The Highest-Paying Side Hustles to Start Today

If you’re going to start a side hustle (ie, a job in addition to your full-time job), it needs to be lucrative. While you can make extra money taking online surveys, it usually won’t amount to anything greater than coffee money. Here, I’m showing you the highest-paying side hustles you can start today that are guaranteed to bring in substantial income each month. And hey, if you work really hard, you may even be able to quit your full-time job! A life of freedom and being your own boss?! Heck yes!

Before we dive in, all of these high-paying side hustles have something incredible in common: They can all be done from home on your own time! Even if you have just two hours per week extra, you can make one of these side hustles work for you!

You don’t have to sell your unused items, join an MLM company, or leave your house to pet-sit or walk dogs.

Are you ready to make some serious cash? Let’s get going…

Highest-Paying Side Hustles You Can Start Today

1. Become a Pinterest Virtual Assistant

Did you know you could make money with Pinterest?

A Pinterest virtual assistant helps bloggers and business owners with their Pinterest accounts. Instead of just being a “virtual assistant,” where you do a variety of different tasks, you specialize in Pinterest.

Pinterest is a HUGE source of traffic for both blogs and small businesses. Most people, however, do not realize the power of Pinterest nor do they have the time to figure it out. That’s where you come in.

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In order to be a Pinterest virtual assistant, you need to:

• Become a master of the platform
• Learn how to create high-converting images
• Know how and where to find clients
• Learn how to market your clients on Pinterest
• Keep up with all of your accounts and with the ever-changing Pinterest algorithms

You can teach yourself all of this by starting your own blog and learning how to create images and market your posts on Pinterest. This route will take a while, but it absolutely can be done.

Or, you can take a course that will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know about becoming a Pinterest virtual assistant. Become a Pinterest VA Today! will teach you how to make high-converting images, how to set up Pinterest business accounts, and, most importantly, how to find clients and keep them coming back for more!

If you don’t want to take an entire course on how to be a Pinterest virtual assistant, make sure to get this free Pinterest VA workbook. As with any job, you’ll need to become an expert in your chosen field.

How much can you make as a Pinterest virtual assistant?

You can offer package deals, such as 10 images for blog posts or setting up a blogger’s Tailwind account, for a set price (think $100+), or you can charge by the hour for your services. Most Pinterest virtual assistants make between $25-$50/hour. As with any job, you’ll start on the lower end and work your way to a higher price point!

2. Become a Facebook Ads Expert

You see them all the time when scrolling through Facebook. Ads are marked with the word “Sponsored” written in the top right-hand corner. Facebook ads are relatively easy to set up and run. And what makes them unique is that they work with all budget sizes (the minimum spend is just $5/day!). This appeals to bloggers and small business owners because they can reach a ton of people (targeted to their niche) for just a few dollars a day!

But again, most bloggers and business owners do not have the time to learn the ins and outs of Facebook ads. And, unfortunately, if you don’t know what you’re doing, you could end up wasting hundreds of dollars on ads.

That’s where you step in: The business owner or blogger would hire you to run and manage their Facebook ads. You would target the ads to their specific audience and create different images and copy in order to track which ones convert the best. The business owner is happy because they’ll be making money off of these ads; and you’re happy because you can make BANK with this side hustle.

How much can you make as a Facebook ads expert?

Since there is a HUGE need for Facebook ads experts, and because it’s such a niche market, you can charge a lot. Think $1000-$2000 per month per client! Each client will take a few hours to get set up initially, and then you’ll just have to check on the ads and monitor their progress each week. You’ll have to make little changes and here and there and keep your client in the loop, but the ads run themselves so once it’s set up, you’re pretty much good to go.

If this is something that interests you, check out this Facebook Side Hustle Course. It’s currently open for enrollment, so get in now while you can!

My favorite thing about this course is the community the course instructors have created. You’ll be able to ask questions, make friends and even land jobs by joining this course!

3. Start a Blog and Teach Others How to Do Something

The easiest way to make money as a blogger is by becoming an expert in something and helping other people with your talent. You might be thinking you aren’t an expert in anything, haha, and that’s fine!!

But, I promise you, you are! Perhaps you’re really good at meal planning, time management, organizing, managing your finances, or decorating. Start a blog in that category and figure out a way to help others.

You can help others by creating your own eBooks or online courses, selling others’ products/courses as an affiliate, offering coaching services, and more.

There are many, many ways to make money online as a blogger. And no, the market is NOT already saturated with blogs!! You will find your own unique audience over time and they’ll read your blog and follow you because they like YOU and what you have to say.

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4. Start an Affiliate Blog

You can make money by recommending other products, known as affiliate sales, to your readers. Amazon is an easy example of this. You sign up for Amazon’s affiliate program, get approved, and use your unique affiliate link to recommend products to your readers. If they make a purchase, you receive a commission at no extra charge to the buyer.

There are affiliate programs for just about everything – personal finance apps and tools, books, products, services, eBooks and courses, and more.

As an affiliate blogger, you would start a blog in a niche that you’re interested in. Create tons of content for your new blog, making sure to include a decent amount of affiliate links. You can do:

• Round-up posts
• Product reviews
• How-to tutorials
• Compare two products side-by-side
• Share your personal experience with a product
• and more.

Like any blog, it will take time for you to rank in Google and grow a following.

It took me 1 1/2 years of blogging part-time to start making a consistent income every month. Back then, it was around $500/month. Now, I’m making anywhere from $1,500-$3,500+ per month (most of that coming from affiliate sales). The blog requires some maintenance, but pretty much runs itself. If you’re willing to put in the time now, you will reap the benefits of blogging for years to come.

Here is my step-by-step guide on how to start a profitable blog >>

5. Start a Business and Hire Out the Labor

Say you want to start a handyman business, but don’t currently have the time to do all the labor/work. If you want to make big money, you need to change your thinking. Instead of doing everything yourself, hire out all of the tasks and keep a percentage for getting the work and managing the job.

This can be true for just about any business. Take a look at freelance writing. Instead of getting all the jobs and writing all the articles yourself, hire them out. Of course, you will need to do some upfront work to find valuable writers and grow your team, but once your team is in place, your income becomes limitless as long as you can keep securing work.

Of course, you may need to do some of the work yourself if you aren’t in a position to be paying people. But, you should at least be getting yourself in the mindset of getting a team in place and hiring the work out.

I hope this list has given you some ideas for high-paying side hustles! Do you currently have a side hustle? If not, what is stopping you from starting one?