Virtual Assistant Services from Latin America
Virtual assistant services from Latin America run about $21,600 to $27,000 a year full time, against $48,000 to $72,000 for the same role hired locally. The person works your hours, not a shift that ends before your morning starts.
- Inbox, calendar, travel and the follow-up nobody has time for
- English-fluent, screened on video before you meet them
- $1,500 to $2,000 a month, full time
Explore your options
Tell us what you need. Pre-vetted candidates in 2-4 weeks, no cost to start.
What a virtual assistant takes off your plate
- Inbox and calendartriage, drafts you approve, and all the scheduling back and forth.
- Travel and logisticsflights, hotels, itineraries, and the rebooking when one drops.
- Data and recordsa clean customer relationship manager, and the weekly report nobody builds.
- Vendor and customer follow-upinvoices, expenses, and the third polite email that works.
- Researcha shortlist of suppliers, venues or tools, prices already compared.
What to look for before you hire one
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Spoken English, not written English
Written English is easy to fake with a translation tool. If they will ever be on a call, interview by video and listen for how they handle an interruption.
- 2
Judgment on what to escalate
The value is the decisions you never hear about. Ask for a time they handled something without asking, and a time they stopped and asked. You want both.
- 3
A system, not just willingness
Ask how they track their own work. Someone who names a tool and a routine holds five moving tasks. 'I am organized' usually means a good memory, which does not survive month two.
- 4
Overlap you actually need
Most of Latin America sits inside three hours of US business hours. Decide how many of your hours they really need to cover before narrowing the country list.
What it costs against a US hire
Full-time yearly cost. The gap comes from a lower cost of living, not from paying below a professional wage in the person's own country. Same figures as the salary guide and the calculators.
Virtual Assistant
Save $26,400 (55%)
Administrative Assistant
Save $30,400 (58%)
Executive Assistant
Save $45,000 (63%)
Personal Assistant
Save $29,800 (54%)
Operations Assistant
Save $26,600 (53%)
Data Entry Specialist
Save $23,400 (52%)
Figures are yearly full-time estimates as at August 2026 and move with seniority and country. All 99 roles are in the salary guide.
How hiring a virtual assistant works here
Full breakdown on how it works.
- 1
One 15-minute call
You describe the role, the hours you need covered and the tools. We tell you honestly whether nearshore fits it.
- 2
Vetted shortlist in 2-4 weeks
Skills, spoken English and background checked before anyone reaches you. You run the interviews.
- 3
One agreement, and they start
You sign one Master Services Agreement with us. We engage and pay the professional; they work as part of your team, month to month.
Plan for about a two-week ramp once they start, and own that part: training, context, clear expectations and system access. We stay involved after the placement, so if something goes wrong on either side we mediate rather than leaving you to it.
Questions we get about this role
- How much does a virtual assistant from Latin America cost?
- Roughly $21,600 a year for a full-time general virtual assistant, rising toward $27,000 for an executive assistant carrying more judgment. The same roles in the United States run about $48,000 and $72,000.
- Is a Latin American virtual assistant full time or hourly?
- We place full-time and part-time people. Full time is the common request, because the value of the role compounds once the person knows your business, and because a good assistant is rarely short of work after the first month.
- What time zone will my virtual assistant work in?
- Yours. Most of Latin America and the Caribbean sits within one to three hours of United States business hours, so the person is online through your workday rather than handing work back overnight.
- How long does it take to hire a virtual assistant?
- First candidates usually reach you 2 to 4 weeks after the first call, and often sooner for assistant roles because the pipeline is deep. Interviews are yours to run at whatever pace suits you.
Where to go next
- PricingMonthly ranges for every role, and what moves a number inside its band.
- Savings calculatorPrice this role against a US hire and see the yearly difference.
- Salary guideUS pay against Latin America pay, across all 99 roles we place.
- All staffing servicesFull search, one permanent hire, or a candidate pipeline.
- Client resultsWhat other companies built, and what it saved them.
- How hiring worksEvery step from the first call to the person starting.
Ready to see candidates?
Tell us what the role needs. If nearshore is not the right answer for it, we will say so on the call.