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2026 Edition · Effective July 2026 · Free & citable

The Offshore Staffing Rate Index

Zedtreeo's published, all-inclusive bill rates for 58 dedicated remote roles staffed fromIndia — beside the US median wage for the nearest occupation, sourced line-by-line to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. No form, no PDF gate, updated annually.

$5/hr
median all-inclusive bill rate across 58 roles
91%
median saving vs US-equivalent fully-loaded cost
$5–$9/hr
full range, every role, no hidden fees

Methodology — read this before citing

What this is:Zedtreeo's actual published rate card — the starting bill rates a client pays for each role, as listed on our live service pages. It is a primary pricing document, not a market survey: we are not estimating what "the industry" charges, we are disclosing what we charge.

What each rate includes:the professional's salary, statutory benefits and employer costs in India, recruitment and vetting, HR management, replacement cover, and infrastructure. There are no setup fees. Rates shown are the published starting rate per role; senior profiles within a role can price above the starting rate. Monthly figures assume 160 hours (full-time).

US comparator column: the median annual wage for the nearest US occupation from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey (May 2024, national). Each figure links to its frozen BLS table. The savings column compares annual dedicated cost against the BLS median × 1.3 (a conservative employer-cost load; BLS ECEC data puts benefits near 30% of total compensation). Where no single honest comparator exists, the cell shows "—" rather than a stretched match.

Limitations: single-provider data (Zedtreeo), India-sourced dedicated full-time staffing — not marketplace freelance pricing, not a labor-market survey, and not salary data for workers. US medians are wages, not fully-loaded costs (hence the disclosed multiplier). Effective July 2026; see the change log below for revisions.

Administrative & Virtual Assistants

Finance & Accounting

RoleBill rate (from)Monthly (full-time)Nearest US occupation — BLS median (May 2024)Saving vs loaded US cost
Bookkeepers & Finance Support$5/hr$800/moBookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks: $49,21085%
QuickBooks Bookkeepers$7/hr$1,120/moBookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks: $49,21079%
QuickBooks Setup & Cleanup Experts$5/hr$800/moBookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks: $49,21085%
Accountants$5/hr$800/moAccountants and Auditors: $81,68091%
Tax Preparers$5/hr$800/mo
Financial Analysts$9/hr$1,440/mo
Data Analysts$8/hr$1,280/mo

Healthcare & Medical Billing

RoleBill rate (from)Monthly (full-time)Nearest US occupation — BLS median (May 2024)Saving vs loaded US cost
Healthcare & RCM Staff$5/hr$800/moMedical Records Specialists: $50,25085%
Denial Management Specialists$7/hr$1,120/moMedical Records Specialists: $50,25079%
Virtual Medical Scribes$6/hr$960/moMedical Assistants: $44,20080%

Engineering & Technology

RoleBill rate (from)Monthly (full-time)Nearest US occupation — BLS median (May 2024)Saving vs loaded US cost
Full-Stack Developers$8/hr$1,280/moSoftware Developers: $133,08091%
Frontend Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
React Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
Offshore React Developers$8/hr$1,280/moSoftware Developers: $133,08091%
Next.js & Headless CMS Developers$7/hr$1,120/moSoftware Developers: $133,08092%
Vue.js Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
Angular Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
Node.js Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
Python Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
Java Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
PHP Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
Laravel Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
.NET Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
Mobile App Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
iOS Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
Android Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
Flutter Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
WordPress Developers$5/hr$800/moWeb Developers: $90,93092%
Shopify Developers$5/hr$800/moWeb Developers: $90,93092%
Magento Developers$5/hr$800/moWeb Developers: $90,93092%
eCommerce Developers$5/hr$800/moWeb Developers: $90,93092%
Salesforce Developers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
AI/ML Engineers$5/hr$800/moSoftware Developers: $133,08094%
Data Scientists$5/hr$800/mo
DevOps Engineers$9/hr$1,440/moSoftware Developers: $133,08090%
Cybersecurity Experts$5/hr$800/mo
Web Designers$5/hr$800/moWeb Developers: $90,93092%
UI/UX Designers$8/hr$1,280/mo
Project Managers$5/hr$800/mo

Marketing & Creative

How to cite this index

Free to cite with attribution (CC BY 4.0). Suggested citation:

Zedtreeo, "The Offshore Staffing Rate Index — 2026 Edition," https://zedtreeo.com/rate-index (effective July 2026).

Deep-link any role row directly (e.g. /rate-index#virtual-assistants) or any category (e.g. #finance). The CSV at /rate-index/csv always matches this page.

Change log

  • July 2026: First edition published (58 roles). Next scheduled re-version: January 2027, with year-over-year deltas noted here.

These are real, bookable rates

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