Chicago sets a fast pace for all of Illinois. A virtual assistant lets you keep up with client demands, without adding to your downtown or suburban overhead.
Virtual Assistant gives Illinois businesses a dedicated virtual assistant from $240 a month, working Central time. You choose the role and the hours, and a US account manager matches you within 1 to 3 business days.
Why Illinois businesses hire a virtual assistant
Chicago is a center for finance, law, logistics and corporate headquarters. The suburbs have large offices and healthcare systems, and central and northern Illinois add manufacturing, agriculture and government. Small firms competing with big-city service levels need quick replies.
The roles Illinois businesses should hire first
Executive Assistant
Chicago executives and partners need strong calendar, travel and inbox support.
Your calendar reflects your priorities. Meetings get protected, grouped and prepared for, so your best hours go to decisions and not to logistics.
- Screen meeting requests against your priorities
- Organize board, investor and client meeting logistics
- Keep your inbox clear and flag what is truly urgent
- Submit expense reports and match receipts
Executive assistant packages start at $320 a month for 20 hours. Hire an executive assistant for your Illinois business.
Legal Assistant
Law firms hand off intake, calendaring and documents.
Deadlines stay visible. Court dates and filing deadlines get calendared and tracked, so you can review them in one place.
- Schedule consultations
- Calendar court dates and deadlines
- Request and organize records
- Support billing and time entry
Assistants are not attorneys and do not give legal advice. Legal assistant packages start at $320 a month for 20 hours. Hire a legal assistant for your Illinois business.
Administrative Assistant
Downstate and suburban small businesses hand off daily admin.
Nothing depends on your memory. Every recurring job goes on a written checklist, so it still gets done in your busiest weeks.
- Sort your email into urgent, needs a reply and can wait
- Send reminders and confirm attendance the day before
- Prepare templates for the letters and forms you use often
- Compare suppliers and summarize the best options
Administrative assistant packages start at $240 a month for 20 hours. Hire an administrative assistant for your Illinois business.
What it costs in Illinois
You pay the same clear price wherever you are, and you see the exact total before you order. Skilled VA prices for the roles above:
- Executive Assistant: $320 for 20 hours, $608 for 40 hours or $1,152 for 80 hours a month
- Legal Assistant: $320 for 20 hours, $608 for 40 hours or $1,152 for 80 hours a month
- Administrative Assistant: $240 for 20 hours, $456 for 40 hours or $864 for 80 hours a month
Senior Specialists, with 5+ years in the field, cost 35% more. US-Based Specialists, who live and work in the United States, cost 90% more. If you would rather not commit to a monthly package, pay-as-you-go hours start at $14.40 an hour and stay valid for 90 days.
Why hire your Illinois assistant from Virtual Assistant
Your assistant works remotely and keeps Central time business hours, so your day and theirs line up. You get a person who learns your business, with a team behind them when something needs fixing.
- Experience with senior leaders: Choose a Senior Specialist with 5+ years of experience, or a US-Based Specialist when your role calls for one.
- Knows legal software: Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther, Smokeball, LawPay and NetDocuments.
- Easy to start small: Begin with the inbox and calendar on 20 hours a month, then add more as you see what can come off your plate.
- A dedicated assistant: You work with one person who learns your business, not whoever is free in a shared pool.
- Start in 1 to 3 business days: Most clients are matched within 1 to 3 business days of payment, or within 24 hours with rush onboarding.
- NDA and secure access: Every assistant signs an NDA, and logins go through a secure vault, never by email.
A virtual assistant or an in-house hire?
An in-house hire makes sense when the job needs someone physically on site. For work done on a screen or a phone, a virtual assistant usually costs far less, because you pay only for working hours, with no recruiting, desk, equipment or payroll taxes to arrange. You can also start with 20 hours a month and grow, instead of committing to a full-time salary before you know how much work there is.
How to get started this week
- Build your package: choose a role, your hours and an experience level, and see your price straight away
- Pay your itemized invoice by card or crypto
- Your US account manager matches you within 1 to 3 business days and runs your kickoff call
- Your assistant starts on a written checklist of your first tasks for your Illinois business
Towns and regions we serve in Illinois
Your assistant works remotely, so you get the same service anywhere in Illinois, including Aurora, Joliet, Peoria, Champaign, Evanston, Oak Brook, Bloomington, the Quad Cities and Metro East. If your location is not listed here, we still serve it. Just enter it on the order form.
Guides for Illinois cities
Each of these guides covers one city on its own: Chicago, Naperville, Springfield, Rockford, Schaumburg.