Do find yourself strapped for cash at the end of every month and you’re looking for ways to increase your income? I don’t blame you. After all, who wants to live paycheck to paycheck?
Fortunately for you, there are plenty of good easy jobs that can be done in your spare time and will bring in some extra cash.
For the past nine years or so, I’ve tried my hand at many side hustle ideas to make extra money.
Not only did it help me increase my income, but it also taught me a lot of money-making skills that helped me land my dream remote job.
That’s why I always recommend getting a side job. Not only to help you pay rent or buy groceries but also to learn new skills that might make you more money in the future.
Ready to learn what the best ways to make money on the weekends or your preferred schedule? Here are a few good options for you that would allow you to work Saturdays and Sundays and get paid well, too.
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How to Find the Best Weekend Jobs for You
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But first, here are a few things to consider when looking for part-time weekend jobs for extra income:
Flexibility
Just be sure that the side job you take fits your life’s bigger picture and won’t get in the way of your primary responsibilities.
It’s often better to select part-time jobs you can do at home and on your own time.
Does It Require Training or Certifications?
Certain jobs may require training or experience, such as bookkeeping, transcription, virtual assistant, and proofreading.
If you’re new in these fields, training or certification will go a long way toward making you more marketable.
Location
There are numerous part-time weekend jobs that you can do from home, while others need you to be in the location (think of retail workers, wedding photographers, house sitters, etc.)
If location matters to you a lot, then narrow down your options accordingly.
Websites that list weekend jobs are a great resource to use when you’re looking for opportunities in your area. Many of these websites allow you to filter jobs and even post your resume and apply directly through their website, which reduces costs and speeds up the process of getting hired.
Here are some places to check out for jobs to make extra money on the weekends:
ZipRecruiter – A popular site, ZipRecruiter lists full-time as well as part-time positions online and on-site. Check out their weekend jobs page to look for weekend jobs near you.
Indeed (Retail Jobs) – If you’re interested in working Saturdays through Sundays at retail stores, check out this page at Indeed for weekend retail jobs in your area.
FlexJobs– This is my most highly recommended site when it comes to flexible jobs. While I normally advise steering clear of sites that charge a fee for access to their listings, I think this one is worth it.
FlexJobs carefully vets all job posts on the site to weed out scams, so you are guaranteed 100 percent legitimate job listings. Their membership only costs $14.95 per month.
For freelance gigs, check out the following:
Looking for work-from-home jobs that provide equipment? Check out this list!
How to Make Money on the Weekends
How can you make money online in your spare time on the weekends? Here are a few great ideas:
1. Blogger
I am a fulltime blogger, so I am probably a bit biased toward blogging. It’s #1 on my list because it offers an enormous amount of flexibility. You can work on your content on the weekends, and you can work from anywhere.
Blogging is a great way to make extra money (even a full-time income!) because you are your own boss and can create passive income streams from it over time. I also like the fact that blogs can turn into digital assets. It means you can sell it in case you want to change your career plans in the future!
The money you make from blogging depends on many things. You can earn an income from sponsorships, ads, affiliate links, courses, and too many more ways to name.
- What you’d earn: Blogs with at least 50,000 page views can earn anywhere from $20,000 to $50,000 a year, depending on niche and monetization strategies. This blog earns over $75,000/year with only 100,000+ page views per month.
- Difficulty: Intermediate. It is easy to set up a blog, but I’ll be honest, growing a blog that earns money may require some strategies and marketing skills.
- What you’d need: Computer, internet connection, and some writing skills
- How to get started: Set up a blog using this easy step-by-step guide. I also recommend reading my more detailed guide on how to start a blog and make money.
Pros and Cons of Blogging
Pros
- Easy to start and you can set up your blog in fifteen minutes.
- It’s cheap. You can start a blog at $2.75 per month.
- Great income potential
- Extremely flexible
Cons
- Has a learning curve
- Takes time to grow
2. Tutor
Tutoring can be a great option for you if you have teaching experience, you’re a retired teacher, or you’re studying to become a teacher.
Many people, especially kids from China, want to learn English as a second language. A lot of companies like Magic Ears and VIPKid are hiring English tutors. Classes are conducted online, and schedules are often very flexible.
Apart from teaching English to non-native speakers, you may also earn from tutoring in other subjects you are good at, whether that’s physics, chemistry, math, or accounting.
How much you earn will depend on the platform and the number of classes you teach, but you can earn $10-$60 an hour from tutoring.
- What you’d earn: With companies like VIPKid and Magic Ears, you can earn from $17 to $26 an hour!
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- What you’d need: Some companies require a degree to get accepted, depending on the field you’re going to teach. So, prepare your resume and application letter to include your certifications.
- How to get started: Check out these online tutoring platforms.
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3. House Cleaner
Helping people clean their homes is a great way to earn cash quickly. Most people don’t like doing chores, so they’re more than willing to pay someone else to do them.
Housekeepers often work in tandem and are paid an average of $75 an hour. But if you’re going solo, you can charge around $25 per hour, and add extra charges accordingly if the location is too far away from where you live.
- What you’d make: According to ZipRecruiter, house cleaners in the U.S. make an average of $532 per week.
- Difficulty: Easy. Anyone can become a house cleaner.
- What you’d need: Usually no requirements to become a house cleaner.
- How to get started: You can check out job boards to find opportunities, but if you want more flexibility and to earn more money, start a cleaning business. Create a website for your services and create a profile at Care.com.
Check out these housekeeping weekend-only jobs at Indeed and simply enter your location to find housekeeping jobs in your area.
4. Pet Sitter
If you like being around four-legged clients, then pet sitting could be a great weekend job for you. You can get paid by walking dogs or offering boarding services while the pets’ humans are away.
You can sell your pet sitting at sites like Rover which connects pet owners to local pet sitters. Note, however, that Rover takes a small percentage of your fee.
- What you’d make: On average, pet sitters at Rover can earn around $450 a month.
- Difficulty: Easy
- What you’d need: Usually no requirements to become a pet sitter
- How to get started: Apply to Rover here
Pros and Cons of Pet Sitting
Pros
- Can be fun
- Flexible
- You can get paid cash so it’s a great side hustle if you need money fast.
- You can take care of multiple dogs and make more money.
Cons
- Not for everyone
- Pay a fee if you use sites like Rover
5. Babysitter
Many parents want to hire babysitters on the weekends so they can run errands or attend gatherings. Babysitting is also something that may lead to full-time work if it’s what you want.
To get started, set up your profile at sites like sittercity.com and care.com.
According to Indeed, babysitters make an average base pay of $19.98 an hour. You can also join local Facebook groups of homeowners in your area for job listings.
- What you’d make: $19.98 an hour.
- Difficulty: Easy
- What you’d need: Experience with kids or babies.
- How to get started: Apply to Sittercity here.
6. Flea Market Flipper
If you love shopping at thrift stores or flea markets, flea market flipping could also be one of the best fun ways to make money on the weekends. The concept is simple: buy something that costs less than it’s worth and sell it for more than it’s worth (or more than you paid for it).
If you’re willing to put in the time and effort, it is possible to make good money buying and selling used goods, especially when you learn how to buy low at one place and sell high at another.
Need some inspiration? Check out Rob and Melissa of the Flea Market Flipper. They earned $130,000 in 2016 just by flipping items a couple of hours a week.
- What you’d make: Varies
- Difficulty: Easy
- What you’d need: Starting capital and some knowledge of profitable items to buy and flip for profit
- How to get started: Get this list of 47 household items that you can sell and make money this weekend.
7. Caterer
This is perhaps one of the best ways to make money on the weekends for anyone who loves cooking! Catering can even turn into a lucrative business.
If you want to make money with your cooking skills, try accepting catering jobs for extra money, and who knows, this little weekend job might grow into a full-blown business!
- What you’d make: Varies
- Difficulty: Easy with existing cooking skills
- What you’d need: transportation, cooking and catering utensils
- How to get started: You can start building a client base by catering to your friends, family, and co-workers. Post photos of your dishes on social media, too, to reach more people.
8. Airbnb Host
Airbnb rentals are becoming popular alternative accommodations to pricey hotels, and many people are looking into these listings for short-term stays during holidays and vacations.
So if you have an extra room in your home, you can get paid and earn extra cash by renting it out on Airbnb.
Depending on your location, a night’s stay can make you $50 to more than $100 per night, and you can make more if you’re renting out an entire apartment or house.
- What you’d make: $50 to $100 per night. According to Airbnb, Airbnb hosts earn an average of $935 per month.
- Difficulty: Easy to get started but might take a little work to prep your space for listing
- What you’d need: A place to rent out, gorgeous photos of your place, and some quality amenities such as bedding, towels, and linens. You might also need to invest in Wi-Fi to increase your bookings.
- How to get started: Check out what you could earn with your space via Airbnb here.
If you don’t have an extra room, you can also rent out a garage or a storage space to people who need storage for their stuff. Check out Neighbor to learn how much you can make from the storage space you’re not using.
Pros and Cons of Making Money via Airbnb
Pros
- Easy to start
- Good income potential
- Less work/ almost passive income
Cons
- Income depends on your property’s location
- Some locations may not be marketable
9. Transcriptionist
Transcription is the process of typing in the words you hear from an audio file. So, if you think you’re a pretty fast typist with a keen listening ear, transcription could be one of the best side jobs for you to make money on the weekends.
You can work on your own or apply to transcription companies.
The pay for transcription jobs is often based on a per audio-hour basis. The lengthier the file is, the better the pay.
According to ZipRecruiter, the national average salary for work-from-home transcriptionists is $28 per hour. Special transcription projects, such as medical and legal transcription, also command higher rates.
- What you’d make: $28 per hour
- Difficulty: Easy
- What you’d need: Tying skills, computer, internet connection, foot pedal, and headset
- How to get started: Check out this free course to learn more about transcription and whether it is for you.
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10. Food Delivery
When it comes to flexibility, food delivery is hard to beat. You can work in your spare time and you can also choose not to take any job when you don’t want to work. It’s a perfect weekend gig, especially if you live in a major city.
Restaurants and food establishments that don’t have delivery service often tap DoorDash to deliver customers’ orders. Basically, a customer orders food from the app, and a driver picks up the order from the restaurant and delivers it to the customer’s address.
At DoorDash, you can make around $25 per hour. DoorDash also guarantees $10 per hour for slow days, so you’re still making money regardless.
- What you’d make: Varies on your location. According to DoorDash, their drivers make at least $15 per delivery and an additional $25 if they need to deliver in another borough or city. In Chicago, however, their drivers only make $8 per delivery, excluding tips.
- Difficulty: Easy
- What you’d need: A car or vehicle
- How to get started: Apply to DoorDash here.
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11. Freelance Writer
Freelance writing is one of the best weekend jobs for extra income for those who love writing and want to work from home. What I love about freelance writing is that I don’t need to speak to customers or have to show my face. I just work from my computer from home and work on my own schedule.
There are also lots of writing opportunities online. To get started, check the following sites:
- FlexJobs– This is my favorite and most highly recommended site. FlexJobs vets all the job listings on the site to weed out scams so you can find a legit-work-at-home job a lot faster!
- Freelancer
- Guru
- Upwork
- Fiverr
- What you’d make: Freelance writer rates vary but it’s possible to earn a full-time income writing from home.
- Difficulty: Easy to intermediate. You don’t need experience to start.
- What you’d need: computer and internet connection
- How to get started:
Check out this FREE workshop on how to build a successful freelance writing career. In this free introductory training, Holly Johnson will talk about how she increased her writing income to over $200,000 per year!
12. Uber or Lyft Driver
Weekends are a busy time for many people. They attend events, go to parties, shop, and run errands. And it’s also during these days when demand for rideshare drivers is at its peak.
If you have a vehicle that’s in good condition and you maintain a clean driving record, then you can take advantage of the ridesharing economy and earn extra cash as Uber or Lyft driver. Rideshare drivers use apps to get customers, and you may also reject or accept customers from the app itself.
- What you’d make: Typically, Uber and Lyft drivers earn an average of $19 per hour, but you could earn more in busier cities like New York.
- Difficulty: Easy
- What you’d need: A car
- How to get started:
13. Wedding Photographer
Have skills in capturing images and making videos? Make extra cash by working as a wedding photographer.
Thankfully, weddings are often scheduled during the weekends. While you may have to meet with clients during weekdays, your main job as an on-site photographer will mostly be on the weekends. Other related tasks, like photo editing and marketing, can be done on your own time.
You can earn an average of $1,700 to $2,000 for each photography/videography gig.
- What you’d make: As much as $2000 for each photography or videography gig
- Difficulty: Intermediate. This will require good photography skills and some experience
- What you’d need: a good camera and lens perfect for wedding photography
- How to get started: Create a good photography business website using these easy-to-follow steps!
14. Proofreading
If you have an eagle eye for errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and you enjoy correcting these errors, one of the best ways for you to make money on the weekends is by proofreading.
But if you take this side hustle seriously, you can get paid a full-time income proofreading from home part-time!
Caitlyn Pyle from Proofread Anywhere, along with thousands of others, was able to quit her 9 to 5 jobs to proofread from home working part-time hours!
Proofreaders are in demand across various industries, not only in digital marketing (websites/ blogs) but also in the medical and legal fields.
If you want to learn how to get started, don’t miss Caitlyn’s free workshop here!
- How much you’d make: According to ZipRecruiter, freelance proofreaders in the U.S. make an average of $51,215 a year.
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- What you’d need: Proofreading skills, a computer, and an internet connection
- How to get started: Check out Caitlyn’s free proofreading workshop here.
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Pros and Cons of Proofreading
Pros
- It can replace a full-time job
- Extremely flexible
- Lots of work opportunities
Cons
- Some proofreader jobs are low-paying
15. Amazon Seller
Interested in selling products online? One of the best sites for selling products is Amazon. From books and toys to clothing and accessories, no other site has the potential reach that Amazon does. After all, it’s the world’s largest marketplace!
But be forewarned: opening an Amazon account and selling on Amazon is not as simple as it seems. You need to put in some upfront work to set up your business. But the good thing is, it can get turn into passive income over time, especially if you sell on Amazon through the Amazon FBA program.
With the FBA program, you can sell almost anything (within legal limits) without holding an inventory of the physical products.
Instead, you send the products to an Amazon warehouse, and Amazon takes care of the packing, shipping, and even customer service. This allows you to focus on finding the best products to sell and marketing them while Amazon takes care of the logistics for you.
- What you’d make: Varies. You can earn from a few dollars to hundreds or thousands, depending on your products.
- Difficulty: Difficult
- What you’d need: Starting capital, physical products, and knowledge of items that make a good profit.
- How to get started:
There are two main ways to sell on Amazon FBA: retail arbitrage and private label.
Retail arbitrage refers to when you want to shop items at a discount at retail stores and sell them on Amazon for a profit.
Jessica from The Selling Family makes six figures per year as a retail arbitrage seller. I highly recommend checking out Jessica’s FREE 7-day email course here to learn more about re-selling items on Amazon.
If you want to sell your own product or brand on Amazon, then look into how to become a private label seller on Amazon. For me, this is the best way to sell on Amazon because you don’t need to shop at retail stores first (which can take some time.) You just need to find a manufacturer and get your products shipped to Amazon. Your income can get more passive and more scalable.
Pros and Cons of Selling on Amazon
Pros
- High-income potential (7-8 figures for experienced sellers)
- Amazon is an established platform with hundreds of millions of customers
- Amazon can take care of the logistics so there’s no need to keep your products in your house
- It allows your business to go beyond your local geographical location
- You can do this from home
Cons
- Amazon charges fees for fulfillment so be sure to be aware of the fees before setting up your store.
- It requires money to get started.
16. Make and Sell Crafts
If you are creative and crafty, then making and selling crafts online could be a great side hustle for you. You can sell your crafts online through platforms such as Etsy, Shopify, and Facebook Marketplace.
- What you’d make: Varies
- Difficulty: Easy for those with existing skills
- What you’d need: Physical products
- How to get started: Open a shop at Etsy or Shopify
Pros and Cons of Starting a Handmade Craft Business
Pros
- It’s flexible.
- You can make money from skills you already have.
- It’s easy to change a product or add new items to your product line.
Cons
- The competition can be high.
- Your products have to be of exceptional quality to succeed.
- It can take a lot of time to fulfill orders.
Final Thoughts
There you have it! 16 ways you can make money on the weekends!
So, if you’re looking for a way to make some extra money, one of these easy jobs may be just the thing for you. Just remember that it’s important to choose something that you enjoy doing so that you don’t mind putting in the extra effort.
Do any of these easy jobs appeal to you? If not, what other ideas do you have for making some extra cash?
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