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A DonutJobs hiring guide tells you what a remote hire costs and how to find a good one before you post a job. Each guide is built on our own talent pool data, with asking rates, test-score medians and how many candidates list each skill, every figure dated and sourced.
26,888 candidate profiles from143 countries, as of Sep 2026.
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Which hire do you need?
Most people land here with a task list, not a job title. Find the line that sounds like your situation and start with that guide. If you want to hire directly and manage the person yourself, any role or country guide works; if you want the hiring done for you, go straight to managed assistants.
| If you need | Start here |
|---|---|
| An affordable, English-speaking VA who can cover US, UK or Australian hours. | Filipino virtual assistants |
| A first assistant who covers admin, customers and a little marketing. | Virtual assistants for small businesses |
| Someone to answer chat, email or phone and handle refunds and order questions. | Customer support virtual assistants |
| Someone to make, schedule and answer your social posts every day. | Social media virtual assistants |
| Chat sales staff for an OFM agency, on shifts that follow your fans. | OnlyFans chatters |
| A senior assistant to run your week, not just clear tasks. | Virtual executive assistants |
| Someone hired, paid and managed for you, with no hiring work on your side. | Managed virtual assistants |
Hire by country
Supply figures: DonutJobs data, as of Sep 2026. Skill counts are self-reported.
Hire by role
Virtual assistants for small businesses
The first tasks to hand over by type of business, candidate supply for each kind of work, what 5 to 40 hours a week costs next to a local hire, and a 30-day plan.
4,970general VA profiles with internet, English and typing scores
Read the guideCustomer support virtual assistants
Supply, typing and English thresholds for chat, email and phone support, the help desks support VAs use, costs next to outsourcing, and the arithmetic for 24/7 cover.
15,596profiles describe customer support work
Read the guideSocial media virtual assistants
The design, video and scheduling tools candidates list, VA or manager, a weekly task list, costs next to US and offshore providers, and safe account access.
7,400profiles describe social media work
Read the guideOnlyFans chatters
Pay structures from real chatter job posts, roster math for 24/7 cover, the agency tools to test for, and a screening plan with a paid chat trial.
2,307profiles name OnlyFans work or an agency tool
Read the guide
Supply figures: DonutJobs data, as of Sep 2026. Skill counts are self-reported.
When you want the hiring done for you
Two DonutJobs services for when you would rather not screen candidates yourself: a dedicated executive assistant, or a managed assistant we source, contract and run inside your team.
- Senior hire
Virtual executive assistants
A dedicated executive assistant for inbox, calendar, travel and follow-ups. You interview the shortlist; DonutJobs handles the contract and pay on one monthly invoice.
1,696profiles describe executive, personal or admin assistant work
See the service - Done for you
Managed virtual assistants
DonutJobs sources, tests, contracts, pays and manages a dedicated assistant inside your team. You skip the hiring work entirely.
14,394profiles carry a Virtual Assistant skill tag
See the service
Supply figures: DonutJobs data, as of Sep 2026. Skill counts are self-reported.
Who you can hire on DonutJobs
Every guide on this page prices the hire with the same measured pool. These are the headline numbers, from read-only aggregate queries on the DonutJobs app database.
26,888
candidate profiles
demo accounts excluded
143
countries of residence
223 profiles give none
78.5%
live in the Philippines
21,106 profiles
17 min
median time from a job going live to its first application
1,489 of 1,537 jobs got one
DonutJobs data, as of Sep 2026. Country is the one each candidate selected on their profile; the Philippines share uses all 26,888 profiles as the denominator. 8,672 profiles (32.3%) have internet, English and typing scores.
How every hiring guide is built
A guide is only worth reading if the numbers in it are real. These are the rules every page on /hire follows.
Every talent-pool number comes from read-only aggregate queries against the DonutJobs app database, taken as a dated snapshot (the current one is September 2026). Only aggregates leave the database: counts, shares and medians, each shown with its sample size and date.
- Checks are optional. Candidates can complete up to four: internet speed, English, typing speed and a recorded voice sample. Scores show on their profiles, and employers can filter to candidates who passed the thresholds they choose.
- Asking rates come only from profiles created after the current signup form went live, because an older form filled in a default rate for anyone who skipped the question.
- Skill counts are self-reported tags, headlines and job titles. They show where supply is deep, not who is good at the job; that is what the checks and a paid trial task are for.
- English bands (A1 to C2) are DonutJobs labels for our in-app test, not an official CEFR certificate.
- No time-to-hire claims. Hires are not tracked in the app, so the speed figure we publish is the median time from a job going live to its first application.
Competitor prices on these pages link to the competitor's own pricing page with the date we checked it. Every DonutJobs price comes from our pricing page.
Know the numbers.
Then post the job.
Post your first role free, filter applicants by their English, typing and internet scores, play their voice samples, and pay the person you hire directly with no cut taken.
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