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Title: Chief of Staff hourly rate in Bulgaria, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Chief of Staff pay in Bulgaria: median wage €24 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €50. Source: Eurostat, 2022. Free for professionals.

Bulgaria · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Chief of Staff hourly rate in Bulgaria

The market median wage for a Chief of Staff in Bulgaria is **€23.92 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€50 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€50/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€23.92/hr** median wage

**€14-36** middle half of wages

**€1,080** a month at 5 hours a week

## Chief of Staff wage percentiles in Bulgaria

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | €9.61 | €210 | €20,000 |
| 25th | €14.34 | €310 | €29,800 |
| Median | €23.92 | €520 | €49,800 |
| 75th | €35.93 | €780 | €74,700 |
| 90th | €52.34 | €1,130 | €108,900 |

Source: Eurostat, 2022; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Bulgaria in numbers

What sets Bulgaria apart for a Chief of Staff, from the same sources as the table above.

- **€10** country floor: no Bulgaria rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Chief of Staff in Bulgaria by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manager | €40 | €870 |
| Director | €50 | €1,080 |

- Regular role **€50**

- One-off task **€55**

- Task bundle **€50**

## Chief of Staff pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Chief of Staff, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luxembourg | €76.60 | €160 |
| Denmark | €72.53 | €150 |
| Belgium | €69.47 | €145 |
| Ireland | €60.82 | €130 |
| Finland | €60.62 | €125 |
| Austria | €58.34 | €125 |
| Italy | €58.18 | €120 |
| Netherlands | €53.69 | €115 |
| Sweden | €47.33 | €100 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Chief of Staff rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/chief-of-staff/) · [Chief of Staff jobs in Bulgaria](https://deftridge.com/jobs/chief-of-staff/bulgaria/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
