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SALARY GUIDE 2026 · VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS

What virtual assistants are asking to be paid.

What we're seeing from 640 virtual assistants who applied with us since January 2024. Rates are per hour, and almost all of them live outside the U.S. Every number shows how many people it rests on.

$7/hrTypical rate askbased on 585 people
$5/hrLowest rate they'd take (typical)based on 581 people
99%Live outside the U.S.based on 570 people

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Typical asks inside

Sales / Appointment Setting$6/hr
Customer Service / Support$6/hr
Executive / Personal Assistant$8/hr
Virtual Assistant (general)$8/hr
Bookkeeping / Accounting$12/hr

Desired hourly rate in U.S. dollars, median, based on 580 people who applied with us (January 2024 – November 2025). 568 of the 570 who told us their country live outside the U.S., so these are not U.S. pay rates. The guide also has the middle-half range and the lowest rate people say they'd take.

What else is in the guide

  • Pay asks by the role they want: the middle half and the typical ask, plus the lowest rate people say they'd take
  • Where they live
  • How many can work U.S. hours
  • How many hours a week they can work
  • Industries they've worked in

Only group totals are shown. No one's individual answers are in the guide. Groups under 5 people are left out.

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