Remote staff rates by role and country

2026 edition. Every figure comes from a published source, linked beside it with the date we checked it. Free to cite and embed with a link back.

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The short answer

A full-time virtual assistant in the Philippines earns about $480–2,000 a month, from beginner to expert (OnlineJobs.ph salary guide, updated April 2026). Freelance virtual assistants on Upwork typically charge $10–20 an hour worldwide, with a $13 median. The closest US employee job, secretaries and administrative assistants, pays a median $23.23 an hour ($48,310 a year; US Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025 data). By role, Upwork rates run from $6–25 an hour for video editors to $15–50 for web developers.

Checked Oct 2026. Sources are linked in each table below.

Freelance hourly rates by role, worldwide

Typical hourly rates on past Upwork contracts, worldwide, in US dollars.

Not published for marketing and e-commerce. Last checked Oct 2026.

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Full-time monthly pay in the Philippines, by level

What full-time Filipino remote workers report earning, in US dollars a month.

Not published for appointment setter, designer, marketing and e-commerce. Last checked Oct 2026.

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Virtual assistant hourly rates by country

What virtual assistants list on Upwork, by country, in US dollars an hour.

Last checked Oct 2026.

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US employee wages for comparison

Median wages for the closest US employee job, before benefits and payroll taxes.

Last checked Oct 2026.

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English level and shared working hours, by country

EF's English Proficiency Index 2025, and how many hours a 9-to-5 there shares with a 9-to-5 in US Eastern time, London and Sydney.

Shared hours are worked out from the IANA time zone database for 2026, in the business's standard time. Last checked Oct 2026.

IANA time zone database (opens in a new tab), checked Oct 2026

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How these figures are compiled

Three different measures
Upwork figures are freelance hourly rates from contracts and profiles. The OnlineJobs.ph figures are full-time monthly salaries as Filipino workers report them. BLS figures are US employee wages before benefits and payroll taxes. They answer different questions, so don't add or average them.
Currency and units
Everything is in US dollars, as each source publishes it. Hourly rates are per hour worked; monthly pay is for a full-time month.
Gaps
Where a source publishes nothing for a role or country, the table says so instead of filling the gap. India's rate is Upwork's worldwide benchmark, because Upwork publishes no India-only figure.
How often we check
Every source was opened and checked in Oct 2026. We re-check each one every quarter; the next check is January 2027.

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Upwork puts the typical rate for virtual assistants at $10–20 an hour worldwide, with a $13 median. By country, VAs list $9–15 in Colombia, $10–16 in Mexico, $5–20 in South Africa, $6–15 in Kenya and $8–12 in Nigeria.

About $480–900, $800–1,100, $1,200–2,000 a month for a beginner, mid-level and expert assistant, as workers report it to OnlineJobs.ph salary guide (updated April 2026).

Upwork figures are freelance hourly rates from contracts and profiles. The OnlineJobs.ph figures are full-time monthly salaries as Filipino workers report them. BLS figures are US employee wages before benefits and payroll taxes. They answer different questions, so don't add or average them.

Yes. They're free to cite and embed with a link back to this page. The underlying figures belong to their sources, linked in every row; we compile them and check them every quarter.

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