You pay us once, or you pay us monthly. Never both.
And nothing at all until someone actually starts. If we can’t find you the right person, you have not spent anything.
Direct Hire
You employ them. We find them.
one-time, per hire
Plus your VA’s salary, paid to them.
Best if you already run a team and just need the right person.
- We source, screen and shortlist 3 candidates
- Skills tests and reference checks done before you meet anyone
- You interview and choose. You can say no to all three
- Contract and onboarding templates provided
- 6-month replacement guarantee
- You pay your VA directly, at whatever you agree
- –Payroll handled by you
- –You are the manager
Managed
We employ them. You just work with them.
per month, per person. Placement fee waived
Plus your VA’s salary, paid to them.
Best if this is your first hire, or you don't want to run payroll in another country.
- Everything in Direct Hire, with no placement fee
- We employ them, run payroll and handle local compliance
- Equipment, backup internet and power sorted
- Cover arranged when they're sick or on leave
- A named account manager who checks in monthly
- Cancel with 30 days' notice, no lock-in
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
- $50,400
- Salary via MTC
- $11,400
- Placement fee (one-time)
- $1,500
You keep
$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.
Why not just use a BPO?
You can, and for a large support team they make sense. For one or two hires in a small business, the maths works against you.
| MTC | Typical outsourcing agency | |
|---|---|---|
| You choose the person | Yes. You interview and decide | Assigned from a roster |
| What the salary is | Published on every profile | Bundled into a rate |
| Who the VA works for | You, directly | The agency |
| Ongoing cost | One-time fee, or $349/mo managed | Permanent monthly markup |
| If it doesn't work | Free replacement for 6 months | Often nothing |
| Leaving | Take your hire with you | You lose the person |
Salary benchmarks
What a person with three or more years’ experience earns in each role, per month, in USD. This is the salary. It goes to them, not to us.
Admin & Support
- Virtual Assistant$950
- Executive Assistant$1,250
- Customer Support Rep$1,000
- Medical VA$1,200
Sales & Marketing
- Appointment Setter$950
- Social Media Manager$1,150
- Paid Ads Manager$1,450
- Content Writer$1,000
Finance
- Bookkeeper$1,400
- Accountant$1,800
Creative
- Graphic Designer$1,300
- Video Editor$1,350
Operations
- Operations Manager$1,850
- Real Estate Assistant$1,000
- Project Coordinator$1,400
Tech & Data
- Full-Stack Developer$2,400
- Data & Reporting Analyst$1,700
Add the one-time $1,500 placement fee for a Direct Hire, or $349 a month for Managed. Part-time costs proportionally less.
Questions about money
Around 18 days from brief to start date, though it depends on how specific the role is. Very niche roles take longer. If we can't find the right person, we say so.
We replace them free of charge within the first six months. On the Managed plan you can also simply cancel with 30 days' notice.
On Direct Hire, you contract them directly. On Managed, we employ them in the Philippines and invoice you monthly, which keeps local employment compliance our problem rather than yours.
Every candidate is screened for a working machine and a backup connection. On the Managed plan we supply and maintain equipment, plus a power backup. Outages are a real thing in Manila and a backup is not optional.
Signed NDAs and confidentiality clauses as standard, plus role-appropriate training. HIPAA for medical roles, PCI awareness for anyone near payments. We'll work to your access policy: most clients use their own SSO and password manager rather than sharing credentials.
Yes. Three is what we've found is enough to choose well without wasting your week, but if none of them fit we run the search again at no extra cost.
Yes. Clients across the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Pricing is in USD.
Card or bank transfer. The placement fee is invoiced on your candidate's start date, not before. If nobody starts, you pay nothing.
Next step
Stop being the only person who can do it
Fifteen minutes, no pitch. Tell us what your week looks like and we’ll tell you honestly whether a hire fixes it.
Or email us, hello@menaitalentconsultants.com