Virtual assistant cost calculator
What a remote virtual assistant from Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine or Kazakhstan costs you a month and an hour, as a contractor or through an employer of record, against the employer cost of the same role in any US state. Pick a role, a country and the pay and the hours you need, full or part time.
Contractor: $900 of pay plus a $49 contractor platform, $949 a month or $5.48 an hour at 173 hours a month. EOR: $1,517 a month with $18 of employer contributions and the provider fee.
The same role in the US costs $8,235 a month with benefits for the same hours. Year one through Stafka, with the $2,500 one-time fee: $13,888 against $98,826.
The same role in the US costs $8,235 a month with benefits for the same hours. Year one at this pay: $13,888 against $98,826; a partner agency’s fee, if you use one, is quoted separately.
BLS publishes no median for this role in this state; pick another state or United States.
Where the starting pay comes from
For the executive assistant, customer support and e-commerce roles the starting pay is the middle of our own open vacancies (for example $800–$1,100 a month for an executive assistant)1. Where live profiles on Stafka give at least three asked rates, their median is used instead. Other roles start from official pay statistics of the country, or from the national average wage where no figure by occupation exists. Linked cells open the full breakdown with sources.
| Role | Georgia | Armenia | Ukraine | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Assistant | $900 live profiles | $1,000 live profiles | $1,100 live profiles | $900 live profiles |
| Administrative Assistant | $680 official pay | $870 national average | $700 national average | $450 official pay |
| Virtual Receptionist | $810 official pay | $870 national average | $700 national average | $770 official pay |
| Customer Support Specialist | $900 live profiles | $900 live profiles | $900 live profiles | $900 live profiles |
| E-commerce Order Specialist | $850 our open vacancies | $850 our open vacancies | $850 our open vacancies | $850 our open vacancies |
| Data Entry Specialist | $680 official pay | $870 national average | $700 national average | $770 official pay |
| Bookkeeper | $690 official pay | $870 national average | $700 national average | $820 official pay |
| HR Assistant | $680 official pay | $870 national average | $700 national average | $770 official pay |
| Project Coordinator | $910 official pay | $870 national average | $700 national average | $1,040 official pay |
| Medical Administrative Assistant | $870 official pay | $870 national average | $700 national average | $760 official pay |
How the numbers work
- Contractor: the pay plus $49 a month for a contractor platform (Deel’s Contractors plan)2. The person pays their own tax at home; the remote hiring cost comparator shows what they keep.
- EOR: the pay as a gross salary, the employer contributions of the country3456789 and a provider fee from $599 a month21011. Armenia has no employer contribution in our sources, so there the EOR route is the pay plus the fee.
- An hour: the monthly cost divided by the hours worked in a month: 173.3 at 40 hours a week (52 weeks, 12 months). For part time the pay, the employer contributions and the US comparison scale with the hours; the platform and EOR fees stay flat, so the hourly cost rises a little.
- US hire: the BLS OEWS May 2025 median wage of the role in the state you pick12, divided by (1 − 22.5%): benefits and payroll taxes are 30% of total compensation in US private industry13, and 7.5% of it is paid leave, which the OEWS wage already includes14. For an executive assistant at the national median that is $76,590 in wages and $98,826 in total a year.
- Year one: twelve months of the contractor route, plus our one-time fee of $2,500 for the roles we recruit (assistants, customer support, e-commerce, bookkeeping), paid only if you hire, with a free replacement within 180 days1. Conditions: one replacement per hire, the fee was paid on time, and the role, hours and pay stay as agreed. Pricing and conditions. For the other roles on Stafka we find the person or connect you with a vetted partner agency, whose fee is quoted separately, so year one shows the pay and platform only.
- Exchange rates: the four national banks, as of 12 Nov 202615161718.
What about the Philippines?
Most virtual assistant price lists start from the Philippines. The official Occupational Wages Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority has no occupation that matches an executive or virtual assistant, a customer support agent or an e-commerce order specialist; of our roles it covers only bookkeepers (accounting and bookkeeping clerks, 2022)19. We show no Philippines figure until there is an official one for the role and an official exchange rate in our data, rather than repeat unsourced agency prices.
What is left out
Paid time off and public holidays you agree in the contract, equipment, overtime, bank transfer fees (from 0.23% with Wise on major routes20), and the contractor’s own tax at home, which the person pays. A US hire also brings recruiting, office and state unemployment tax costs that BLS averages do not show by state.
Questions
How much does a virtual assistant cost per hour?
An executive assistant from Georgia at $900 a month costs $949 with a contractor platform, about $5.48 an hour at 173 hours a month. In the US the same role costs about $47.51 an hour with benefits (BLS median).
How much does a virtual assistant cost per month?
From $949 a month as a contractor or $1,517 through an EOR for an executive assistant in Georgia at our vacancy midpoint; pick another role or country above.
Do you have Philippines prices?
Not yet: the official survey there has no assistant or support occupation, so we show none rather than guess.
Not tax or legal advice: rates depend on the person’s registration, activity and turnover. Corrections: hello@silkstaff.com.
Rates checked 11 Nov 2026.
Sources
20 sources, with links
- Silkstaff pricing: silkstaff.com
- Deel pricing: deel.com
- PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Georgia, Individual - Other taxes (pension contributions): taxsummaries.pwc.com
- Закон України «Про збір та облік єдиного внеску на загальнообов'язкове державне соціальне страхування», ст. 7-9: zakon.rada.gov.ua
- PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Ukraine, Individual - Other taxes (unified social contribution): taxsummaries.pwc.com
- Дебет-Кредит: оподаткування зарплати у 2026 році: ПДФО, ВЗ та ЄСВ: news.dtkt.ua
- Бухгалтер.UA (buhplatforma): максимальна база нарахування ЄСВ у 2026 році: buhplatforma.com.ua
- UPPERSETUP: налоги и взносы работодателя в Казахстане в 2026 году (cites Tax Code No. 214-VIII arts. 403, 556-558 and budget law No. 239-VIII): uppersetup.com
- ENPF: new system of special tax regimes, pension contributions: enpf.kz
- Remote pricing: remote.com
- Oyster pricing: oysterhr.com
- BLS OEWS May 2025, national and state medians by occupation: bls.gov
- BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, private industry, June 2026: bls.gov
- BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Table 4, private industry workers, paid leave, June 2026: bls.gov
- National Bank of Georgia, official exchange rate 2026-11-12: nbg.gov.ge
- Central Bank of Armenia, official exchange rate 2026-11-12: api.cba.am
- National Bank of Ukraine, official exchange rate 2026-11-12: bank.gov.ua
- National Bank of Kazakhstan, official exchange rate 2026-11-12: nationalbank.kz
- PSA OpenSTAT: Average Monthly Wage Rates of Benchmark Occupations by Industry, 2014 to 2022 (Occupational Wages Survey): openstat.psa.gov.ph
- Wise Business pricing (US) (board/facts.py WISE): wise.com
How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Last updated 2026-11-12.