Venezuela · South America · UTC−4Virtustant recruits, vets and places remote professionals in Venezuela who work your business hours. Caracas runs on UTC−4, the same time as US Eastern in summer. One all-in hourly rate from $7/hr, zero placement fees, no local entity, and a shortlist of 3–5 vetted candidates within 48 hours.
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Figures from Virtustant's own applicant database, September 2025 to September 2026. Not estimates, not industry averages: the people who applied to work with US companies through us.
A “Moderate” national index, a screened pool. The EF English Proficiency Index places Venezuela at score 520, 51st of 123 countries in 2025, band “Moderate”. 50% of our Venezuelan applicants report C1 or above before any test, and the level you hear in your first interview has already passed a live, recorded conversation with a recruiter. The index tells you about the country; the screen tells you about the person.
Sources: Virtustant applicant database (Sieve), candidates created 1 Sep 2025 – 21 Sep 2026; EF EPI 2025, ef.com/epi. Applicant figures are not placement figures.
The public facts a US company asks about before hiring in Venezuela, what each one means when you hire through Virtustant, and where the figure comes from. Checked September 2026.
| Fact | Venezuela | What it means when you hire through Virtustant | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time zone | UTC−4 (VET, since 1 May 2016). No DST. | 1h ahead of ET from November to March, same time as ET from March to November. 8 of 8 hours of overlap with a 9-to-5 Eastern day. | Official time source |
| Languages | Spanish (castellano; indigenous languages official for indigenous peoples — Constitution art. 9) | English is the working language with your hire. It is screened in a live, recorded conversation before anyone reaches your shortlist. | Constitution / official source |
| Currency | Venezuelan bolívar (VES). | You pay one all-in rate in USD on one invoice. Virtustant pays the professional locally; exchange rates are not your problem. | Central bank |
| Talent hubs | Caracas (capital), Maracaibo, Valencia. | Searches can stay in one city or run nationally; most placements work fully remote from Caracas and the other hubs. | — |
| Population · labor force | 28.5 million · 11.1 million (2025). | 11.1 million people in the labor force; 9,186 of them applied to Virtustant in the last 12 months. | World Bank, 2025 |
| Public holidays, 2026 | 14 national holidays. LOTTT art. 184 (Jan 1, Carnival Mon–Tue, Holy Thu–Fri, May 1, Dec 24, 25, 31) + Ley de Fiestas Nacionales (Apr 19, Jun 24, Jul 5, Jul 24, Oct 12) = 14 | Which calendar your hire follows, US or local, is agreed at onboarding and written into the arrangement. Most professionals follow the client's calendar. | Official holiday calendar |
| Legal working week | 40 hours. LOTTT art. 173: max 5 days/week; day shift max 8 h/day and 40 h/week. | A full-time US schedule of 40 hours fits inside the legal week. Virtustant carries the contracting relationship and keeps it compliant. | Labor law |
| Statutory 13th-month pay | Yes: Utilidades (bonificación de fin de año). LOTTT arts. 131–132: profit-sharing with a statutory minimum of 30 days' salary (max 4 months), paid in the first 15 days of December; plus bono vacacional (art. 192). | Whatever statutory obligations attach to the Venezuelan contracting relationship are Virtustant's to carry. Your cost is the all-in hourly rate you agreed; nothing is added for bonuses, leave or contributions. | Labor law |
| Minimum paid leave | 15 working days (días hábiles). LOTTT art. 190: 15 working days after one year, +1 per additional year up to 15 extra. | Time off is agreed at onboarding alongside the holiday calendar, and handled by Virtustant. | Labor law |
| English proficiency index | EF EPI 2025: score 520, 51st of 123 countries, band Moderate. | A national average, not our pool: 50% of Venezuelan applicants to Virtustant report C1 or above, and every shortlisted candidate passes a live English screen. | EF EPI 2025 |
| Hiring without a local entity | A US company with no Venezuelan entity cannot put a worker on local payroll directly; it needs an entity or a local employer that carries the contract. | Virtustant is that local contracting party. You never register an entity, run Venezuelan payroll or subscribe to an EOR platform. | — |
Legal figures describe Venezuelan law as published; they are not legal advice. Virtustant carries the contracting relationship with the professional, so these obligations are ours to meet, not yours.
Venezuela does not change its clocks and the US does, so the overlap moves by one hour twice a year. Bars show hours of a 9-to-5 day in your zone covered by a 9-to-6 Caracas day.
Assumes your team works 9:00–17:00 and the professional works 9:00–18:00 Caracas time. Schedules are agreed at onboarding; most Venezuelan professionals placed by Virtustant follow the client's calendar and hours.
The countries closest to Venezuela's clock, side by side. Same process, same rates by role: the differences are clock, language index and calendar.
| Country | Time zone | Overlap with 9-to-5 ET (Nov–Mar / Mar–Nov) | EF EPI 2025 | National holidays 2026 | Statutory 13th-month | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VenezuelaThis page | UTC−4, no DST | 8 h / 8 h | 520 · 51st · Moderate | 14 | Utilidades | VES |
| ColombiaBogotá | UTC−5, no DST | 8 h / 7 h | 480 · 76th · Low | 19 | Prima de servicios | COP |
| Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo | UTC−4, no DST | 8 h / 8 h | 503 · 63rd · Moderate | 12 | Salario de Navidad | DOP |
| PanamaPanama City | UTC−5, no DST | 8 h / 7 h | 491 · 70th · Low | 12 | Décimo tercer mes | PAB |
Overlap assumes a 9-to-6 local day against a 9-to-5 Eastern day. EF EPI 2025 (123 countries). Holiday counts are national statutory days for 2026 from each government's calendar.
Requested pay is what a person states they want before a recruiter has spoken to them. In Virtustant’s July–September 2026 application sample, applicants living in Venezuela asked for ~$5.50 an hour on average — the lowest average of the 17 countries the report covers. It is a planning number for a search, not a price for a hire.
| Country | Average requested hourly pay | Average requested monthly pay |
|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | ~$5.50 | ~$950 |
| Nicaragua | ~$6.75 | ~$1,175 |
| Ecuador | ~$7.25 | ~$1,250 |
| El Salvador | ~$7.25 | ~$1,250 |
| Paraguay | ~$7.25 | ~$1,250 |
Venezuela and its closest neighbours by requested pay. Every figure here is from the published report; the full 17-country table is in the report itself.
What this number is not. It is an average across every role and every seniority level, taken from what applicants asked for before anyone screened them. It is not a quote, not a benchmark for a particular job, and not what a professional placed by Virtustant is paid. Virtustant quotes one all-in hourly rate per role, scoped to the responsibilities, the hours and the seniority you need — so it moves by role rather than tracking a country average. Ask for the role, not the country.
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Source: LATAM Remote Salary Expectations 2026: What Applicants Ask, published 17 September 2026 — Virtustant recruitment-platform aggregates, 1 July to 12 September 2026, USD, arithmetic mean of requested pay at the report’s convention of 173 hours per month. The report states that its hourly and monthly columns are separate aggregates and should not be read as exact conversions of one another. Applicant figures are not placement figures.
Venezuela runs on UTC−4 with no daylight saving, which puts Caracas on exactly the same clock as New York during the US summer and one hour ahead in winter: a full eight-hour overlap with an Eastern day. Many Venezuelan professionals have years of experience working remotely for foreign companies, and being paid reliably in US dollars matters to them.
Virtustant has an active recruiting bench in Venezuela. Contracts, payroll and compliance are handled by Virtustant, so the practical complexity of paying into the country never lands on your desk.
On the discovery call we scope a hire in Venezuela around three things: the hours you need covered against Caracas’s clock, the level of English the role demands, and whether the search should stay inside Venezuela or draw on the rest of the UTC−4 band; most clients specify the hours and the English level and let the country follow from that. The hiring promise is straightforward: You get a shortlist of 3 to 5 vetted candidates within 48 hours of your first call, and your hire can start in 72 hours. Your hire works dedicated hours for you alone, on one all-in USD rate and one invoice, and the lifetime replacement guarantee is attached to the placement, not to the country.
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No. Virtustant engages the professional in Venezuela and handles the contract, payroll and compliance there. You pay one all-in hourly rate on one USD invoice and never open a Venezuelan entity, register for local payroll or subscribe to an employer-of-record platform.
Not if you hire through Virtustant. An EOR is the route when you have already found a person and need a compliant local employer for them. Virtustant is a remote staffing agency: we find and vet the professional, contract them in Venezuela and run payroll and compliance, on one all-in hourly rate with no separate platform fee. If you have already recruited someone yourself and only need local employment, an EOR is the better fit.
Whatever hours you agree. Caracas is on UTC−4 with no daylight saving, so against US Eastern it is the same time from March to November and 1h ahead of ET from November to March. Most Venezuelan professionals placed by Virtustant follow the client’s calendar and working hours; the schedule is written into the arrangement at onboarding.
The same way as in every country Virtustant recruits in: a live, recorded English conversation with a recruiter, not a self-reported level or a written test. It is the first stage of a four-stage funnel (live English screen, cognitive assessment, role-specific skills test, experience and reference verification) that roughly 1 in 100 applicants completes, so you hear each shortlisted candidate’s English yourself before the interview.
No. Virtustant quotes by role and seniority, not by country. Rates start at $7/hr all-in, with zero placement fees, and the rate covers the professional’s pay, payroll and compliance. A professional in Venezuela and one in a neighbouring country with the same experience are quoted the same way.
The utilidades are Venezuela's statutory year-end payment, the local equivalent of a 13th month. LOTTT arts. 131–132: profit-sharing with a statutory minimum of 30 days' salary (max 4 months), paid in the first 15 days of December; plus bono vacacional (art. 192). They attach to the Venezuelan contracting relationship, which Virtustant carries. Your cost is the all-in hourly rate you agreed; there is no separate line for bonuses, holidays or local contributions on your invoice.
You get a shortlist of 3 to 5 vetted candidates within 48 hours of your first call, and your hire can start in 72 hours.
Virtustant carries the contracting relationship with the professional, so Venezuelan labor compliance is our responsibility, not yours. Working schedules, including which US or local holidays are observed, are agreed at onboarding and written into the arrangement; most professionals follow the client’s calendar. Every placement carries a lifetime replacement guarantee with no time cap.
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