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Free Costa Rica calculators for salary, Christmas bonus, severance, loans, trips, budgets, currency and public holidays.
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Calculate with Costa Rican context
Fast, private tools accompanied by methodology, caveats and sources. Calculations happen on your device.
Net salary
Estimate monthly take-home pay after CCSS, Banco Popular, income tax and other deductions.
Open tool 02Christmas bonus
Calculate the statutory Christmas bonus from ordinary and extraordinary salary earned from December through November.
Open tool 03Vacation and severance
Estimate vacation, proportional Christmas bonus, notice and severance components of a Costa Rica employment settlement.
Open tool 04Loans
Calculate monthly payment, interest, total cost and the effect of extra monthly payments.
Open tool 05Fuel and trip
Estimate fuel volume, tolls, total trip cost and cost per traveler.
Open tool 06Monthly budget
Organize income, needs, debt, personal spending and savings in one summary.
Open tool 07Dollars and colones
Convert US dollars and colones using the Ministry of Finance automatic reference buy or sell rate.
Open tool 08Public holidays
View Costa Rica’s official 2026 holidays and estimate holiday-day pay by salary arrangement.
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