MTC
Menai Talent Consultants
Money · 5 min read
What a VA actually costs, with our fee included
Most cost comparisons in this industry quietly leave out the agency's own margin. Here is the whole number.
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Offshore hiring is cheaper. That is a function of currency and cost of living, not of paying someone badly, and any comparison that hides the intermediary's cut is not worth reading. So: the calculator below includes our fee in the year-one total.
What it actually costs
Run the numbers on your own role
Year-one totals, with our fee included in the maths, not left out of it.
How you’d hire
First 12 months
- Hiring locally
- US$50,400
- Salary via MTC
- US$11,400
- Placement fee (one-time)
- US$1,500
You keep
US$37,500
74% less than the same role hired locally, everything in.
Local comparison figures are indicative averages for English-speaking markets. Your actual costs will differ.