COST & VALUE
The real cost of building offshore.
Most offshore providers lead with one number: how cheap it is. That is the wrong place to start, because the cheapest hire is rarely the one that pays off. The real cost of an offshore team is what you spend to find them, what you lose when they leave, and what you never see because the pricing was never fully explained.
Staff X does this differently. You see exactly what your team member earns and exactly what we charge to employ and support them. No blended rate, no hidden margin, no lock in. This page explains how the economics actually work, so you can judge the value rather than guess at it.
Staff X does this differently. You see exactly what your team member earns and exactly what we charge to employ and support them. No blended rate, no hidden margin, no lock in. This page explains how the economics actually work, so you can judge the value rather than guess at it.
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HOW THE PRICING WORKS
Transparent by design, not by slogan.
Plenty of providers call themselves transparent. Here is what it means with us. Your cost is built from two clear parts: the salary your team member is paid, and the fee we charge to employ them, equip them, and support them properly. You see the split. You know what goes to your team member and what goes to running the engagement.
That matters for two reasons. First, you can be confident your team member is paid fairly, which is a large part of why they stay. Second, you are never paying a marked up mystery rate where the provider quietly pockets the difference between what they charge you and what they pay the staff.
There are no lock in contracts and no charges for time zone alignment or public holidays. The fee covers full IT equipment, productivity and security tooling, and ongoing HR support, all included rather than added on later.
We do not publish a flat price on this page, and that is deliberate. Salaries differ by role and seniority, and the fee differs by market and currency. A real number for your situation takes a five minute conversation, not a price list that would be wrong for half the people reading it.
The Numbers
Cost
50 to 75 percent
what clients save compared to an equivalent local hire, across all contracts
Salary plus fee
the only two parts of your cost, both visible to you
Talent
2 million plus
skilled professionals in the Philippines alone, the deepest offshore talent market
in the world
Top tier
the standard we vet to, matched to your role and your culture
Retention
2.8 years
average length of a Staff X placement, the proof that the model works
Built to last
we engineer placements to stay, because a great hire only pays off over time
Churn is the hidden line item.
Here is the part the low price providers do not put on their pricing page. When an offshore hire leaves in the first few months, you do not just lose them. You lose the weeks you spent training them, the momentum on whatever they were working on, and the time your local team sinks into onboarding a replacement. Do that two or three times on the same seat and the cheap hire has quietly become the expensive one.
This is the whole reason Staff X competes on retention rather than rock bottom rates. Our average placement runs 2.8 years. That stability is not a soft benefit, it is the thing that makes the economics work. A team member who stays long enough to genuinely understand your business is worth far more than the few dollars an hour you might save going somewhere cheaper and starting over every six months.
Pay fairly, support properly, and people stay. When they stay, you get the return. That is the entire argument.
This is the whole reason Staff X competes on retention rather than rock bottom rates. Our average placement runs 2.8 years. That stability is not a soft benefit, it is the thing that makes the economics work. A team member who stays long enough to genuinely understand your business is worth far more than the few dollars an hour you might save going somewhere cheaper and starting over every six months.
Want real salary numbers?
The FY26 Staff X Offshore Salary Guide gives you role by role salary benchmarks for skilled Filipino professionals, in your local currency. It is the honest version of the cost question: what good people in these roles actually earn, so you can plan a team with real figures instead of guesswork.
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Our Values
Client Success First
We do well when you do well. Every call we make is weighed against your long term growth, not our short term margin.
Quality Over Quantity
We are selective on purpose. We place people who genuinely fit the role and the culture, not whoever is available this week.
Integrity Always
Honesty, transparency and accountability with clients, with our team members, and with each other. The pricing model on this page is that value made real.
Growth Through Excellence
We are ambitious about outcomes and about how we get there, refining our standards and our process so the work holds up to a high bar.
Partnership, Not Transaction
Our clients and our team members are not line items. We invest in the relationship, because that is what makes placements last.
Get a real number for your business.
Tell us the role you are trying to fill and we will give you a straight answer on the talent market for it, what good people in that role earn, and what working with us would look like. No pressure and no obligation.
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