Executive assistants with a few spare hours are in demand from founders and small leadership teams who cannot justify a full-time hire. The work is inbox triage, calendar management across time zones, travel planning, meeting notes and the small administrative jobs that eat a founder's week.
Trust and reliability decide the match. Say which hours you can answer messages and how quickly, and stick to it. Many companies ask for a short trial week before a longer engagement. Keep a clear boundary with your main job: different devices, different accounts, and no work for anyone your current executive deals with.
In our data: 1,268 open tasks across the 3 roles that fit an executive assistant, 58% of them remote. The typical senior rate for Part-Time Executive Assistant is $65 in the US, £25 in the UK, CA$50 in Canada and €35 in Germany an hour, before the company's 15% fee. The other roles that fit are Chief of Staff, Office & Admin Coordinator. Most of these tasks are sized for 5 to 15 hours a week. Rates come from official wage statistics aged to October 2026; see the full table by country.