14 Side hustles paying up to $140/hour
Upgrading your pay. Downgrading your effort.
W e all have trouble with our finances. That’s why it’s important to have multiple sources of income that can support your financially.
If you’re looking to make more money and build a backup financial plan, what you need is a side-hustle.
Side hustles are often, easy, in high demand, and serve as a tool to accelerate your saving. They help meet financial goals and are an excellent place to spend your time productively.
Unfortunately, many of them can be exploitative, low-paying, and have little to no potential for growth. Below is a compiled list of the side hustles that are actually worth it for the time and commitment required, paying up to and OVER $140 an hour.
(A total of 3 side hustles can make over $140 for less than or equal to 1 hour of your time)
1. Transitions Abroad
Transitions Abroad is an online travel site where you can submit articles and guides related to travel, working, and living abroad. Visit their site to see the huge variety of topics you may have experience or ample knowledge in.
As long as you have practical information to share, Transitions Abroad can be a viable option for you to consider. No special requirements are required. If you’re able to write on medium, you should be good to go.
Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, they are also searching for articles on experiences with virtual learning, programs, and teaching.
Articles should have from 1250–3000 words.
How much can you earn?
Transitions Abroad pay from a range of $75-$150 per article. If you are able to write an article in 1 hour, that equates to an average of $100/hr and a maximum of $150/hr.
In the case that your article is not accepted, you can still publish it on other platforms such as here on medium to earn extra money.
The short length of the articles makes Transitions Abroad extremely profitable so long as you carefully follow their guidelines and requirements.
How to get started
Transitions Abroad accept email submissions at [email protected].
You must include your contact information (name, address, phone number, and email) for them to contact you if your article is accepted.
The submission details may vary over time. If the email is no longer valid, please visit their site as they may either have changed a submission source or are temporarily not accepting submissions.
2. Turo
Turo is a place that lets your car work for you.
No, this isn’t some delivery service or Uber-like job. You can get your car to work for you while you stay at home doing absolutely nothing.
Many people regard cars as a terrible liability. Its price undergoes depreciation almost immediately after purchase, and it continues to take money out of your pocket through maintenance and fuel.
However, you can actually use your car to make money with Turo. The idea is simple: you rent your car out to people who need it temporarily. You don’t need to worry about losing your car or having it damaged as most people do.
Turo covers you with $2 million of insurance
Turo’s standard protection plan provides insurance and physical damage protection, making the risks of using Turo extremely low compared to the typical car rental service.
All guests and car users are also screened before they are allowed to book and use your car, so chances are you won’t have a psycho driving your Ford truck to Nevada.
Guests also have a review you can see by previous car owners and hosts associated with them. This allows you to check your customers themselves and see if they can be trusted.
How much can you earn?
You can earn with Turo anytime and anywhere, whenever you are not using your car. You can choose to set your own price and ground rules or let Turo automatically set your price to maximize earnings.
With minimal commitment, Turo can earn you $620 per month on average. If you’re someone who barely uses your car, chances are you can earn way more.
The best thing is you aren’t spending any time as this money is flowing into your pocket. Essentially you’re getting an automatic $7440 for FREE every year.
Depending on your occupation, that can be around 10%-20% of your annual income. You’re also reimbursed for fuel and other factors that may cost you.
Turo is one of the largest car-sharing marketplaces worldwide. You can trust them and their customers with your car to generate steady passive income constantly.
How to get started
You can get started with Turo via the link above at the beginning of this section. Here is a summary of the steps you need to take:
- Enlist your car. It’s free and takes 10 minutes.
- Determine your price and rules when using your car.
- Rent your car to an approved customer and start earning.
3. Superprof
Superprof is an online tutoring service where you can find easy tutor jobs with flexible working hours and millions of students.
Superprof is a large community of over 19 million teachers from different languages and cultures.
It operates in dozens of countries and languages, allowing teachers to share their knowledge while receiving handsome compensation.
How much can you earn?
On super prof, teachers get to choose their prices. However, according to the site, you can earn on average $20-$50 an hour.
Once you begin more established on the platform and receive numerous positive ratings from students, your earnings will naturally increase exponentially.
It is recommended to start with a lower wage to stimulate demand and gradually increase your wages for an inclining profit and also to keep up with inflation.
How to get started
You can get started via the embedded sign-up link above. Create your profile and follow the steps provided to get started with tutoring.
4. Respondent
Respondent.io is a place for you to participate in various research studies, interviews, and surveys. Essentially, it’s a survey site, and probably one of the best ones out there.
Respondent searches for people from various backgrounds and experiences, so there’s likely going to be a place for you there.
While there’s no specific job description, all you need to know is that you complete a variety of projects and are paid to do it. These projects simply consist of giving advice and the things you learned in your experiences.
Disclaimer
This isn’t some sort of typical task-completing site where you get gift cards for buying something at Walmart. Nor is it a place where you watch ads for 1 cent.
Respondent is the place where you can potentially earn over $700 an hour. In all honesty, projects do usually pay less, but typically you’ll find a lot that pays over at least $140 dollars/hour on average.
Whether you’re a marketing director, engineer, or manager; there’s someone out there who wants your knowledge and expertise. As long as you have experience in a relevant field, you can be paid for sharing them.
Here’s a glimpse at the average payments you can receive depending on your profession:
- Software Developers: $200/hr
- Marketers: $150/hr
- Business Owners: $500/hr
- Executives: $700/hr
You earn and they learn.
In my eyes, it’s a win-win situation. Providing honest feedback, personal advice and knowledge should not be a difficult task for you.
It all boils down to the value you bring, how you can prove that you’re worth their time, and if you believe $100+/hour is worth it.
5. Stock Market Indexes
It’s important to watch out for this side hustle because it is NOT completely safe.
Stock market indexes are essentially a representation of numerous stocks on the market. For example, the popular S&P 500 Index is an index that tracks the stock performance of 500 large US companies.
It’s been often said that indexes are great investments due to the risk being dispersed amongst the many companies involved. If one company goes bankrupt and its stock loses all its value, the index will still have numerous other stocks supporting it.
That’s why the S&P 500 index is often perceived as extremely safe and will always be growing. But this is not true.
If you’re looking to profit over a few decades, then investing in an index and not doing anything can work. However, this is far from being the most profitable way to trade and profits are usually exaggerated by inflation or currency depreciation.
Otherwise, Warren Buffet and the millions of investors out there would just invest in S&P 500 all day long.
The truth is, stock market indexes will definitely have its ups and downs. Often, it will be subject to major losses. Unfortunately, not many are aware of this.
The simple way to do it right
Stock prices heavily reflect interest rates. If bank interest rates are higher, the perceived value of a stock will be lower because the dividends paid by the stock won’t be as substantial in comparison.
Consider this scenario. If the bank will pay you 10% interest annually and you would have no risk of putting your money in it, would you save your money or invest in a stock that pays you a 5% annual dividend?
As interest rates rise, it is also more expensive for businesses to take out loans because the bank would ask for more money to compensate for the higher rates they are paying savers. Banks want to make a profit, and they do so mainly by lending money.
As a result, businesses may have a more difficult time, especially the ones that are heavily in debt or require a lot of debt financing to function.
All these factors make stocks worth less than during a period of low-interest rates, in which people are more willing to take risks for higher gains.
The key is to keep up with the Fed’s interest policies. When interest rates are high, exit your trades by selling your stocks and other assets. When interest rates are low, enter trades by buying stock market indexes, individual stocks, or other assets.
This is the most basic economical strategy of buying low and selling high that virtually always works based on a cycle that has been repeating for decades over and over again. Yet, it’s surprising how many people are oblivious to it.
6. Survey Merchandiser
Survey Merchandiser is a place where you can make money on your own flexible schedule. You’ll be provided with various tasks which can include surveys, product testing, taking pictures, and visiting local stores.
The best thing is, you get to choose when and whether you want to complete a specific task or not. No pressure at all, and no minimum commitments.
Here are some of the different tasks you can choose from:
- Buybacks; companies will reimburse you for your purchases so you are getting free things and profiting off of completing whatever review or task you are assigned in regards to that product.
- Enter data and take pictures of products
- Video reviews of products
- Explain products and hand out samples
- Rearrange products in a local store
- Introduce new products
How much can you earn?
Each gig is different, any details regarding the payment are provided for each gig and you can choose the ones that you believe are worth your time.
According to some sources, assignments can pay at a base rate of $25-$30/hour. Top earners make thousands monthly according to their site.
The time to complete each assignment also varies, but you are paid the base rate regardless if you finish an assignment in under an hour.
Assignments can also be longer-term jobs, which provide workers with some degree of stability instead of a one-time payment task.
Payment comes through an Openforce account, and Survey.com walks you through the process on the links provided at the beginning of this section.
How to get started
- Download the survey merchandiser app
- Follow the instructions and connect your Openforce account
- Find and accept gigs
- Get paid
7. Vocal
Vocal, much like medium, is a platform where you write. Although it is much smaller than medium, Vocal can make writers a lot of money.
Writers can publish their written articles on medium to vocal and make a few extra bucks from them. You’d be creating an entirely new income source from articles you had previously written.
How much can you earn?
Vocal has a feature for readers to send writers tips, which can further add to their earnings. There are also regular writing challenges you can compete in for a grand cash prize.
For example, in Vocal’s Fiction writing challenge, 25 winners were awarded $5,000 and had their short stories published in Vocal’s book.
The most attractive part yet of writing on vocal is the occasional bonuses you may receive. Although these bonuses are usually minor from $5.00-to $50.00, they are easy to achieve as you can get bonuses for publishing a certain amount of articles or reaching a certain amount of views.
Otherwise, your base earnings are completely dependent on how successful your articles are. If your article was successful on medium, chances are it would be the same on vocal.
Potential (not guaranteed) milestones:
- $5 for your 5th article
- $10 for your 10th article
- $50 for your 50th article
- $5 for “top story”
- $5 for “awesome story” (a story with Vocal as the topic)
- $5 for 1000 views
- Bonus for 10,000 views
Visit this helpful vocal article for a detailed list:
8. Cambly
Learning a new language can be challenging for many, especially for those who are giving a try at the most widely spoken language worldwide: English.
If you’re reading this, it’s highly probable one of the things you should be most confident in is fluency in the English language. If I’m right, then this side hustle is perfect for you.
Ever been a tutor?
Cambly is an English tutoring service that requires no prior teaching experience or certificates. You’re simply chatting with people around the world and focusing on immersing them in the English language.
There are absolutely no requirements regarding minimum work hours. You can tutor as little or as much as you want anytime in your schedule.
Moreover, it is a great educational experience as you learn about other cultures and traditions from your students. You’ll potentially pick up some experiences speaking in other languages as well.
Learning is more valuable than a couple of bucks.
Paid to chat
Tutors are paid weekly through PayPal for $10.20 per hour on Cambly and $12.00 per hour on Cambly Kids.
Although the pay is not as substantial as some of the other items on the list, working for Cambly is much more carefree, simple, and flexible, meanwhile bringing educational value.
If you’re looking for a learning experience with additional profit, Cambly is one of the options to consider.
Cambly is more suitable as a part-time job for teens or college students.
9. Rover
If you love hanging out with animals, especially the likes of cats and dogs (and get paid for it), this is the job for you. Rover is a pet-based online marketplace where people offer and purchase pet care services.
The best thing about it is that it is extremely flexible, you can be as involved as you want, and hence be working on your other income streams while working for Rover.
The signup process is also fairly simple as they have included a guide on their website rover.com. Essentially you’ll go through the following:
- Setting your rates, availability, and pet preferences.
- Create your profile.
- Provide testimonials from past clients (to help boost your success in getting hired).
- Pass a safety quiz and submit a background check for pet owners to trust you.
How much can you earn?
Working for rover as a side hustle can earn you up to $1000 per month. That’s an extra $12000 a year to add to your income. Of course, ultimately your earnings are dependent on your commitment to the job and the type of service you offer.
According to Indeed.com, the average salary on Rover is $18.04 per hour in the United States, which is 13% higher than the national average. However, there have been cases where people were paid up to $38.25 an hour.
If you have some extra time on your hands that you’d rather spend with the animals you love, why not get paid for doing it? Although Rover’s pay is not as substantial as some of the other items on this list, having no requirements and high flexibility certainly makes up for it.
10. Bonds
Bonds are great investments that often contain less risks than stocks. Of course, it depends on who’s bonds you are purchasing. Typically, a higher interest rate is associated with higher risk.
When you buy a bond, you are essentially lending a government or company money, which they pay back after a certain period of time. During that time they pay you an interest rate to incentivize you with profit.
Since you are lending money instead of purchasing something in the market, you will always get your money back unless the government or company you buy a bond from collapses or goes bankrupt.
Bonds are therefore referred to as fixed-income investments.
Stocks, on the other hand, fluctuate in value, which means there is typically a higher risk associated with it.
The key to investing in bonds can be summarized briefly in two words: opportunity and risk. You want to invest in bonds at the correct time when it is most advantageous, and you want to ensure that the bond you are purchasing is safe.
Typically, people choose government bonds from the United States, Canada, and Germany; though there are many other options out there.
In regards to taking the right opportunity, to invest in bonds you need to wait for its expected return to be advantageous when compared to other investment options.
For example, when the stock market is extremely uncertain and harbours high risk, some investors resort to bonds.
When interest rates rise, investors also look to discard existing bonds and purchase new bonds coming to the market which will have a higher interest rate.
Other investors trade bonds on more of a short-term basis on the market, and since its ultimate risk is low, they aren’t afraid of making an incorrect prediction as they can continue to hold on to it without fear of losing money.
Before you trade in bonds, however, it is important to do research and deeply understand how bonds work. This article only provides several tips, ideas, and a general summary.
Note: bonds do have market prices, but if you just keep them eventually your money will be returned when the time comes.
11. Vibrant Life
Vibrant Life is much like medium: a place where you can write articles. However, you are paid a fixed range for every article written.
This can be much better since most Medium writers don’t make much on the average article. In fact, many writers would be happy with just $30 per article.
But Vibrant Life is willing to pay much more for articles you can write and revise in 1–2 hours.
How much can you earn?
According to several sources, you can be paid $100-$300 per article. However, Vibrant Life mainly accepts articles based on health, exercise, nutrition, and similar topics.
Note that articles should be short and concise while providing value (less than 1,000 words).
If you have experience regarding how you improved your physical or mental health, then you’d have no problem writing an article. Do your research, write in an informal, easy-to-digest style, and get paid.
Vibrant Life is the place to share your expertise on a healthy lifestyle.
How to get started
Visit the link above and send in an application on their site. If a submission form is unavailable, visit the below link to contact the editor with your submission:
Contact the Editor
Find online articles, recipes and herb to better your health.
www.vibrantlife.com
12. Prolific
Prolific is a research website where you can participate in various activities with no requirements, and get paid for it.
Researchers who want participants for their studies go on to prolific to reach out to the large participant base available. These studies range from studying human behaviour to public opinions.
Forms of participation include surveys and games which can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. Depending on what you’re looking for, you get to choose from a wide variety of tasks both short and long term to fit your schedule.
Prolific is a great and interesting opportunity to indirectly work with people from top universities and companies. You’re also getting paid to do so.
How much can you earn?
Studies pay a minimum of $8.00 per hour via PayPal. However, there are many who can pay up to $100 bucks for participation. Ultimately, it depends on the task you are completing.
For a simple survey or entertaining game/activity, the pay on Prolific is quite worth it.
While it certainly won’t be a side hustle earning you a full income of tens of thousands of dollars, it’s a great place to supplement your earnings without stress and commitment.
How to get started
Start signing up via this link, or the embedded link above.
Follow the instructions given and provide some basic information. The sign-up should take only a few minutes.
13. Teespring
Teespring is an online custom design product marketplace, where side hustlers have a great opportunity to work even with little to no design experience.
The best thing is that you don’t even have to produce or manufacture the given product yourself. Teespring handles everything, from production to shipping.
You only need to provide your creativity. Working with the dozens of available products on the site, you only need to provide a design that goes on those products.
Teespring handles all the marketing, and you keep all the revenue generated by your product. Teespring takes a service free from that. They only make money when you do.
Designs can range from something as simple as a basic pattern or text to creative and complex works of art. It’s all up to you.
How much can you earn?
Your earnings are completely dependent on the success of your designs on the platform. According to their website, you can earn a 55% profit margin compared to a traditional 31% profit margin where you spend your own money.
By estimation, it is highly possible for you to earn $1000 for a product, and very likely up to $140/hour. This is because your product will stay on there forever, and people will continue to purchase it even years after its initial release.
How to get started
Visit the embedded link above and click on “Start Creating” to sign up and begin profiting off of a no-money-investment business.
14. Enroll
Enroll is another testing app that is open to anyone. Unlike other testing sites, Enroll’s tests are extremely short, quick, and “bite-sized.” This allows users to cram numerous tests into their tight schedules.
Tests are also fairly simple and don’t require much effort. These include selecting products or designs you like better.
Moreover, it is also extremely convenient as you can complete tasks while on your mobile device. This means you can keep earning even while outside the comfort of your home.
How much can you earn?
Enroll has rather decent profitability for such a simple side hustle. The payments come in relatively small amounts due to the feasibility and short length of tests and surveys.
The pay for every short test is $0.10. Some other reports I have collected personally claimed tests to pay $1.50. While this may seem like a small amount, keep in mind that each survey is extremely short and takes minutes, if not less, to complete.
According to this source, Enroll tests take 30–75 seconds to complete.
The benefit of such small payouts is that you can receive extremely quick money. But to actually profit significantly with Enroll, you would need to complete a LOT of tests.
However, there isn’t a guarantee tests would be readily available at all times. You will only receive tests the algorithm deems you more qualified you are for them.
It is recommended you answer any polls that appear which boost your qualifications.
In the end, I don’t recommend Enroll as a full-time income source. I would suggest you only use it in your free time to make some quick money.
After all, getting paid for answering simple questions (that you can technically but immorally answer randomly to complete tests faster) is not such a bad idea if you’re just waiting for a friend at a cafe.
How to get started
Visit the embedded link at the beginning of this section to get started with using Enroll. You would need to download the app and follow several steps to sign up and get paid.
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