Typical Costs of Maintaining a
Full Time Administrative Assistant vs. A Virtual Assistant

(compiled by Janet Jordan, MVA,
www.YourMVA.com)

   

Full Time

 

Virtual Assistant

Typical Salary

 

$36,000/ $17.31/hr.

 

Paid by assignment

Paid Vacation

 

$1385

 

$0

Temp during Vacation

 

$2000

 

$0

Health Insurance (employer portion 12 mos.@$150)

 

$1800

 

$0

Parking (12 mos. @ $50)

 

$600

 

$0

FICA Taxes (7.65%)

 

$2754

 

$0

Worker's Comp. (.61%)

 

$220

 

$0

Unemployment (State & Fed)

 

$309

 

$0

Misc. costs (Vision, Dental, Disability & 401K Matching, Profit Sharing & Stock Options)

 

$???

 

$0

Office Space for Secretary
100 s.f. @ applicable rate

 

$2500
$25/s.f. is conservative

 

$0

Cost of Overtime Pay
(10hrs/ mo @ 50% premium)

 

$3115

 

$0

Idle time during employer's absence (min. 2 wk vacation included for employer)

 

$1500

 

$0

Annual Bonus (1 mo. salary)

 

$3000

 

$0

Sick Time (10 days/year)

 

$1385

 

$0

Other intangible costs (furniture, testing, training & fees, sick children, etc.)

 

$1200
Conservative figure

 

$0
 

Total Typical All In Costs

 

$57,768   
1.60 times salary

 

Depending on Assignment

Total Effective hourly rate

 

$27.77/hour

 

$0

75% productive level

 

$37.03/hour

 

$0

50% productive level

 

$55.55/hour

 

$0

Note-Full time staff is seldom 100% productive due to idle time between tasks, personal matters,
inability of employer to generate work for staff because of distractions, meetings and commitments.
A Virtual Assistant is 100% productive!