Salaries · Virtual assistant · Colombia · Updated November 2026
Virtual assistant salary in Colombia
Foreign businesses that hire a virtual assistant in Colombia directly pay $7.00–$9.00 an hour on hourly work, or $2,000–$3,000 a month full-time, in published job ads and salary guides. Local employers there pay $2.72–$2.98 an hour ($472–$516 a month full-time).
The numbers
| What you're looking at | Per hour | Per month, full-time | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiring directly: hourly rate | $7.00–$9.00 | 1 published figure | |
| Hiring directly: full-time pay | $11.54–$17.31 | $2,000–$3,000 | 1 published figure |
| Local employers in Colombia | $2.72–$2.98 | $472–$516 | 2 published figures |
| For comparison: employees in the US | $18.67–$27.89 | $3,236–$4,834 | Wages only, before benefits and payroll taxes |
For this role, direct-hire pay in Colombia runs about 4.3× local pay, midpoint to midpoint. Budget from the direct-hire figures, not the local ones.
Colombia against other countries
Of the 9 countries with published direct-hire figures for this role, Colombia has the 7th lowest starting figure.
Every figure behind these numbers
Hiring directly (remote work for foreign businesses)
- range · hourly rate$7.00–$9.00/hrLinkedIn Jobs (public job search, remote filter) and the employers' own job pages, live remote job ads by direct foreign employers (ad posted 2026-10-26, live on 2026-10-28). Checked Oct 2026. Hourly USD pay published in 1 live remote job ad by a direct employer based outside Colombia (a Northern California real-estate team), for a full-time remote operations/admin assistant based in Colombia.
- range · full-time pay$2,000–$3,000/month LinkedIn Jobs (public job search, remote filter) and the employers' own job pages, live remote job ads by direct foreign employers (ads posted 2026-08-18 to 2026-10-09, live on 2026-10-28). Checked Oct 2026. Monthly USD pay published in 2 live full-time remote job ads by direct employers based outside Colombia (a US property-management group and a US glazing/home-services group), each hiring an executive assistant to its CEO and open only to Colombia or to a list of 5 Latin American countries that includes Colombia.
Local employers
- average · local employersCOP 1,629,633/month Indeed Colombia, 'Asistente administrativo/a' salary page (updated Oct 19, 2026). Checked Oct 2026. Average base salary from 579 salaries published on Indeed. Indeed's typical range: COP 1,053,195 to COP 2,521,568 a month.
- average · local employersCOP 1,491,254/month Computrabajo Colombia, 'Asistente administrativo' salary page (last 12 months (seen Oct 2026)). Checked Oct 2026. Snippet: 'El sueldo medio para el puesto de Asistente administrativo en Colombia es de $ 1.491.254 al mes.' Computrabajo estimate from company, user and employee sources over the last 12 months.
Indeed's separate 'Asistente virtual' page (25 salaries) shows an implausible monthly figure and was left out.
What an agency charges for this role
Published by Outsourcing Insider, a VA MASTERS company. The example below is VA MASTERS' own published rate card, shown because it's public; other agencies' prices vary. About us
| Agency | Per hour | Per month, 160 hours | What's included |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA MASTERS Parent company | $6.50–$10.00 | $1,040–$1,600 | Recruitment, contract and payments, time tracking, an account manager and replacement at no extra cost. No setup fee. Source: VA MASTERS pricing page, checked Oct 2026. |
Hiring a virtual assistant
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Cost guides
FAQ
How much does a virtual assistant cost in Colombia?
Hiring directly, foreign businesses pay $7.00–$9.00 an hour on hourly work, or $2,000–$3,000 a month full-time (LinkedIn Jobs, checked Oct 2026). Local employers in Colombia pay $2.72–$2.98 an hour ($472–$516 a month full-time), which is local pay, not the rate for remote work for a foreign client.
What is the monthly salary of a virtual assistant in Colombia?
Published full-time pay for remote work for foreign businesses is $2,000–$3,000 a month. Local employers pay $472–$516 a month. Both use 40 hours a week and are in USD.
Why is hiring directly different from local pay in Colombia?
They measure two different markets. Local pay is what employers in Colombia pay local staff. Direct-hire figures come from job ads, salary guides and surveys for remote work for foreign businesses. For this role the second runs about 4.3× the first, midpoint to midpoint, so local pay isn't a good guide to what a remote hire will cost.
How does Colombia compare with hiring a virtual assistant in the US?
Employees' wages in the US run $18.67–$27.89 an hour for the middle 50% of workers, before benefits and payroll taxes. Hiring directly in Colombia, published figures come to $7.00–$17.31 an hour, with full-time pay converted to an hourly figure. That's pay only: you'd still do the recruiting, contract and payments yourself.
What does an agency charge for a virtual assistant?
Agencies set their own prices, and many don't publish them. As one published example, VA MASTERS (the parent company of this site's publisher) lists $6.50–$10.00 an hour for its Administrative & Operations Support category, all-inclusive. Ask any agency what its rate covers: recruiting, replacement, payroll and fees.