: 30%.",
    "Talent depth and rent curve are correlated — top talent markets carry top rent."
  ],
  "keyFacts": {
    "city": "San José",
    "country": "Costa Rica",
    "region": "Americas",
    "classARentLocal": "$240/sqm/yr · ≈ $22.3 PSF/yr USD",
    "classARentUsd": "$22/sqft/yr",
    "vacancy": "12.4%",
    "typicalLeaseYears": 5,
    "typicalRentFreeMonths": 6,
    "submarkets": 5,
    "primeYieldPct": "7.4%"
  },
  "faqs": [
    {
      "question": "Is San José a deep talent market for tech/finance?",
      "answer": "Strong BPO, IT, finance back-office, and bilingual customer-service talent. Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), TEC, INCAE Business School anchor the regional pipeline. Multilingual (Spanish, English) talent supports international BPO tenancy."
    }
  ],
  "pageType": "city-topic",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Class A Atlas (https://classa.info).",
  "citation": "Source: Class A Atlas (https://classa.info/cities/san-jose-cr/talent-and-salaries), updated 2026-04-15T00:00:00.000Z."
}