Side hustle jobs are everywhere these days!

There are dozens (maybe even hundreds) of different apps that all promise a different way to make extra money in your spare time.

In this post, I’ll share some of the most popular side hustle jobs, and where you can go to get started.

A Side Hustle Job vs. Starting a Business in Your Spare Time

Sometimes, the term “side hustle” carries a more entrepreneurial connotation than merely working a second job. These are the types of businesses I often cover on The Side Hustle Show, my award-winning podcast.

If you’re looking to build something a little bigger, I encourage you to check it out!

But if you’re just looking for some simple, steady, ways to earn money in your spare time, you’ve come to the right place.

That’s not to say you can’t earn a lot with a side hustle job — some of these may even be able to replace your day job income — but you’ll almost always be limited by how much time you can put in.

There’s not a lot of opportunity to build passive income or leverage here. And that’s OK!

Ready? Let’s do it!

Advantages of Side Hustle Jobs

quick and easy to get started
low startup costs
very little sales or marketing involved

Disadvantages of Side Hustle Jobs

still trading time for money
most have a relatively low expected hourly rate
you may not have much control of your workload

Helpful Side Hustle Job Apps

FlexJobs

FlexJobs is the leading job platform for work-from-home jobs. A portion of those are for part-time work in a wide variety of categories.

It costs a nominal fee to become a member on the site, but it’s a legit job board and you’ll easily earn it back and then some with just one job.

The companies that advertise here are ahead of the curve. They understand they can find better talent by offering a remote work opportunity instead of limiting their search to people nearby.

Learn more about Flexjobs.

Steady

Steady is a cool new app and website that showcases a wide variety of “gig economy” opportunities. For example, you can find part-time jobs, work from home gigs, flexible “anytime” options, and more.

In browsing through the listings, you’ll see the common delivery and rideshare gigs you’d probably expect, but I was pleasantly surprised to see several options I’d never heard — in areas like brand ambassadorship, political advocacy, mystery shopping, transcription, and more.

Steady is your gateway to all these gigs and gives you a convenient central location and interface to browse. After you create your account, you’ll be able to see everything available online and in your local area.

The app also provides a centralized tool to account for all your side hustle job earnings, and see which ones are truly the most profitable for you.

Other Side Hustle Job Sites to Check Out:

AppJobs – Similar to Steady, in that it aggregates a bunch of side hustle jobs in one place. Filter by city and then by the type of work you’re interested in (delivery, freelance, cleaning, handyman, etc.) to see opportunities.
ShiftPixy – The ShiftPixy app helps you “find shift work when you need it, where you need it!”
Wonolo – This popular temp work platform connects you with immediate hourly or same day side hustle jobs.

Delivery and Driving Side Hustle Gigs

You’ve probably heard of “driving for dollars” with services like Lyft, and these may be the quintessential side hustle jobs.

You have total control over your schedule and availability. One driver of mine on a recent trip put it this way: “When I want to make money, I turn on the app.”

Meanwhile, Uber is known for using the term “side hustle” in their ads recruiting drivers. The pioneering–if not controversial–ridesharing apps lets you essentially start your own taxi service and earn money driving your neighbors around.

Instacart

With Instacart, you’re getting paid to shop for and deliver other people’s groceries. Payments are made weekly and you’ll select your available hours in advance. Naturally, this side hustle job is limited to the hours grocery stores are open.

Check out our full Instacart Shopper review here, with insights from a side hustler earning an extra $450-500 a week.

Shipt

Shipt is a popular grocery delivery service owned by Target. According to their site, you can earn up to $22 an hour as a shopper and delivery driver.

DoorDash

“Dashers” make up to $25 an hour* as a food delivery drivers with the DoorDash app. I sat down with one DoorDash driver earning $250-500 a month integrating his deliveries into his nightly commute home.

*For illustrative purposes only, actual earnings may differ and depend on expenses. Hourly pay is calculated using average Dasher payouts while on a delivery (from the time you accept an order until the time you drop it off) and includes compensation from peak pay, tips, and other incentives.

Other Delivery Job Apps

Grubhub – Popular food delivery app.
Caviar – Another food delivery app.
Amazon Flex – Earn $18-25 an hour making deliveries for Amazon in select markets.
JoyRun – Deliver takeout meals in your spare time with the JoyRun app. Some users report earning $10,000 in a year of JoyRunning.
Rinse – Rinse valet drivers pick-up and deliver laundry and dry cleaning.
Alfred – Sign on as a professional “Alfred” — a modern day urban butler sold on a subscription membership model — and get paid to run errands for busy clients.
Deliveroo – European app-powered food delivery service.

Pro Tip: Rideshare and delivery drivers might consider adding Hurdlr to your arsenal. Hurdlr helps you automatically track your mileage to save on taxes.

Teaching and Tutoring Side Hustle Jobs

If you have a passion for education and helping students learn, these side hustle jobs will be worth a look.

EF Education First

For over 50 years, Education First has been helping people around the world learn English. If you have a bachelor’s degree, live in the US or UK, and have prior teaching or tutoring experience, you can earn up to $20 an hour teaching online with EF.

As a work-from-home teacher, you’ll choose your own schedule, bring your own teaching style, and enjoy local, US and UK-based support.

Other Teaching and Tutoring Jobs

Magic Ears – Magic Ears matches online English teachers with students in China.
CourseHero – The CourseHero platform helps connects more than 10 million students with tutors online. Top tutors on CourseHero earn $500 a week.
Verbling – Set your own hourly rate for online language lessons. Most tutors appear to be in the $10-25 an hour range, and Verbling says some earn a full-time living on the platform.
italki – Set your own hourly rate for Skype language lessons and conversation practice on this platform with more than 2,000,000 language learning students. Rates were mostly around $10/hour for English practice.
VerbalPlanet – Another peer-to-peer language learning site where you can set your own hours and rates, though the average student payment is $22 for a 45 minute lesson. VerbalPlanet asks you to only apply to their tutoring platform if you have teaching experience.
Preply – Earn $15 an hour and up language tutoring Preply’s audience of more than 150,000 students.

Survey and Consumer Feedback Side Hustle Jobs

It’s not really accurate to call these “jobs” since they’re not super predictable. Still, surveys and focus groups can add to your personal bottom line — especially if you have nothing better to do.

Respondent

Respondent is the best paying online survey outfit I’ve found. The surveys usually take the shape of one-on-one interviews either in-person or over the phone / video chat, and they pay an average of $140 an hour.

(I did a 2-hour in-person Respondent focus group near me and made $200. Check out my full Respondent review for more.)

User Interviews

User Interviews is a great platform to get matched with remote market research studies that generally pay $50-200 an hour.

Check out my full User Interviews review for more.

Other Survey Sites to Check Out

User Interface Testing Jobs

UserTesting

Earn $10 for every 20-minute online user test through UserTesting. You’ll be asked to review and give your opinions on websites, apps, shopping portals, and more.

Special software tracks your mouse movement while your webcam and mic record your eye movement, facial expressions, and words as you complete the questions.

You have to act fast though when new studies are released; in my experience UserTesting tests disappear very quickly.

Other “Get Paid to Review Websites” Sites:

Intellizoom – Earn an average of $10 per test, with most tests taking around 15-20 minutes.
Enroll – Help “make the web a better place” by testing websites before they’re published.
UserFeel – Each test lasts 10-20 minutes and pays $10.
TryMyUI – Try My UI pays $10 per test and tests typically last around 20 minutes.

Caregiving Side Hustle Jobs

Taking car of kids, grown-ups, pets, and houses is a huge industry — but not usually a full-time career. That’s why these gigs make for great side hustles.

Care.com

With more than 19 million members, Care.com is the largest marketplace for child care, senior care, pet care, and house sitting.

Sittercity

Sittercity is a huge marketplace for child care, with parents posting jobs every 2 minutes and rates usually in the $10-20/hour range.

UrbanSitter

If you love kids, UrbanSitter could be the perfect side hustle job. Set your own babysitting rates, availability, and geographic area you cover. Because UrbanSitter charges parents a monthly membership fee to access the directory, you keep 100% of your earnings.

Rover

Set up your own pet-sitting profile on Rover.com and take care of your neighbors’ dogs when they go out of town.

Other Caregiving Job Sites:

Honor – Honor specializes in elder care and requires at least 6 months of relevant caregiving experience.
Helpr – An interesting new family support app, Helpr aims to connect parents and sitters — but employers sometimes subsidize the care.
ConnectRN – Certified nurses can pick up extra shifts from nearby facilities in need.

Freelance Side Hustle Jobs

As more and more work shifts online and remote, the demand for talented work-from-home freelancers is only increasing. You can try your hand at landing clients through broad freelance marketplaces like Upwork, Fiverr, or FreeUp, or check out some of the more specialized options below.

Virtual Assistant

Virtual assistants provide administrative support to clients from their home office. Several companies hire work-from-home assistants, including:

Time Etc
Zirtual
Fancy Hands
BELAY

The pay varies but is generally between $12-20 an hour.

If becoming a virtual assistant sounds like a good fit to your skills and personality, you may be able to earn more setting up shop on your own. To learn more about starting your own virtual assistant company, check out the free video training from my friend Abbey Ashley, who started her VA business on the side and shares:

Where to find thousands of potential clients.
How to make a full-time living working from home.
What clients are really looking for in a VA. (hint: it’s not prior VA experience)

Click here to learn more about becoming a virtual assistant.

Recruiting

There’s big bucks in helping place new hires! You can earn $1333 when your referral gets hired through Hired.com.

Here’s more on how to start a recruiting business.

Fashion Consultant

StitchFix hires part-time virtual stylists (for both men and women).

Drone Pilot

Certified drone pilots can register at DroneBase to take on aerial photography and inspection jobs nearby. If you love drone flying, here are some more ways to make money with a drone.

Photo Editing

FixThePhoto hires remote part-time photo re-touching and editing experts. If you’re a Lightroom or Photoshop pro, this could be worth checking out.

Editing and Proofreading Side Hustle Jobs

A few years ago, I started a non-fiction book editing side hustle, and landed my first few clients on Fiverr. There are also a few marketplaces and platforms that specialize in this type of work.

Scribendi – Scribendi hires proofreaders and editors to work remotely and correct client documents.

ProofreadingServices.com – An online proofreading and English tutoring service looking for work-from-home English tutors.

Rev – Transcribe interviews and lectures on Rev.com and earn $9 an hour and up.

ServiceScape – ServiceScape is a freelance marketplace for writers, editors, translators, and graphic designers.

Scribbr – Scribbr is an academic editing and proofreading company seeking editors with language expertise. Scribbr editors work from home, design their own schedule, and can earn $25-30 an hour.

Translation Side Hustle Jobs

If one of your skills is being multi-lingual, here are some interesting translation-related gigs.

Translators Cafe – Register for free to get notified of new translation jobs on this marketplace “where linguists and their clients meet.”

ProZ – Join over 1,000,000 professional translators and customers on this big translation marketplace.

Gengo | Translate.com – If you speak multiple languages, you can earn money translating text with these services.

Unbabel – Earn $8-18 an hour translating one of 28 languages for customer service teams around the world.

Customer Service Side Hustle Jobs

LiveOps

Liveops is a “cloud” call center company that hires part-time remote customer service agents to field calls from home. Pay is in the $11-15 an hour range.

NexRep

Top NexRep agents earn $15-25 an hour doing customer support and phone sales for growing businesses.

Real Estate Side Hustle Jobs

Loan Signing Agent

One popular real estate side hustle is to become a mobile notary loan signing agent. Once certified, you can make around $100 an hour for completing loan signings for new home buyers on their own schedule.

Check out Mark Wills’ Loan Signing System to learn more. Use promo code sidehustle for 10% off.

Here’s our full Loan Signing System review.

Once you know what you’re doing and are on board with a few signing services, you’ll start to get text message notifications of gigs near you. With each one, you can choose to accept or reject it based on your availability.

Airbnb Arbitrage

This is more of a gig you have to go hunt for yourself, but can be pretty lucrative. How it works is you research popular areas on Airbnb, and then approach landlords advertising traditional rentals in that area.

Your pitch to them is that you’ll sign the lease, take care of all the maintenance on the property, but you’ll turn around and list it on Airbnb.

Not every landlord is going to take that deal, but some do.

Moving and Manual Labor Side Hustle Jobs

Mattress Flipping

When certain bed-in-a-box mattresses get returned, Sharetown reps pick them up for free, clean them, and resell them on Facebook Marketplace. The cool part? They only have to pay for the inventory once the item sells.

Definitely worth a look if you have a truck and the capacity to store a handful of bulky items.

Car Repair

Join YourMechanic and earn $40-50 an hour making “house calls” to fix cars and trucks.

Yard Care

Is there an “Uber for yardwork” yet? Both GreenPal and LawnGuru are trying to build it, and offer a cool new way for landscaping businesses to connect with customers.

Moving Service

Bellhops is a “modern moving service” and targets college students as the movers. According to the site, you can earn an average of $21 an hour with a flexible work schedule.

If you have a truck or van — and a strong back — you can earn money with Dolly‘s peer-to-peer moving platform, helping your neighbors pack and move across town.

With GoShare, you can put your truck or cargo van to work helping people move and earn up to $62 an hour.

TaskRabbit

Run errands, build furniture, wait in line, make deliveries … it’s all in a day’s work for a TaskRabbit. You can set your own areas of specialization on this task platform and increase your rates as your work history grows.

Cleaning Service

Earn up to $22 an hour as a cleaner or up to $45 as a handyperson through the Handy app.

According to their website, top Handy pros are taking home more than $1000 a week. If you’re skilled in painting, plumbing, electrical work, or cleaning with a friendly service attitude, this could be an interesting side hustle job.

Mystery Shopping Side Hustle Jobs

Field Agent

The Field Agent app will help you find “top secret” tasks nearby, such as checking a store for certain products, photographing a display, or asking a store employee a few questions.

Each task pays $3-12 and are relatively quick to complete. Check out my full Field Agent review for more details.

Gigwalk

Look for in-person mini-gigs on Gigwalk that can usually be completed in just a few minutes with your smartphone.

BestMark

BestMark is an industry leader in mystery shopping, connecting you (discreetly) with their clients, which include Fortune 500 companies.

Random Side Hustle Jobs

Storage Service – Make up to $10,000 a year storing other people’s stuff in your garage, attic, basement, or side yard with the popular Neighbor peer-to-peer storage platform.

Movie Extra – Movie extras can earn up to $200 a day. But be prepared, the gig probably isn’t as glamorous as you’re imagining.

WeGoLook – Earn $25 to $200 to “go look at stuff”–eBay purchases, cars, rental properties, or even vacant lots. “Lookers” are often asked to take pictures, verify listing information, or check damage.

Purple Ocean – Earn money delivering video psychic readings for clients via the Purple Ocean app.

TalktoMe – Talk to Me is the web’s leading phone sex directory. [link obviously NSFW.]

CuddleUp – CuddleUp is a strictly-platonic “cuddling for hire” service. In browsing the site, I found rates ranging from free to $99 an hour.

Your Turn

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Look, I get it. Sometimes you just need an easy way to make some extra cash.

You don’t want to come up with a business idea, figure out how to get clients, or invest a ton of money.

The good news is there are easy side hustles and part-time jobs both online and near you that fit the bill.

I selected the easy side hustles below because they:

Don’t require a degree
Have flexible hours — and don’t require a full-time commitment
You can start quickly with limited training

Still, there are a couple things to remember when searching for an easy part-time job:

“Easy” is relative! What’s “easy” for you may be like a foreign language to someone else. For example, manual labor may be a piece of cake for you, but a physical impossibility for others.
Some jobs may require specialized skills.

1. Delivery Apps

If you don’t mind driving, delivery apps tend to pay $10-25 an hour, and you can set your own schedule.

These include:

Instacart – Earn $14-18 an hour delivering groceries around town. Here’s our full Instacart shopper review, featuring one side hustler who brought in $10,000 doing this in his first 6 months.
DoorDash – Make up to $25 an hour as a food delivery driver for DoorDash. For more, check out our full DoorDash review.
Uber Eats
Shipt

2. Mystery Shopping

Mystery shopping is a fun way to make some extra money and get to try new things. For example, you can get paid $3-10 to check product displays, verify inventory levels at stores, and sample new products.

The free Field Agent app makes it super easy to find available tasks in your area.

It’s hard to piece together a consistent income on Field Agent, but it is a fun way to make some money on the shopping trips you’re already making. Check out my full Field Agent app review for more.

3. Pet Sitting

If playing with dogs in your free time sounds like a dream, you should check out Rover.com.

You can create a profile, list your services, schedule, and prices, and start finding clients. According to the site, top hosts are earning $1000/month or more.

4. Virtual Assistant Service

Virtual assistants are remote administrative professionals that help business owners (or even just busy individuals) with a variety of tasks.

Check out companies like BELAY, Time Etc, or Zirtual for potential openings, or set up shop on your own.

If you work through a virtual assistant company, expect to earn $12-18 an hour to start. Freelance VAs charge $20-40 an hour, or more for specialized skills.

5. Mobile Notary Loan Signing Agent

A Mobile Notary is a Notary Public who travels to homes and businesses to notarize documents. Once you know what you’re doing and have an attention to detail, it’s not overly complicated.

Several listeners have reported earning thousands of dollars a month with their part-time mobile notary business, including Brian Schooley, who first learned about it on The Side Hustle Show podcast.

Loan signing agents are mobile notaries who specialize in notarizing loan documents. Loan signing agents have much higher earning power than Mobile Notary workers.

Of course, there’s an upfront investment in education and equipment here, but this is a popular gig among Side Hustle Nation.

To learn more, check out some of the resources at Loan Signing System!

6. Ski Lift Operator

If you live near a ski resort, this could be an easy part-time gig. You’re responsible for helping skiers and snowboarders safely get on and off the chairlift, but most of the time I just see the lift ops, or “lifties”, chilling in their little hut.

Expect to earn $12-15 an hour.

7. Sign Spinner

If you can overcome the boredom of just watching cars go by, being a sign spinner is pretty easy work. Your job is to advertise for local restaurants, car dealers, or real estate projects … which basically entails standing near a high traffic intersection and spinning a big sign.

Hourly rates are typically between $10-15.

8. Library Page

Shelving books at the library was a great high school job for me. And super easy — if you know your alphabet and numbers, you’re qualified!

I worked 8-25 hours a week during evenings and weekends, and because it was technically a government job, I even earned time-and-a-half on Sundays.

9. Online Focus Groups and Surveys

This isn’t an income stream you can bank on consistently, but it as an easy and very part-time way to make some extra money.

I’ve participated in several paid research studies both online and offline, and thought they were fun and interesting experiences. And getting paid made it even better!

My two favorite companies in this space are Respondent and User Interviews. Sign up for both and browse their available studies to see what you qualify for.

Expect to see rates in the $50-150 an hour range. For more details, you can check out my full Respondent review here and my full User Interviews review here.

For shorter studies, here are some of the top online survey services.

10. Tutoring

If you were a decent student in school or are a subject matter expert, you could give tutoring a try.

There are many different avenues to tutoring. You could do it by subject or grade level, or focus on test-prep tutoring like Matt Fuentes, who reported building his tutoring business to $1000 a week.

To get a job in tutoring, look for tutoring or test-prep companies near you.

11. Flipping Mattress Returns

Sharetown reps report earning $3,000-$4,000 a month reselling gently-used bed-in-a-box mattresses. How it works is you pick up the items when customers request a return, clean them up, and then relist them on places like Facebook Marketplace.

The company provides some listing and pricing guidelines, and only charges you for the inventory once the mattress sells. If you have a truck and a place to store the items, it’s essentially risk-free profit.

12. Parking Lot Cleanup

Ready to pick up some trash?

Side Hustle Show guest Brian Winch shared how he started a parking lot litter pickup business and turned it into a multi-six-figure business. He described it like “getting paid to take a walk.”

This could be a very easy way to “pick up” some extra cash, and makes a great side hustle since it usually needs to be done before or after business hours.

To do this on a freelance basis, start by contacting commercial property management services and asking how they handle litter pickup. To do this as a part-time job, look for existing service providers and see if they’re hiring.

13. Freelance Writing

Content is a booming industry and has been for the last several years. With more and more businesses engaging in content marketing, it’s creating a demand for writers.

Freelance writing is a great way to share your expertise and make money. You have full control over your schedule (in most cases) and can fit the work in when it works for you.

To learn more, check out this free guide from the American Writers and Artists Institute:

After that, you can set up shop on your own, or apply with any number of companies actively hiring freelance writers.

14. Bookkeeping

OK, if you’re number-phobic this probably wouldn’t qualify as easy, but for others it could be a great. Part-time remote bookkeepers can earn $20-70 an hour.

This option is best people with an accounting background from school or your day job, or if you just love math.

You can work from home and have the flexibility to take on as much or little work as you want.

To go the freelance route, here’s a free training on how to get started. Otherwise, you can browse these open positions to join an existing company.

15. Movie Extra

Have you ever dreamed of being in a movie?

One potentially easy part-time gig to consider is being a movie extra. And you might even have a brush with celebrity!

Movie extra jobs typically pay minimum wage, but make up for the low pay with the Hollywood “coolness” factor of being able to say you were in a movie.

16. Self Storage

The Neighbor.com self-storage platform connects people with storage needs with those who have extra space. If you’ve got some excess storage capacity in your garage or elsewhere, list your space here to fill it and get paid.

According to the site, top hosts are earning up to $10,000 a year running their own mini self-storage operations!

This is a great way to earn some passive income while pursuing some of the other suggestions in this article. Check out our full Neighbor review to learn more.

17. Proofreading

Do you love words? Are you always correcting your friends’ grammar?

Proofreading may be the perfect job for you. According to PayScale.com, proofreaders can make an average of $12-$30/hour.

Check out companies like ProofreadingServices.com to apply for a remote part-time or full-time position.

18. Mechanical Turk

Earn a small fee ($0.01 to $3) for each micro-task you complete on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.

It can be tedious work, but over the last few years, Mike Naab earned over $50,000 on Mechanical Turk in his spare time completing surveys and other small jobs!

19. Pet Waste Removal

Cleaning up dog poop is probably a pet owner’s least favorite task.

Because of that, it turns out lots of pet owners happily pay someone else to do it — especially if you live in a colder climate.

By starting her own pet waste removal business, Erica Krupin of Michigan shared how she was able to earn an effective hourly rate of $50 an hour!

If you don’t want to deal with starting your own company, look for other pooper scooper companies near by to see if they’re hiring.

20. Transcription

Transcribe interviews and lectures on Rev.com and earn $9 an hour and up. Fast freelance transcriptionists can earn more though; as this free mini-course explains.

This is a great job that can fit into little pockets of time that you have available.

21. Inspections

There are many different scenarios in which employers, companies, and consumers need to verify the information. An easy way for them to do this is to tap into the gig economy and combine it with technology to provide the information they are looking for.

Professional “lookers” are earn $18 to $200 to go look at stuff like eBay purchases, cars, rental properties, or even vacant lots with WeGoLook.

Take pictures, verify information, and report back what you find.

22. Flyer Delivery

One Side Hustle Show listener told me about his easy part time job delivering flyers door-to-door. He started by offering to distribute flyers for a local business … but then realized it really wouldn’t be any more work to drop off 3 or 4 flyers at each house!

That little realization 3-4x’d his effective hourly rate. In this case, he really loved taking walks and this was a great way to get paid to do it.

23. Real Estate Agent

Real estate agents are paid on commission so your potential to earn depends on how much your work and how many houses you sell.

This article walks through the process of becoming a real estate agent, which involves:

taking a licensing course
passing an exam
activating your license
joining a brokerage

According to Real Estate Express, real estate agents who work less than 20 hours a week still earn an average of $24,000 a year.

24. Brand Ambassador

Many companies hire part-time brand ambassadors to help staff events or other promotions. These gigs can be a fun and easy way to make some extra cash in the evenings or on weekends.

25. Handyman Services

If you’re handy and like to fix things, offering your services can be a great flexible part-time job. Sites like TaskRabbit make it easy for you to list your services and your rate and help people in your area.

TaskRabbit workers report making anywhere from $8 to $43 an hour.

26. Cleaning

Cleaning jobs can have a wide range of opportunities. If you want to work during the day, you can clean residential homes. If you’re looking for something after normal business hours, commercial cleaning might be a fit.

Check out well-established cleaning companies nearby to see if they’re hiring, or take a look at national services like Handy.

This is a pretty flexible job with no degree required. And as a bonus, you can listen to your favorite podcast while you work!

Starting your own cleaning business can bring in anywhere from $30,000 to $50,000 a year according to Cleaning Business Boss.

27. Childcare

As a parent of two energetic boys, I’m not sure how “easy” this one is, but I guess it’s in the eye of the beholder.

That said, quality childcare is always in-demand. You could provide after-school care at your home, or babysit other children..

If you enjoy being around kids, this could be a great part-time job. Rates can depend a lot on where you live, but you can expect to make in the range of $12 to $25 an hour.

28. Elder Care

Similarly, an aging population is creating an opportunity in elder care. Sites like Care.com can help match you with customers, or you can look for part-time jobs at assisted living facilities nearby.

29. Personal Training

Certification is required for this one, but if you have a passion for fitness, helping others get in shape could be an easy job for you.

Check with your local gyms or fitness centers to learn more about pay rates and any part-time openings.

30. Ridesharing

“When I want to make money, I turn on the app,” my Lyft driver explained on a recent trip.

As a passenger, the convenience factor is tough to beat, and this is a simple, flexible part-time side hustle for drivers.

If you enjoy driving and meeting new people, driving for Lyft or Uber is an easy part-time job.

The downside? According to MarketWatch, Uber drivers only make an average of $8-$11 an hour after platform fees, gas, and taxes.

31. Search Engine Evaluator

Search engines may seem magical in that they know all the answers to our questions, but there’s a reason they’ve gotten so good.

Yes, programming obviously has a lot to do with it, but they also have real people evaluating the searches that are being brought back to make sure they are relevant.

There are a number of different companies that hire search engine evaluators. Most have a bit of a hiring process so this isn’t something you can start doing immediately. It can be a great job to work from home thought if you can get hired.

Expect to earn $12-16 an hour.

32. Customer Service

Think about all the different websites you visit on a given day or week? It’s probably quite a few. Pretty much any website you visit on the internet is going to have some kind of customer service in place. The bigger the business the more likely they hire people to help serve their customers.

Customer service can come in the form of phone, email, or live chat support. Most companies are willing to train you in their processes so while some experience may be necessary, it may not also be a deal-breaker.

The downside to this role is that you will most likely have a pretty regular schedule to stick to. If you don’t mind and want regular work at regular times, this could be a great opportunity. If you are wanting a job that you have more control over the flexibility to work, then this might not be a great fit.

Customer service representatives make an average of $10 to $19 an hour, though this will depend on the company.

33. Laundromat Attendant

Laundromat attendants make sure the machines are working, answer questions, and keep the facility clean. When everything’s running smoothly, there’s a lot of down time to catch up on reading, homework, or maybe even start another side hustle.

Check with the laundromats near you to see if they have any open part-time positions.

34. Mock Juror

Companies like Online Verdict pay $20-60 per hour to review case information and say how you’d rule. That sure beats real jury duty, but gigs are most likely one-off assignments rather than a consistent weekly schedule.

You must be over 18, be a US citizen, and have a felony-free past.

35. Data Entry

Data entry work isn’t the most exciting gig in the world, but it’s not overly complicated. If you have an attention to detail and can follow directions, this can be an easy way to earn $10-20 an hour.

Check out Indeed.com for up-to-date openings, where you can filter by part-time, full-time, and even remote.

4 Places to Find Easy Part-Time Jobs

You probably already have an idea of the kind of work you find easy and the kind of work you find difficult, but if not, it might make sense to ask yourself some questions like:

What types of jobs and tasks do you enjoy?
When do you feel like you’re in a state of “flow” — when time seems to fly by?
What do you find easy that other people find hard?

Keeping in mind that “easy” is relative, here are Side Hustle Nation’s most popular easy part-time jobs.

Ready to find a part-time job near you? Here are our favorite places to look.

1. FlexJobs

FlexJobs is the leading site for work from home jobs. With more than 50 career categories, you’re sure to find options here that match your expertise.

FlexJobs does charge a nominal monthly fee to access their listings, but you’ll easily earn that back — and then some — with just one job.

Pro Tip: Before you join, use their job search filter to see what part-time positions are currently being advertised for.

When you see something that’s a great fit, you can join the site to apply.

2. LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a great source of jobs, and not just the full-time, career-oriented variety. If you’ve already created your LinkedIn profile, you can start searching for jobs in your area of expertise:

If you’re new to LinkedIn, you can join the 900 million members by creating an an account and filling out your work history. After that, you can start making connections and searching for jobs.

3. Steady

Steady is a cool app and website that consolidates all sorts of “gig economy” opportunities. For example, you can find work from home gigs, flexible “anytime” options, and even regular full- and part-time jobs.

In browsing through the listings, I found a number of local opportunities in brand ambassadorship, political advocacy, mystery shopping, transcription, and more.

(Steady also promotes a variety of better-known “gig economy” apps.)

Steady acts as a portal to all these gigs and gives you a convenient central location to browse. After you create your account, you’ll be able to see everything available online and in your local area.

4. Craigslist

Yes, you read that right. The same site you may be finding items to resell is also a site that you can use to find jobs in your area or remotely.

To start, find your closest area and start clicking through the jobs or gigs section to see what is available.

Pro Tip: If you’re interested in a remote job, try searching in bigger cities. They’ll usually have more options.

Easy Side Hustles: Next Steps

There are tons of opportunities to find an easy part-time job!

Before you get too deep in your search, consider answering these questions:

How much time do you have to invest?
What type of work do you enjoy the most?
Do you prefer something online or in-person?
How much would you like to earn?

Answering these questions will help start you down the path of discovering the right part-time job for you.

Have you tried any of these “easy” side hustles? Let me know in the comments below.

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