The average US employer spends $5,475 to fill a nonexecutive role, according to SHRM’s 2025 benchmarking survey of 2,371 active members. That’s the cost before you even find out whether the hire works out. A VA search skips most of that spend, but not the risk of getting it wrong. A bad VA hire still…
A part time front desk or scheduling role costs a franchise owner roughly $2,900 a month to fill locally, once you add payroll taxes, workers comp, and turnover risk on top of wages. A comparable VA, on the same hours, runs $900 to $1,700 a month depending on where the VA is based. That gap…
VA pricing falls into three buckets: hourly, package, and dedicated. Here’s what each one actually costs a franchise owner, and how to pick the right model before you commit.
What Can a VA Actually Do for a Franchise Owner? If you own a franchise, you already know the trade-off: you bought into a system for the structure, the brand recognition, the proven playbook, but you’re still the one running the day-to-day. Corporate isn’t answering your phones. Corporate isn’t following up with customers who left…
