Key Summary
- Nearshoring to Colombia is enabling U.S. companies to reduce operational costs by 40-50% while maintaining quality, compliance, and performance.
- With Connext, businesses access a highly skilled, bilingual workforce that integrates directly into their workflows without hidden overhead.
- Clients benefit from transparent pricing, streamlined operations, and significant reductions in labor related costs, such as payroll taxes, office space, HR, and benefits.
- Colombia’s mature infrastructure, strategic location, and business friendly policies make it a top destination for sustainable and scalable cost optimization.
From Cost Line to Competitive Edge
In a tightening economy, companies are reevaluating every aspect of their operations, including how and where talent is sourced. Labor costs in the U.S. continue to climb, and hidden expenses such as benefits, taxes, and infrastructure weigh down margins., and hidden expenses such as benefits, taxes, and infrastructure weigh down margins.
Nearshoring to Colombia offers more than just wage arbitrage it eliminates the excess. By partnering with Connext, U.S. companies are not just cutting costs they’re gaining agility, scale, and strategic control without compromising on quality.
True Cost Breakdown: Onshore vs. Nearshore
Most companies only consider base salary when comparing talent costs, but the reality is far more complex. Domestic hires carry significant hidden expenses payroll taxes, IT, healthcare, PTO, and overhead add up fast.
Example Comparison U.S. vs. Colombia Talent via Connext:
| Cost Component | U.S. Hire ($15/hr) | Nearshore via Connext |
| Base Salary | $31,200 | Included in bill rate |
| Payroll Taxes | $2,734 | Included |
| Workers’ Comp | $312 | Included |
| IT/Software Support | $1,200 $2,400 | Included |
| Recruiting & Onboarding | $1,000 $3,000 | Included |
| Office Space/Facilities | $900 $1,800 | Included |
| Healthcare & PTO | $6,500 $10,620 | Included |
| Total Annual Cost | $44,000 $55,000 | $20,400 $24,000 |
| Estimated Hourly Cost | $21 $26/hr | $10.5 $12.5/hr |
The result: 40-50% savings per employee, plus the added value of operational simplicity and compliance support.
How Clients Save More with Connext
Here’s how nearshoring with Connext in Colombia helps maximize value:
1. One Transparent Bill Rate
No surprises. Payroll taxes, benefits, infrastructure, and compliance are all included.
2. Reduced Overhead
No need to maintain in house HR, IT support, or office space for nearshore roles.
3. Shorter Time to Fill
We accelerate recruiting and onboarding timelines cutting hiring delays and opportunity costs.
4. Full Role Integration
Our co sourcing model ensures your nearshore team works in your systems, on your schedule, and under your leadership.
5. High Value Skill Access
Colombian professionals offer expertise in data analytics, finance, RCM, software development, customer experience, and more.
Industries Benefiting Most
Connext clients across key industries are driving meaningful results:
- Healthcare: Claims, billing, and RCM teams operate with HIPAA trained staff at half the cost.
- Finance & Accounting: Bookkeeping, AP/AR, and payroll roles scale affordably and compliantly.
- IT & Engineering: Development, QA, and cybersecurity experts deliver value at a reduced cost.
- Customer Service: CX agents and technical support operate in real time with U.S. teams.
Conclusion: Cost Savings with Strategic Impact
Cutting costs doesn’t mean cutting corners. Nearshoring to Colombia allows you to reduce expenses and reinvest savings into innovation, growth, and team development.
With Connext, you gain a trusted partner that delivers skilled, embedded professionals at a fraction of U.S. costs fully compliant, secure, and aligned with your operations.
Why Connext
Connext’s co-managment model allows you to scale operations with Colombian professionals who are embedded directly in your workflows. You stay in control while we handle recruiting, compliance, training, and support.
Our clients don’t just save money they accelerate results, improve efficiency, and build resilient global teams.
FAQs: Nearshoring Cost Savings with Connext
We eliminate hidden overhead by bundling HR, benefits, IT, and compliance into one transparent bill rate.
On average, companies save 40-50% per employee compared to equivalent U.S. based hires.
Yes. Colombia has a deep pool of bilingual, college educated professionals with experience across healthcare, tech, and finance.
Yes you maintain full control. Connext supports integration and operations but your team remains under your direction.
Salary, payroll taxes, benefits, IT support, facilities, compliance, and recruiting all included.
Absolutely. Our flexible model allows rapid scaling based on your needs.
Healthcare support, finance, customer service, tech support, data analytics, and development roles are ideal.
We recruit top talent, align with your culture, and offer ongoing training, quality assurance, and client support.
Colombia’s time zone aligns with EST, enabling real time collaboration.
Once aligned, clients typically begin seeing candidates within days and onboard within 2-4 weeks.
