John JonasOwner, OnlineJobs.ph · Scale Your Business with Filipino VAs

How much should you pay an OFS #ytshort

16 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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John Jonas (speaker) describes cost-of-living thresholds for workers in the Philippines. He reports an anecdote from his son that most people need about 20,000 pesos per month (~US$400) to survive (no discretionary spending). He contrasts that 'need' level with "thriving" wages found on onlinejobs.ph where freelancers earn roughly $5–$10 per hour, enabling home ownership, travel, or car purchase—still below typical Western living standards but considerably better locally.

Questions this video answers

20,000 pesos per month (about US$400 per month).

Approximately $5, $6, $7, or $10 per hour.

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My son is in the Philippines. He says what most people need to make is 20,000 pesos per month, which would be US$400 per month. Now that is need. They're not doing anything fun at that point, but they are surviving where so many people aren't surviving now@onlinejobs ph, what you're gonna find is people who are thriving. You're gonna find people that are making $5 an hour or $6 an hour, or $7 an hour, or $10 an hour, which at those rates, it's more than enough. So people making those rates are able to own a house rather than just live with their parents. They are traveling, potentially. They might be buying their first car, maybe. They're certainly not living how you and I live, but they're doing pretty well.