What To Charge As A Health Virtual Assistant
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me what to charge as a health VA… well, I wouldn’t be offering VA services anymore!
Pricing is often a stumbling block for newer virtual assistants and service providers. There are so many factors to keep in mind and different ways to price your services.
Let’s take a closer look at how to price yourself in a way that serves both you and your clients.
What can I charge as a health VA?
Unfortunately, there is no one rate or even way of deciding a price - everything really depends on the individual.
The rates for VA work can also vary - international VAs charge as little as $7-10/hr, whereas highly specialised VAs and service providers can earn the equivalent of multiple hundreds per hour.
The good news? You get to decide on what you charge!
Pricing options for health virtual assistants
“That’s great, Sam… but how would I charge for my work? I don’t even know where to start!”
This depends on your services, your skill level and what suits you and your clients. The most common ways include:
Per hour – the easiest to figure out and a good starting point for many VAs
Packages – you set a rate for a specific set of deliverables. For example, I have a package that includes blogs, newsletters and social media content at a fixed rate per month.
Retainer – the client pays you a set amount per month in advance, but the work involved is to be agreed on later. That way, they have you locked in for a certain amount of hours/work and can utilise your services as they need.
Per-project – this is usually for services such as website design, logo design or creation of an ebook. It’s similar to a package, but it could be a single project or a combination of projects, e.g. a website design or a branding + logo design package.
My simple per-hour pricing method
Need to come up with a price for your services ASAP? This is the quickest and easiest option for pricing yourself when you first start.
Step 1:
Decide on a per-hour cost you’re comfortable earning in this area of experience, e.g. you might choose $20/hr because you’re new to it, or $40 if you’ve got a good amount of experience.
Step 2:
Take your biz expenses into account (think tax, super, biz expenses etc)
The easiest way to guesstimate this is to double the rate from #1
Step 3:
Check in with how that new amount feels. You can tweak it and recalculate. The goal is to find a cost that’s slightly out of your comfort zone, but not one that makes you puke.
For example, if $25/hr is something you feel comfortable charging, stretch it a little bit to $30/hr. Feel a little squeamish but not horrified? That’s a good spot to start.
(and yes, I practice this every time I do a price increase in my biz, not going to lie!)
For more pricing strategies and methods, make sure you check out the Health VA Crash Course.
Wondering if you have what it takes to start working as a health virtual assistant?
If you love the idea of:
Building a thriving biz as a health virtual assistant (including writing, social media, design, systems, admin, and more...)
Making money from the comfort of your home, your bed, your favourite cafe or even a tropical island resort (wherever you like, really!)
Pricing yourself in that sweet spot of client-friendly but not hitting burnout
Standing out from the crowd so you can work with the people you admire the most
Having the freedom to live your life and not be glued to your work 24/7...
then 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗩𝗔 is what you want to get your hot lil hands on!
In this FREE guide, I share exactly what you need to land your first paying clients as a health VA.
