How much should you pay a Filipino virtual assistant in 2026?

New employers ask us one thing more than anything else: what should I pay? It depends on the role, the skills and the hours. Still, you can start from some ranges.

Typical full-time monthly salaries

• General virtual assistant: $500 to $900 a month
• Bookkeeper (QuickBooks or Xero): $800 to $1,400 a month
• Social media manager: $600 to $1,100 a month
• Video editor: $800 to $1,500 a month
• Full-stack developer: $1,500 to $3,000 a month

These are rough ranges for a 40-hour week, not platform statistics. Part-time work is usually paid pro rata. Someone with years of experience in a niche skill will sit at the top of a range or above it.

Think in pesos too

Your worker pays rent and groceries in pesos. At about ₱58 to the dollar, $800 a month is around ₱46,400. That is a good professional salary in most of the Philippines, and it gives a skilled person a reason to stay with you.

Every job on PH Online Jobs shows its pay and an estimated monthly amount in both USD and PHP. When you post a job, you see the peso figure before you publish.

Why a bit more is cheaper

Turnover costs more than salary. Every time a worker leaves, you pay for a new search, a new round of training and a few slow weeks. An extra $100 a month that keeps a good person for years is cheap next to that. Many employers also add a 13th month bonus in December, which workers notice.

“I raised her pay after six months without being asked. She still runs our back office.”