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Law Firm Overhead
vs Remote Savings
Model the savings from replacing one or more local support roles with remote legal staff.
Quick Answer
Support roles — paralegals, legal admins, researchers — carry full local salary and overhead. Replacing or augmenting them with remote legal staff (from $6/hour) cuts that cost sharply. Enter the roles and local salaries to model the savings.
Based on Zedtreeo's actual pricing. Dedicated remote staff from $1,056/month.
These figures are estimates for planning only. Your actual rate depends on role, scope, seniority, and engagement; market comparisons use representative benchmarks, not live quotes. Zedtreeo provides staffing, not legal advice or services. Estimates only. Spotted a number that looks off, or have an idea to make this tool better? — we read every note and use it to improve these tools.
Methodology
How the Law Firm Overhead vs Remote Savings works
How the number is produced
- Local cost = roles × the average loaded salary you enter.
- Remote cost = roles × role rate ($6 legal admin or $8 paralegal/researcher) × 176 hours × 12.
- Savings = local − remote.
Assumptions built in
- Loaded salary is your figure — include benefits, workspace and software to compare like with like.
- Models support roles only, not attorneys.
Benchmarks & sources
- Zedtreeo Rate Index (2026)Used for: the offshore hourly rate per role used on the Zedtreeo side of every comparison — the same figures quoted on our service pages.
- Zedtreeo pricing engine (site-wide constants) (2026)Used for: 176 billable hours per full-time month; local-market multipliers of ~3.5× (US), ~3.0× (Europe avg.), ~3.2× (Australia), ~2.8× (Canada) applied to the offshore rate when you pick a comparison market.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025 — Paralegals and Legal Assistants (SOC 23-2011) (2024)Used for: US baseline for legal support roles.
- ABA Model Rule 5.3 — responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistance (current)Used for: the supervision framing: remote legal staff work under a responsible lawyer; the tools model cost, not a change in who exercises legal judgment.
Methodology and constants last reviewed against the Zedtreeo pricing engine and Rate Index. Estimates are for planning; your quote depends on role, scope and engagement.
Law Firm Overhead vs Remote Savings FAQs
Common questions about this tool and the roles behind it.
Zedtreeo's offshore rates start at $6/hour and are the same figures used across all our calculators. Local market comparisons use representative benchmarks for the US, EU, AU, and CA — not live quotes. Your actual rate depends on role, scope, and engagement.
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