- Many people balance side hustles in addition to full-time jobs.
- We teamed up with FlexJobs to take a look at the 15 most common side gigs.
- Many of these jobs can be done from home, while others offer flexible office hours or weekend time slots.
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People take on side gigs for all different reasons - in some cases, to earn extra cash or pursue a passion...in others, to make ends meet.
We teamed up with FlexJobs to take a look at the 15 most common side gigs. Many of these positions can be done from home, while others offer flexible office hours or weekend time slots to accommodate full-time jobs.
FlexJobs - a job site specializing in remote and part-time work - compiled a list of the top 15 most common side gigs. In addition, FlexJobs turned to Payscale for the average hourly wage of each position. This number indicates the mean earning, and variations of these general categories often prove to be extremely high-paying. Previous reporting from Business Insider's Erin McDowell shows that medical writers, for instance, can earn up to $50 an hour; the average salary for a writer is listed as $20 per hour.
Some people even end up quitting their day job and make their side gig a full-time career. Previous reporting from Business Insider's Taylor Nicole Rogers shows that many successful entrepreneurs - including Slack's Stewart Butterfield - have made more money off their side hustles than the original careers that made them famous.
Keep reading for a look at some of the most common side gigs, listed in order from lowest to highest hourly pay.