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Typical Budgets for a Family of Four in Costa Rica's Central Valley
by Christopher Howard

FAMILY BUDGET
For parents with two children in Bilingual "High School"

  Low Medium High
Rent $700 $1000 $1400
School (no bus no meals) $590 $700 $700
Supermarket $400 $500 $600
Insurance Medical
(INS plan ¢6.000.000,00)		 $115 $115 $115
Maid service $230 $320 $320
       
Public Service Energy $40 $45 $56
Phone $13 $13 $13
Long Distance $20 $30 $40
Celular (200 minutes) $24 $24 $24
Internet (Racsa, flat rate) $35 $35 $35
Cable TV $27 $27 $27
Water $10 $15 $20
       
CAR      
Gasolina (250 liters per month for two cars) $150 $300 $300
Insurance (US$22,500 UY.S. Value x 2 ) $169 $338 $338
Yearly taxes (annual license fee) $25 $50 $50
Mantainance $50 $100 $100
Extras $771 $1075 $1241
       
TOTAL Monthly Budget $3342 $4600 $5379

 

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