JobRise Hiring Report · October 2026
Hiring in Costa Rica
Published October 15, 2026 · Data as of October 15, 2026 at 1:01 AM UTC
Open jobs340
New in the last 7 days9829% of open jobs
New in the last 30 days22666% of open jobs
Remote share26%of 323 jobs from sources that mark remote work
1Key findings
- 66% of open jobs were posted in the last 30 days, and 29% in the last 7 days.
- The largest category is operations jobs, with 53 open jobs (16% of the total).
- Synnex has the most openings: 24 (7.1%). The top 15 employers hold 57% of all open jobs.
- San Jose has 22% of open jobs in Costa Rica (75 jobs).
- 26% of the jobs from sources that mark remote work are remote (84 of 323).
- The busiest posting day in the last 30 days was October 15, 2026, with 24 new jobs.
2New jobs per day
3Top hiring companies
4Jobs by category
| Category | Open jobs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operations jobs | 53 | 16% |
| Software jobs | 40 | 12% |
| Other | 38 | 11% |
| Sales jobs | 32 | 9.4% |
| Finance jobs | 26 | 7.6% |
| Engineering jobs | 24 | 7.1% |
| Customer support jobs | 19 | 5.6% |
| Data & AI jobs | 19 | 5.6% |
| Internships | 16 | 4.7% |
| Marketing jobs | 14 | 4.1% |
| Logistics jobs | 13 | 3.8% |
| Healthcare jobs | 11 | 3.2% |
| HR jobs | 8 | 2.4% |
| Design jobs | 6 | 1.8% |
| Manufacturing jobs | 6 | 1.8% |
| Skilled trades jobs | 6 | 1.8% |
| Education jobs | 4 | 1.2% |
| Admin jobs | 3 | 0.9% |
| Retail jobs | 2 | 0.6% |
5Top cities
| City | Open jobs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 75 | 22% |
| Heredia | 19 | 5.6% |
| Lagunilla | 19 | 5.6% |
| Alajuela | 15 | 4.4% |
| San Francisco | 11 | 3.2% |
| Costa Rica- San Jose | 8 | 2.4% |
| Costa Rica-Alajuela | 7 | 2.1% |
| Grecia | 6 | 1.8% |
| Alajuela Coyol | 6 | 1.8% |
| San Antonio de Belen | 5 | 1.5% |
6Data sources
| Source | Open jobs | Share | Marks remote jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workday | 144 | 42% | Yes |
| Himalayas | 62 | 18% | Yes |
| TimesJobs | 54 | 16% | Yes |
| Greenhouse | 36 | 11% | Yes |
| Workable | 16 | 4.7% | No |
| Recruitee | 14 | 4.1% | Yes |
| BambooHR | 4 | 1.2% | Yes |
| Lever EU | 4 | 1.2% | Yes |
| Ashby | 3 | 0.9% | Yes |
| Personio | 2 | 0.6% | Yes |
| Oracle Recruiting | 1 | 0.3% | No |
7How we count
- Sources: employers' career pages and public job APIs, collected by JobRise. Largest sources in this report: Workday (144), Himalayas (62), TimesJobs (54), Greenhouse (36), Workable (16).
- Duplicates are removed: a role listed on several sources is counted once, matched on company and job title.
- Counts are of jobs open on October 15, 2026 at 1:01 AM UTC. Each job counts once, in the country of its location, or as remote. A country's remote share counts remote roles limited to applicants in that country.
- A job listed in several places counts once, in the country of the first place listed. Jobs whose source gives no single country count only in the global report.
- New jobs use the employer's posting date. If the employer gives none, or a later "updated" date, we use the date JobRise first saw the listing. Listings already live when tracking began on October 14, 2026 have no known date (34 jobs here) and are left out of new-job counts. Daily counts include only jobs still open, so older days are undercounted. Days are UTC calendar days and the last day is partial.
- Remote share counts only jobs from sources that mark whether a job is remote (see Data sources): 323 of the 340 jobs here.
- Categories come from the job title and department, using keyword rules. Roles that match no rule are counted as Other.
- Company names are shown as listed. Staffing agencies count as the employer named on the posting.
8Cite this report
Copy and paste:
Source: JobRise Hiring Report, October 2026, jobrise.io/en/reports/hiring/costa-rica/