How much can an offshore assistant save you?
How to estimate real savings from an offshore assistant: fully loaded US costs with BLS data, provider costs, management time and the value of reclaimed hours.
The short answer
Savings depend on what you compare. Against a US hire, compare fully loaded cost (salary plus benefits, which BLS puts at 29.8% of private-industry compensation in June 2025, plus recruiting, equipment and turnover) with the provider's all-in cost. Against not hiring, compare the cost with the value of the hours you reclaim and actually redeploy.
Step by step
- Price the US alternative. Salary, benefits, recruiting, equipment, space, turnover.
- Get an all-in offshore quote. Assistant, management, replacement, setup.
- Value your reclaimed time. Hours per week × value per hour, conservatively.
- Subtract management time. Higher in month one, lower after.
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