Talent Scout Pricing: What Senior LatAm Marketing Talent Costs

Talent Scout pricing is $3,500 to $4,500 a month, all-in, for one full-time senior marketing, creative, or operations specialist from Latin America, as of November 2026. That one monthly number covers the specialist's full-time pay, the search, vetting, contracts, compliance, cross-border payments, and free replacements at any time. You pay nothing until you hire, and the agreement is month-to-month.

Prices as of November 2026. We update this page whenever the band changes.

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The price on one table

Where a hire lands inside the band depends on the role. We confirm the exact monthly figure for your role on the intro call, before you interview anyone.

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What the $3,500 to $4,500 includes

The all-in number is the full cost of the seat, not a salary with a fee added later. It covers:

• The specialist's full-time pay. Your hire works for you full-time, on your team, in your tools.
• The search. Every placement is a search run for one specific role. We do not keep a roster of people waiting for assignments.
• Vetting. Senior means roughly 5+ years of hands-on experience in the specialist's specific discipline. Every candidate clears an 8+ out of 10 English bar and works on US time zones.
• Contracts, compliance, and cross-border payments. We handle the paperwork and get your specialist paid each month.
• Free replacements at any time. If a hire is not working, we run a new search at no charge.

How it compares with hiring the same role in the US

A full-time senior hire in the US costs far more than the salary on the offer letter. Our 2026 salary report puts the fully loaded cost (base salary plus taxes, benefits, and overhead) of a senior US marketing hire at roughly $9,000 to $17,000 a month. Against that, Talent Scout's all-in band is up to 70% less.

Here is the role-by-role estimate. US figures are monthly fully loaded cost; the yearly difference uses the $4,000 middle of our band. Most rows show the low end of each role's US range; the project / account manager row shows its full range.

Source: 2026 LATAM Marketing Salary Report (published July 23, 2026, updated August 13, 2026). US base salaries come from ERI/SalaryExpert, Payscale, Glassdoor, Salary.com, and Built In, loaded at 1.25 to 1.4 times base to cover payroll taxes, benefits, and overhead (the MIT loading rule of thumb). These are estimates; your own US cost depends on your city, benefits, and seniority.

Role pages with the detail for each seat: project manager, SEO specialist, graphic designer, and every marketing role we place.

How other recruiting firms charge, so you can compare like for like

Recruiting and staffing fees come in three shapes. Knowing which one you are looking at matters more than the headline number.

1. A one-time placement fee. You pay once when the hire starts, then run payroll and compliance yourself. HireLATAM, for example, publishes a flat $3,500 placement fee (a $500 deposit, then $3,000 on hire) with a 90-day replacement guarantee, extended to 6 months if you add their $149-a-month payroll admin (hirelatam.com/pricing, read October 30, 2026). If you already employ people in Latin America and want to own payroll, this model can cost less over a long tenure. That is a fair trade to consider.

2. A fee you learn on the call. Hire With Near offers a one-time direct-hire fee or a monthly staffing invoice, and publishes neither fee (hirewithnear.com/pricing, read October 30, 2026). Their marketing page lists a mid-level Digital Marketing Manager at $3,500 to $4,500 a month in salary alone, before their fee is added (hirewithnear.com/hire/marketing, read October 30, 2026). Our full comparison: Talent Scout vs Hire With Near.

3. An hourly rate. Freelance networks bill by the hour. Toptal lists hourly rates of $60 to $95+ and takes a $500 deposit per engagement, applied to the first invoice (toptal.com/faq, read October 30, 2026). At 160 hours a month, that rate works out to about $9,600 to $15,200+ a month for a full-time seat (our arithmetic from their published range).

Talent Scout uses one monthly number, published here, that already includes the person's pay, the search, compliance, and replacements. You can put it next to any of the models above without a call. For the full field, see Talent Scout alternatives.

What you pay before you hire: nothing

1. Intro call. We learn the role, the team, and the work the hire will own.
2. Search. We recruit for that one role across Latin America, most often in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and Mexico.
3. Candidates in 10 days. We present the first round of vetted candidates in 10 days.
4. You interview and choose. If no one fits, you walk away and owe nothing.
5. Billing starts when you hire. One monthly invoice, month-to-month.

If the hire does not work out

Every placement carries free replacements at any time. If the fit is wrong, we run a new search for the same seat at no charge.

Who sets the price

Talent Scout is a Miami-based recruiting company founded in 2025. We sold our digital agency after scaling with Latin American specialists, and we built this pricing for the buyer we used to be: an agency owner who wanted one monthly number with no surprises. Learn more about how we recruit on our marketing recruitment agency page.

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Talent Scout pricing as of November 2026: $3,500 to $4,500 a month, all-in, per full-time hire.