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Virtual assistant services from Latin America — from $7/hr, all-in

Virtustant is a virtual assistant company that places vetted, bilingual VAs from Latin America with US teams. One all-in hourly rate covers the assistant’s pay, payroll, and compliance — no recruitment fees, no monthly subscriptions. Receive a shortlist of 3–5 vetted candidates within 48 hours and start within 72 hours of your first call. Both timelines use calendar hours, including weekends.

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What are virtual assistant services?

Virtual assistant services provide trained remote professionals who take over administrative and operational work — calendar and inbox management, scheduling, research, data entry, customer support, bookkeeping, and more — for an hourly rate far below the cost of an in-house hire. Providers differ mainly in how they charge: freelance marketplaces add platform fees and leave vetting to you, subscription services sell monthly plans that typically run $699–$3,000+, and staffing agencies like Virtustant charge one all-in hourly rate with zero placement fees.

A virtual assistant is one of the roles Virtustant staffs. The wider service, covering every remote role with the same vetting funnel, published rates and lifetime replacement, is described on the remote recruiting agency page.

Work our clients most often hand to a VA:

What a Virtustant virtual assistant is — and isn't

A Virtustant virtual assistant is a dedicated remote professional who joins your team, works your hours and uses your tools. Being explicit about the limits saves everyone a bad fit:

  • Not a per-task freelancer. You book hours and direct the work, rather than buying deliverables one at a time.
  • Not shared between clients. One assistant works for one company — never a pooled support desk.
  • Not a role that needs physical presence. Anything requiring an office, a warehouse or on-site attendance is out of scope.
  • Not on your payroll. Virtustant handles the contract, payroll and local compliance. You direct the work and pay one hourly rate.

What virtual assistant services cost in 2026

How much does a virtual assistant cost?

A virtual assistant costs between $7 and $27 per hour in 2026, depending on where the assistant is based. A US-based virtual assistant averages $24.40/hr, with the middle 50% earning between $20.43 and $27.40/hr (ZipRecruiter, August 2026). A Latin American virtual assistant placed through Virtustant costs $7.00 to $8.50/hr all-in — about $1,120 to $1,360 a month for full-time work at 160 hours — with an agreed schedule covering US business hours. Virtustant has made 2,028 placements since 2021.

Median all-in hourly rates from Virtustant's 2026 placement records:

RoleMedian all-in rate
Virtual assistant$7.00/hr
Administrative assistant$7.00/hr
Appointment setter$8.00/hr
Sales development rep (SDR)$8.00/hr
Executive assistant$8.50/hr
Social media manager$8.50/hr
Bookkeeper$8.50/hr

See current rates by role and what is included on our pricing page. The all-in rate covers the assistant's pay, payroll, compliance, and HR — it is the entire cost. A comparable US hire typically runs $20–$35/hr.

Full role-by-role data lives in the 2026 Nearshore Rate Report and on our official facts page; get a personalized range on the pricing page.

US vs Latin America: what a virtual assistant actually costs

Where the assistant is basedHourly rateOverlap with US business hoursWhat the rate coversSource
United States$20.43–$27.40 (average $24.40)FullBase pay only. Payroll taxes, benefits, equipment and software are added on top.ZipRecruiter, August 2026
Latin America, through Virtustant$7.00–$8.50, all-inFull — Latin America sits inside or within two hours of US time zonesEverything: the professional's pay, payroll, compliance and HR, plus a lifetime replacement guarantee and $0 placement fee.Virtustant placement records, 2,028 placements since 2021

Same scope of work, same working hours, and a saving of up to 70% against a US hire. The difference is geography, not seniority. See how the zero-fee model works, or compare the options side by side.

How virtual assistant companies charge — compared

ModelTypical costWhat you take on
Freelance marketplaceHourly rate + platform feesYou vet, manage, and handle payments yourself
Subscription VA service$699–$3,000+ per monthPlans often cap hours; assistant may be shared
Recruiter-model agencyPlacement fee (flat or % of salary) + salaryFee due up front; payroll often separate
Virtustant — managed staffingOne all-in rate from $7/hr, $0 feesYou interview and manage the work; we handle the rest

See the detailed head-to-heads: Virtustant vs Upwork and Virtustant vs Near.

How it works

  • Tell us the role. Tasks, tools, schedule — a 20-minute call is enough. No upfront payment.
  • Receive 3–5 vetted candidates within 48 hours of your first call. Every candidate passed a live English screen, skills testing, reference checks, and a recruiter interview — about the top 1% of applicants.
  • Pick your VA — start within 72 hours of your first call. Contracts, payroll, and tooling are set up so you can start within that same 72-hour window. Both timelines use calendar hours, including weekends.
  • Protected for life. If your hire ever leaves, we reopen the search at no additional cost — a lifetime replacement guarantee with no time cap.

Step-by-step detail in our guide: how to hire LATAM talent.

Why Latin America

LATAM virtual assistants work your business hours in real time — no overnight handoffs — and are screened for professional, conversational English before anything else. Rates run up to 70% below US equivalents because of cost-of-living differences, not lower skill. That mix of time zone, English, and cost is why nearshore hiring keeps replacing both offshore teams and US admin hires; the full picture is in our nearshore staffing guide.

Hiring in a specific country? Start with hire staff in Argentina — without opening an entity, or read our country guides for Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil.

Common questions

Virtual assistant services, answered here

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Through Virtustant, virtual assistants start at $7/hr all-in and the median VA rate is $7.00/hr across 33 placements in 2026. See current rates by role and what is included on our pricing page. A comparable US hire typically costs $20–$35/hr. There are no placement fees — the hourly rate is the entire cost.
At Virtustant's all-in rates, a full-time virtual assistant at 160 hours a month costs $1,120 to $1,360 — $7.00 to $8.50 an hour with nothing added on top. Part-time at 80 hours a month runs $560 to $680. There is no monthly plan and no minimum subscription: you pay for the hours you book.
A US-based virtual assistant averages $24.40 an hour in base pay alone (ZipRecruiter, August 2026), before payroll taxes, benefits and equipment. A Virtustant virtual assistant is $7.00 to $8.50 an hour all-in, covering pay, payroll and compliance — a saving of up to 70% for the same hours and the same working day.
Latin American virtual assistants can work US business hours. The exact time difference depends on the country and season. Argentina uses UTC−3 year-round: one hour ahead of US Eastern during daylight saving time and two hours ahead during standard time. Virtustant matches the agreed schedule to your team's working day.
No. Virtustant handles the contract, payroll and local compliance in the professional's country. You receive one invoice at the agreed hourly rate and direct the work day to day. There is no local entity to set up, no placement fee, and no payroll administration on your side.
Part-time and full-time schedules both run on the same all-in hourly model, and the hours can change as the workload shifts. You pay only for the hours booked, with no monthly plan or minimum subscription to grow out of.
A virtual assistant covers broad administrative and operational work — inbox, calendar, scheduling, data entry, research and support. An executive assistant works to a single leader and owns calendar defense, travel, meeting prep and gatekeeping, which demands more judgement and more discretion. See the executive assistant role page for scope and rates.
Yes. Spoken English is screened first, in a live conversation, before any skills testing. Every VA on a shortlist is fully professional in English and a native Spanish or Portuguese speaker.
A marketplace gives you a directory. You vet, contract, and pay freelancers yourself, plus platform fees. We vet candidates before you meet them, place a dedicated remote professional on your team, and run payroll and compliance, for one all-in hourly rate.
You receive a shortlist of 3–5 vetted candidates within 48 hours and start within 72 hours of the first call. Both timelines use calendar hours, including weekends.
Every placement carries a lifetime replacement guarantee with no time cap. If your VA leaves at any point, for any reason, we reopen the search at no additional cost.
Yes. Both part-time and full-time schedules are available under the same all-in hourly model — you only pay for the hours you book, with no monthly plan or minimum subscription.
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