Just How Much Can I Make Being A Virtual Assistant?

A virtual assistant’s wage can vary greatly from $5 per hour all the way to $50 per hour or more. As you can imagine, the higher the wage, the more specialized the knowledge. There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to a virtual assistant’s pay schedule.

It’s a quick way to earn extra money online, but it all depends on your skill set, what you think your time is worth, and what the client is willing to pay. Being in the virtual assistant game for a few years, here’s what I see other type of virtual assistants charge.

General Virtual Assistant – This type of assistant does basic administrative tasks that anyone can pick up and are one of the easiest virtual assistant jobs to start off with. Tasks include data entry, email management, internet research, and managing a calendar. Pay: $10-$15 per hour. Technical Virtual Assistant – A technical virtual assistant is knowledgeable with the tools that most internet entrepreneurs need and use. Tools include WordPress (very in-demand skill), email auto-responders, graphic design tools, and others. Pay: $ 50 – $75 per hour. Virtual Event Assistant – A virtual event assistant is one that specializes in organizing and running telesummits, webinars, and any other live virtual training. A telesummits is a live event where multiple experts speak on the web to an audience of listeners. This is a very specialized type of assistant and usually requires training. Pay: $50 per hour. Social media assistant – A social media assistant is one that manages a client’s social media sites. This can include creating posts and scheduling posts using social media management websites, running promotional challenges for your client, engaging people on social media sites, and coming up with strategies on how to grow engagement on your client’s social media sites. Pay: $20-$35 per hour.

As you can see, there are so many types of virtual assistants that it can be hard to come up with a single price to charge. How much you’re paid depends on how in-demand your skillset is, much like the regular job market.

Another alternative to charging per hour is charging per month or per project. I like to charge in this format because I suck at keeping track of hours and I’m really good at underestimating the time it takes me to do pretty much anything. And the last thing I want to do is to have to go back and ask a client to pay more than I originally told them it would cost. Plus getting paid per month or per project makes my income much more predictable.