{"url":"https://aibuildindex.com/countries/puerto-rico","updated":"2026-11-04","window":{"start":"2025-12-01","end":"2026-11-04"},"currency":"USD","country":{"name":"Puerto Rico","iso3":"PRI","iso2":"PR","region":"Latin America and the Caribbean","population":3184835,"gdpPerCapita":40620,"referenceYear":"2025"},"sample":{"posts":44,"priced":30,"ranked":true},"cost":{"p25":1305,"median":4160,"p75":17400,"p90":29088,"fixedMedian":750,"hourlyEstimateMedian":7200,"postedValue":390070},"rate":{"p25":22.5,"median":30,"p75":37.5},"measures":{"posts":44,"median":4160,"rate":30,"applicants":11,"expert":48,"perMillion":13.815472387109535,"burden":10.241260462826194,"seasoned":50},"ranks":{"posts":{"rank":70,"of":72,"percentile":0.028169014084507005},"median":{"rank":10,"of":72,"percentile":0.8732394366197183},"rate":{"rank":8,"of":72,"percentile":0.7746478873239436},"applicants":{"rank":36,"of":72,"percentile":0.4084507042253521},"expert":{"rank":11,"of":72,"percentile":0.8309859154929577},"perMillion":{"rank":30,"of":72,"percentile":0.5915492957746479},"burden":{"rank":34,"of":72,"percentile":0.5352112676056338},"seasoned":{"rank":6,"of":72,"percentile":0.9154929577464789}},"insights":["The median build in Puerto Rico is $4,160, 1.7 times the $2,500 market median.","Demand leans towards back-office automation: 22.7% of posts here against 13.0% worldwide.","Production appears in 29.5% of posts, 1.6 times the worldwide share.","73% of priced posts are hourly against 57% worldwide, so buyers here lean towards sustained work."],"useCases":[{"slug":"back-office-automation","posts":10,"median":3100,"share":22.73,"worldShare":13.04},{"slug":"ai-saas-mvp","posts":5,"median":4350,"share":11.36,"worldShare":17.27}],"terms":[{"label":"“Agent”","count":6,"share":13.636363636363635,"world":12.553860281133009,"lift":1.0862287241524826}],"systems":[],"scope":[{"label":"Production","count":13,"share":29.545454545454547,"world":18.55619128346401,"lift":1.5922154548915113},{"label":"Evaluation or guardrails","count":5,"share":11.363636363636363,"world":7.6976054248781525,"lift":1.4762560220233998}],"peers":{"region":["argentina","colombia","peru","panama"],"world":["slovakia","denmark","estonia","bulgaria"],"neighbours":[]},"note":"Country is the buyer's stated location, not where the work is done. Figures come from public job posts from December 2025 to November 2026 and show what posts offered, not what was paid. Hourly posts are estimated from rate, length and workload. Countries need 30 priced posts to be ranked, and are left out of rankings when one account makes up over a quarter of posts. Counts under 5 are hidden. Population and GDP per person are the latest World Bank figures.","method":"https://aibuildindex.com/methodology"}