- US median pay$76,590 a year[2]All industries, BLS May 2025
- Pay on our open vacancies$800–1,100 a month[3]You pay the person directly
- One-time fee$2,500–3,000[1]On the start day, only if you hire
- Free replacementWithin 180 days[1]One per placement, fee paid, role, hours and pay unchanged, no refund
What the week looks like at a Shopify store
A Shopify store owner opens the admin every morning to see orders, flagged risks, failed payments and the overnight tickets. New products mean variants, metafields, collections and images. A theme tweak or a new app can break something quietly. Sales events and email drops bring spikes in tickets. On top of that the owner has to read Shopify payouts, Shop Pay instalments, refunds and app fees to see what actually made money.
What an executive assistant does for Shopify stores
- Filter email from apps, agencies, suppliers and customers
- Schedule calls and keep the owner's week protected for key work
- Chase freelancers and agencies on open store tasks
- Prepare a weekly summary from Shopify reports and your task list
An executive assistant works for one or two senior people: their calendar, inbox, travel, meeting preparation and follow-ups. The job is judgment about what reaches the boss and what does not, so it suits owners who already lose hours every week to coordination.
Tools Shopify stores commonly use
- Shopify
- Gorgias
- Klaviyo
- Zendesk
- Canva
- QuickBooks
- Xero
- Slack
- Google Workspace
Common in this kind of business, not a checklist: name your own stack in the brief.
How to test a candidate for a Shopify store
Give an owner's inbox of ten emails: an app price rise, a designer's late delivery, a supplier delay, three newsletters. Ask for the order, draft replies and a five-line summary for Monday. See what they flag as a decision.
What to keep in-house or check first
Keep the store owner role, payout bank details, and app installs with the owner. Create staff accounts with limited permissions, and turn on two-step login. Theme code changes should go through a duplicate theme, not the live one. If you sell to Europe, ask whether GDPR requires anything for staff who see customers from outside the EU.
General caution, not legal advice: check the rules that apply to you with a qualified adviser.
Available now
84 executive assistants on Stafka, English B1–C2, updated 5 November 2026. The count is for the role, not for Shopify stores: name your business in the brief.
Executive Assistant0 years of experience · GE-1200
- English B1
- $800–1,000 a month
- 40 h a week, flexible hours
- Retail Banker · 3 m
- B2B/B2C Sales Manager Intern · 3 m
Executive Assistant2 years of experience · KZ-1010
- English B1
- $800–1,000 a month
- 40 h a week, covers US hours
- Business & Operations Support · 1 y 11 m
- Marketing & Administrative Support · 3 y
Executive Assistant1 year of experience · KZ-1011
- English B2
- $800–1,000 a month
- 40 h a week, covers US hours
- Wolt Project Lead / Courier Operations Manager · 1 y 1 m
- SMM Manager · 4 m
Executive Assistant4 years of experience · AM-1023
- English B2
- $600–800 a month
- 40 h a week, flexible hours
- Banking Operations / Customer Service Officer (title inferred
- Accounting Assistant (title inferred
Executive Assistant1 year of experience · GE-1190
- English B1
- $800–1,000 a month
- 40 h a week, flexible hours
- Private Tutor / Educator
- Academic & Business Projects (student
Executive Assistant1 year of experience · AM-1021
- English B1
- $600 a month
- 40 h a week, flexible hours
- Freelance Translator / MTPE & LQA · 11 m
- Media & Subtitling Translator
Anonymous profiles of people who asked to be shown to employers. Most applied through our Telegram bot with a written and a voice English task; Silkstaff checks English on a live call before any client interview. Names, contacts and employers stay hidden until a candidate accepts your intro request.
Choose a country: shared hours
Most of this work runs from a task list, so the person does not need your whole day. A few shared hours for the morning inbox review and urgent calendar changes are usually enough.
Against a 9–17 client day in winter[4][5][6][7]; for New York, on a 9–18 local day or a 13–22 shift. Check your own office.
What it costs
On our open vacancies this role pays $800–1,100 a month[3], paid by you to the person. The BLS figure of $76,590 a year is for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants[2] across all industries: we have no separate figure for this niche. Paying through Deel adds $49 a month[8]; Wise and Payoneer also work.
See also: executive assistant pay in the US, by state · pricing and replacement terms.
How hiring through Stafka works
- Send the brief or post the job free. Name whose time the person will protect, which inbox and calendar they will run, and what they may decide without asking.
- Within 5 business days of a confirmed brief you get 3 matching profiles, or a plain no. Most apply through our Telegram bot with a written and a voice English task; each profile shows the English level (B1–C2); Silkstaff checks English on a live call before any client interview.
- You interview, choose and contract the person directly through Deel, Wise or Payoneer. Candidates never pay.
Questions
How is this different from a VA for a Shopify store?
An EA works on the owner's time, inbox and priorities. A VA works on tasks inside the business, such as listings and research. Small stores often need the VA first, and hire an EA once the owner's calendar starts causing problems.
Which Shopify permissions should a new remote hire have?
Only what the job needs: orders and customers for support, products for catalogue work. Keep payouts, domains, app installs and customer export off at first. Everyone gets a separate staff account with two-step login. Check your own data duties too. This is general information, not legal advice.
Where can a Shopify store hire an affordable executive assistant?
The usual routes are a freelance marketplace, an agency with a monthly margin, or a direct hire in a lower-cost country. On Stafka it is a direct hire: you pay the person $800–1,100 a month on our open vacancies[3], plus $2,500–3,000[1] once if you hire, with no monthly margin.
General information for small employers, not legal or tax advice: check contracts, tax and data rules for your country with a qualified adviser. Tool names belong to their owners; we are not affiliated with them. Spotted a mistake? Write to hello@silkstaff.com.