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

How to Pay Your Filipino VA Fairly (and Ethically)

27 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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Filipino virtual assistants are often paid $1 to $3.50 per hour, which is exploitative even now. OnlineJobs.ph publishes a salary scale by experience level to help employers figure out what fair pay actually looks like.

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I see some people come into this and try and pay the absolute minimum possible. I've seen job posts offering $1 an hour obviously is unreasonable and not very fair and unethical. And that's in 2024, 2025. I've seen that. Now usually I don't see it that low. Typically I see like $3 or $350 an hour, which is still pretty low, even in the Philippines. So now how do you ensure that you're being ethical with your pay? Well, at onlinejobs ph salary we have a full pay scale and you'll understand how you should be paying people according to their experience.