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.

Hire a Virtual Assistant from Latin America

A virtual assistant from Latin America costs a US company roughly $21,600 to $27,000 a year for full-time work, 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.

The part that decides whether this works is not the rate. It is whether you hand the person a real set of recurring tasks and someone to ask questions to. The rest of this page covers what the role actually absorbs, how to tell a strong candidate from a cheap one, and what the pay looks like next to a US hire.

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What a virtual assistant takes off your plate

Inbox and calendar: triaging mail, drafting replies you approve, defending your calendar and handling the back and forth of scheduling.
Travel and logistics: flights, hotels, reservations, itineraries, and the rebooking when a flight drops.
Data and records: keeping the customer relationship manager clean, chasing missing fields, building the weekly report nobody has time for.
Vendor and customer follow up: invoices, receipts, expense reports, and the polite third email that finally gets an answer.
Research: pulling a shortlist of suppliers, venues or tools with the prices already compared.

What it costs against a US hire

What we actually place this role at: $1,500 to $2,000 a month, full time.

The table below is our salary benchmark for the role, used across the salary guide and the calculators. 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.

Role	US salary	Through Remote Hero	You save
Virtual Assistant	$48,000	$21,600	$26,400 (55%)
Administrative Assistant	$52,000	$21,600	$30,400 (58%)
Executive Assistant	$72,000	$27,000	$45,000 (63%)
Personal Assistant	$55,000	$25,200	$29,800 (54%)
Operations Assistant	$50,000	$23,400	$26,600 (53%)
Data Entry Specialist	$45,000	$21,600	$23,400 (52%)

Virtual Assistant

US salary: $48,000
Through Remote Hero: $21,600
You save: $26,400

Administrative Assistant

US salary: $52,000
Through Remote Hero: $21,600
You save: $30,400

Executive Assistant

US salary: $72,000
Through Remote Hero: $27,000
You save: $45,000

Personal Assistant

US salary: $55,000
Through Remote Hero: $25,200
You save: $29,800

Operations Assistant

US salary: $50,000
Through Remote Hero: $23,400
You save: $26,600

Data Entry Specialist

US salary: $45,000
Through Remote Hero: $21,600
You save: $23,400

Figures are yearly full-time estimates as of August 2026 and move with seniority and country. The full dataset for all 99 roles is in the salary guide.

What to look for before you hire one

Spoken English, not written English
Written English is easy to polish and easy to fake with a translation tool. If the person will ever be on a call with you or a customer, interview by video and listen for how they handle an interruption.
Judgment on what to escalate
The value of the role is the decisions you never hear about. Ask a candidate to describe a time they handled something without asking, and a time they stopped and asked. You want both answers.
A system, not just willingness
Ask how they track their own work. Someone who names a tool and a routine will hold five moving tasks. Someone who says they are organized usually means they have a good memory, which does not survive month two.
Overlap you actually need
Most of Latin America sits inside three hours of United States business hours. Decide how many of your hours the person genuinely has to be reachable for before you narrow the country list.

How hiring a virtual assistant works here

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 a 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 access to your systems. We stay involved after the placement, so if something goes wrong on either side we mediate rather than leaving you to it.

The full breakdown is on how it works, and the pricing for each service sits on our services.

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.

Other roles we place, and the pages behind the numbers on this one.

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