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Originally Posted by SPeRMiNaToR
I'm thinking of moving to C.R. hows the skilled labr down there? Like designers/copy writers/etc? Is it much cheaper that US labor?
Also, what about office space, housing,medical care, the whole 9 yards?
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The WHOLE 9 yards??
That would take ages!
OK.. First bit... skilled labor, if you are thinking IT/net related, is good. There are plenty grads being chucked out of colleges with IT/programming training. Currently, there is also around 2000 multi-lingual and computer literate people who have just became unemployed (because of the termination of the BetOnSports operation here).
Sure it's cheaper than US labor - rough monthly salaries for an experienced IT person with a degree would be around... ranging from $800 to $1500/month - tho they have to be good to get the higher end. For stuff like full-time maids and gardners - around $300 ish a month.
No biggie with office space, tho may be better with a large home and having offices within it. Medical care is on two levels - one is similar to the US, but costs are about a third. (It's the same hospital chains as in the US).
There is no taxation on net earnings and no problems pulling money into the country.
Nicaragua is no biggie and little chance any effects will overspill into Costa Rica. CR (and Panama) are nowhere like the rest of Latin America - both are stable and no problems.