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Guide On How Much is a Virtual Assistant in the Philippines

Updated on : 05-Oct-2023 06:41 AM

A Filipino virtual assistant (VA) is a powerful representation of the Philippines' top-notch workforce. It is why many businesses and entrepreneurs choose to hire virtual assistants in the Philippines.

The key to establishing a virtual team is to replace local workers with similarly competent people in the Philippines with uncompromising quality. This article will inform you how much and frequently you should pay your Filipino VA. 

Factors Affecting the Salary Expectations

Different factors must be taken into account while paying your VA. Understanding them may help you determine how to price your offer to compete with other online employers without jeopardizing your finances. Below are the essential things to consider to give your VA a reasonable pay offer:

Skillset

Compared with general VA, qualified virtual assistants receive higher salaries and have not mastered specific skill sets. General VAs do general admin tasks and non-specialist tasks, unlike virtual staff with expertise in some fields such as graphic design, bookkeeping, SEO, digital marketing, telemarketing, etc.

Highly-paid skills tend to be more technical skills that relate to your area of choice. These skills differ from sector to industry, and many companies provide attractive pay and benefits packages to attract very skilled individuals with these specific skills and expertise.

Work Experience

In general, work experience is one of the key variables influencing pay for employees. Employers see the experience as a performance indicator in a comparable job or sector. The experience thus impacts people's ability to obtain a job, influencing their starting pay.

VA candidates with more experience, such as five years of experience as a virtual assistant, would want a more significant pay than someone with less than a year of experience. 

Additionally, a candidate may have a more excellent expertise with a specific tool than others. Most virtual assistants base their pay expectations on their most recent project or prior job payments.

Therefore, it's always better to weigh value against expertise and make an informed choice based on what works best for your particular situation. 

Work Requirements

Generally, depending on company requirements, you'll be seeking to recruit part-time (10-20 hours per week) or full-time (35-45 hours per week). 

Full-time virtual assistants usually work an average of eight to nine hours a day, five days a week (Mon-Fri), with a one-hour lunch break. What you and your virtual staff agree on is entirely up to you. Due to the nature of online work, virtual assistants must be flexible to time zone variations. 

Remember to establish clear expectations during the interview. If you want to use time tracking software and pay your virtual workers hourly, you may do so through a time tracking/screen monitoring service.

Some virtual staff, such as web developers or graphic designers, are paid per job, such as creating a website or editing films, business logos, and other activities for branding or other purposes. 

Long-term, full-time, or part-time arrangements are cheaper than hiring typical per-project freelancers. The best candidates for this kind of payment are highly trained employees (web developers, graphic designers, authors, video editors) who prefer working on their own time rather than 8-hour block shifts each day. 

However, an increasing number of these individuals are seeking long-term remote work.

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How Much is a Virtual Assistant in the Philippines?

Aside from the factors affecting salary expectations, VAs also base the prices on how much other VAs charge for the same service. Here's the updated list of salary rates of the most common types of virtual assistants:

  • General Virtual Assistants: $3.00 to $8.00 per hour
  • SEO Specialist: $4.00 to $12.00 per hour
  • Content Writer: $3.00 to $8.00 per hour
  • Web Developer/Programmer: $600- $2000
  • Data Entry: $2.00 to $6.00 per hour
  • Graphic Designer: $3.50 to $8.50 per hour
  • Bookkeeper: $3.50 to $7.50 per hour
  • Amazon/eBay VA: $3.00 to $8.00 per hour
  • Telemarketer: $2.50 to $7.50 per hour
  • Customer Service: $2.50 to $7.50 per hour
  • Video Editor: $3.50 to $8.50 per hour

These are just ball-park numbers. To get the actual salary rates, you should take a look at the thousands of virtual assistants who are actively looking for jobs on the Virtual Staff marketplace.

How and when to pay your Virtual Assistant?

The safest way to pay your virtual assistant is on VirtualStaff.ph. When hiring virtual assistants on VirtualStaff.ph, you'll pay your VA weekly. On the Monday of each week, you'll receive an invoice for the hours that your virtual assistant worked the previous week. 

It's straightforward to pay your VA. You click "Pay" on the VirtualStaff.ph auto-generated invoice. 

Incentives and Bonuses

Some employers provide incentives. It may motivate your VA and assist you in maintaining your VA over the long term by creating a winning culture of success.

Again, incentive systems may vary and mainly rely on you as an employer. Examples of incentives include performance evaluations after a 3-month probation term, sales goals payout, or an anniversary reward such as a 13th-month salary or a Christmas bonus.

Here's how to pay your virtual assistant a bonus on VirtualStaff.ph

13th Month Pay

Locally employed Philippine employees generally pay an extra month in December each year. You may agree to pay the same monthly amount to your virtual employee to encourage them to do better. Note that unless you are located in the Philippines and hire the virtual assistant as your employee, you are not legally required to pay the 13th-month salary. However, we strongly suggest paying something like this as a "bonus" at Christmas.

Learn more about paying your virtual assistant 13th-month pay.

Paid Leaves and Health Benefits 

Suppose you'd like to hire a virtual assistant and have them paid benefits such as health insurance and social security. You can achieve this through our Enterprise Solution.

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John Paul Cruz
VirtualStaff.ph Contributor

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