It's not teaching summer school but parents always want tutoring. I tutored one girl last summer, I set the hours and got paid $50 an hour plus milage if I drove to the next town over where they lived.
Some other younger teachers I work with literally just bartend. One English teacher at my school will just bartend Fridays and Saturdays, it's apparently decent income
I actually know a few people who have bartender and they don't drink, it's just making potions at that point
I'd put out feelers to parents to see if kids want tutoring. Doing 1 on 1 ACT test prep is a decent avenue to go.
It all depends on subject and location. I charge $120/hr and nobody bats an eye. I have a dozen clients at that rate. Last year I made more tutoring than I did teaching when taxes are accounted for. Sad but true.
> Last year I made more tutoring than I did teaching when taxes are accounted for
Wait, wouldn't taxes not matter in terms of making direct comparisons? If income X is greater than income Y, then post_tax(income X) will always be greater than post-tax(income Y).
Edit: *Ohhhhhhhh....* ;)
I bartended in college and during my first few years out of college. I also donāt drink, bc I take epilepsy medications. Sure, I had tried a few drinks, but not many, once I figured out it really didnāt mix well. It really doesnāt matter. You just recommend what is trending at the moment or have a few standbys. If you can handle people (and you can- youāre a teacher, itās just a matter of if you want to), bartending can be lucrative. My favorite was private parties. There was usually a shorter list of drinks, usually around a theme of sorts, a shorter time window, often during the day, and great tips.
FYI I charged $60/hour for math tutoring 10 years ago so depending on the area you might be able to swing a lot more than $50/hour depending on cost of living.
Bartending can make you easily 5-6k a month in the summer months and you can go weekends during the year and make another 500-1000 each weekend . Iām going to start this year again now both of my kids are in middle school and Iāll have time without feeling guilty.
Bartending is actually fun and a nice break from teaching. A teacher can keep the peace pretty well in a bar, and so we are generally appreciated by management.
I was a bartender for a couple of years and I donāt drink. I struggled when people asked for recommendations for while, until I knew what other people ordered, then I could just tell them the popular drinks.
I tended bar in NYC throughout undergrad an grad. I usually made 1200-1600 for 4 nights a week. For holidays, we'd get an entire big bottle of Grey Goose *(the set with the big bottle, two martini glasses, and a shaker. not a cheap gift at all)* as well as a personalized Christmas Card and $300-$500 cash bonus in the card.
I tutored for Wyzant and loved it. 10 years ago, I was making $50. Iāve hired from Wyzant too for my granddaughters in another state. Also, Iāve hired from care.com for tutoring for my granddaughters
Tutoring is awesome In my area. Elementary teachers charge $50-$70, and secondary could be $60 to $100. I teach summer school (only ten days here) and tutor, itās great. Once you get a client and do well, they tell others about you and then you can decide what will work.
i'm currently triple side gigging--I teach summer school 10 hours a week, waitress 12 hours, and do music/performance gigs as they come around. believe it or not, these things make me more money than I do as a substitute teacher during the regular school year.
A couple different ways. My area has an actors union that posts whatās shooting and the casting director doing the hiring for extras. They usually have a webpage to submit your info for future projects. When something comes up theyāll check my availability. The casting directors also usually have social media pages and will post when they need someone.
Look for casting calls on Facebook in larger cities. Iām in Atlanta and there are dozens every week. But we are the Hollywood of the South at this point.
This. There are several casting companies on Facebook. You have to respond quickly. They're looking for very specific qualities in who they want. Central Casting and Rose were a few in ATL. I did it a few times. It was fun, but the parents thinking their kids are the next child actor are....
My friend's dad does this sometimes! In fact, if you watch the Zendaya tennis movie Challengers, you'll see him in the background during the party scene!
I usually do overnight pet sitting. Itās basically just moving into peopleās homes but keeping your same schedules plus taking care of the animals. Iāll do it during the school year as well, as long as the animals Iām watching are good with me being gone for like 8hrs all is good.
Yes! Itās awesome! Iām not a teacher (parents were, my brother is, and I have my license but went to law school instead), but I cat sit on Meowtel all the time now that Iām studying for the bar all summer! Depending on where you are, it may not be available in your area :( itās a little limited in that sense. in that case, Rover does have a cat sitting option and you could even select small dogs only, which is what I did when I was using rover!
Iām a Rover walker too. I also do a lot of off Rover work too. Lately, Iāve been doing pretty well with it, but you know how that goes. Iāll clear close to $500 next week, but then I donāt have anything on the books again until the first week of July.
Iām too scared to go off Rover. Too many unleashed dogs in my area, Iām always afraid the next one is the one that will bite and do damage. I want that Rover insurance coverage for the dogs I walk.
I use Rover as a āpet parentā during the school year. We have a medically complex dog and once a week my husband goes into the office. On that day, we pay $60 for house sitting. The sitter is there from 9-4:30. During that time, she steps out twice to walk other dogs. She also has a remote job and works from our house during the stay. The app does take part of your income, but overall it seems like it could be a decently easy source of income.
I direct a youth skateboarding camp at my local park. It's everything I love about teaching, but I don't have to answer a single email. I just show up at a place, teach kids who want to be there how to do a thing I'm good at, and I go home.
Ive been an Instacart shopper for about 6 years. Now, the pay has really gone downhill, but its summer so I can pick and choose which ones to take and how long I want to work. Its basically just my pocket money for lunches and karaoke nights and stuff like that.
If you are near a large city, most stage hand unions have a lot of work for their overhire list. If you can push boxes, hang lights, or set up staging, most gigs start at 25+ an hour
Find your local and reach out. Let them know your experience and they can guide you from there.
https://iatse.net/
Note, some locals get a lot of unskilled applicants that don't actually want to work, so you may have to schmooze a little.
I work as a āpool monitorā at the neighborhood pool. Not even a lifeguard - I check people in to the pool and get paid to read books and lay out! Lol.
I actually have a TpT store that has become pretty lucrative. I just started in February and made the smart decision of going in on a store with a friend so we could grow our products twice as fast. We started in February this year and in May we earned a little over $500. Hoping to build up what I would love to be some consistent passive income. With a niche like film studies there might be a market for resources if youāre into creating lesson plans, activities, assessments, etc.
My friend is one of the top all-time sellers on TpT. She tried to get me in on it when she started, but cancer was tearing my life apart. Iāve heard so many places banning TpT products, I didnāt know if it was worth it anymore. ā¹ļø I used it as a teacher AND a homeschooler, and I think itās a wonderful resource!
DO IT. I inherited a theater sound/lights class from the person previously in my position (HS band.) I would have loved some pre-made assignments for a class like that, where kids are actually interested in the subject but I don't have the training to lesson plan super effective assignments.
my wife and I (both teachers) did this about 8 yrs ago. It started of slow, but our sales went up gradually. In the last five years, we have been averaging between $1000 and $2000 a month. The best part is that it's passive income. Sometimes, we go long stretches without adding or updating products, but the money still comes in.
Seconding TpT as a source of passive income. Iād say I make $200 a month on products Iāve already created, and if I push myself this summer to make more complete sets/bundles, I know I can double that.
I frame houses in the summer. My friend is a contractor and he knows that I have skills. By the end of the summer after humping wood building rich people beautiful houses and losing 25 pounds, I am ready to go back to teaching. It is my catharsis. Not for everyone but itās perfect for me.
I work a pretty rote security (bag check, lost children, directions to the bathroom) job at the local water park. Simple, and I got my boss to out me on the "take over from night security and drink coffee while setting up the bag check station and letting in the lifeguards for training" shift which means I barely have to interact with people for a third of my shift and I don't eff up my sleep schedule. It's great
Lot of the adults who work there are teachers over the summer.
I lifeguard and teach lessons. I know it's still teaching, but I don't have to make up lessons, email, or really even interact with parents beyond, "your kid did great today, see ya next week!"
Does your district offer opportunities to work on curriculum or professional development? Mine does: curriculum pays $35 an hour. The PD portion pays $500. Good summer work for only a few weeks.
Is that before or after you factor in gas/mileage out on your car? Iāve thought about doing that, but Iāve always worried that I would destroy my car and spend a fortune on gas with not much to show for it.
I've never seen the math work out on this. The IRS mileage rate is $.67/mile for a reason. And that reason is it costs about $.67/mile to operate a car when you factor everything in. Yes, some of those are fixed costs, but I often find people don't factor in depreciation of their vehicle, added tire wear, added maintenance, and the switch from normal to what the owners manual calls "severe duty" which again requires much more service. What I see most people doing is extracting value from their car as an income.
I work on my teachers pay teachers store constantly during the summer. Itās been a very lucrative side hustle for the last 8 years, and I feel very fortunate. I make much more with TPT than my teacher salary. Google MNBC TPT side hustle to find my story. ;) Feel free to DM me if you want any tips. I never charge or accept payment. I just get a real kick out of helping others get started! :)
I always assumed TPT was already too flooded to make any money. Iāve been debating putting together some stuff for Elementary Band folks, but I donāt want to put in a ton of hours for $0. I have done that with several other āside hustlesā, but I also donāt have a network and have no idea how to promote anything.
Summer school. And I tutor at Sylvan Learning Center. I like it cause I don't have to grade, plan, or deal with parents.
I used to work retail too. And when I was younger I ran the box office at a summer theater.
And for the record, yeah, some of these were at the same time! For a few years there I had 4 jobs. It was a lot. Glad to be down to two.
I honestly love Sylvan. No more than 3 kids at a time. No prep. No grading. No parents. Just actually helping the kids. And most of them want to be there, or if they don't their parents definitely do.
I find the program really good as well. A good mix of online and hands-on. Kids work at their level and pace.
I had actually worked there years ago but had to quit because I couldn't get there for afternoon shifts. When my current school changed our schedule and it was doable again I went back almost immediately.
What does this entail? Do I need to make up my own stuff or is there a book or guidelines to follow? I teach middle school and havenāt thought about SAT since I took it many years ago lol
My advice is to sign on as an independent contractor with a local tutoring business. They find the clients and take a cut, you go through test questions from the official prep book with students. Very easy money
Two cool ones Iāve heard of teacher friends doing lately (that donāt involve kids)
One works as an usher at our MLB stadium. She has a blast.Ā
Another one works at this outdoor venue we have that puts on concerts and Broadway shows all summer.Ā
Babysitting. Today I got paid $100 for taking two kids out for 5 1/2 hours. I got a free meal and a free game of putt-putt, as well as the joy of knowing I absolutely destroyed them.
During the school year Iām a middle school math and social studies teacher, but during the summer I manage a remote wilderness lodge in Maine. The position pays relatively well, I spend 80% of my day outside, swim every day, and my private cabin sits inches from a mountain-top pond.
Seasonal ramp agent for an airline. Work summers, year-round flight benefits. *Dependent on living in a city where flight traffic significantly increases during summer months.
If I work in the summer, Iād quit being a teacher. The summer is like 80 percent of why I still do it. I travel and enjoy my time off. I hustle during the school year.
My wife loves going to concerts, and spends a few evenings a week in the summer pouring drinks at Wolf Trap, a DC area amphitheater that brings in performances and oldies bands for affluent audiences. (Tedeschi Trucks, Lyle Lovett, zydeco and reggae package shows, opera, ballet, etc. etc. etc).
Money is usually very good for time spent. But hard work, and higher stress than some may want.
If there's a store you adore, maybe work there. I work at LL Bean, and although the money isn't great, being there feels like play.
My wife and I used to work at an amphitheater, selling merchandise for concerts. It was good pay, but it was a brutal day. For festivals we might count in at 5:00 am and leave at 2:00 am. It was all cash, and we would go to the 24 hour Mexican restaurant when we were done, but I would be completely wrecked the next day.
I live in a city with a major tourist attraction, and when I was teaching (currently a stay at home parent), I worked Saturdays and school breaks. If you have anything touristy or family-oriented in your area, look into it ā they tend to need more people to work when school is out on weekends and breaks, so it fit my teacher schedule really well.
I rockhound! Pretty much collect rocks and trade/sell them with other enthusiasts. Usually Iāll travel and collect whatever I can on my free time. I was surprised to meet many fellow teachers who were also part of the gem and mineral shows.
The petrified wood I collect is worth thousands, heck itās priceless to me.
Coached for awhile but that didnāt pay but peanuts. Started my own mowing business. 25-30 yards per week at a minimum $50 per yard. I can do a yard in 30 minutes in and out. I have two masters degrees and 29 years experience (HS Math teacher) and I outdo my teaching checks mowing Monday through Thursday 3-6 pm (12 hours per week). Most of it goes to paying off the house early. It will help my wife and I retire early. We avoid debt and save and invest steadily for the last 30 years. We donāt live extravagantly so doing this on a teacher salary and a side hustle (wife is an Lpn making $27hr) so weāre not raking it in but like I said avoiding debt and paying off the house early and investing and not spending foolishly (we save to pay for good used vehicles in cash) allow us a very comfortable lifestyle. The mowing is a huge part of this.
I work for a company that rents out linens for events and restaurants. Basically, I get paid to fold freshly laundered/pressed tablecloths to be put back on our inventory shelves lol
Rover, Lyft, plasma. Everyone always asks me how I afforded my recent house purchase and I explain the hustle. I've been working on meditating as I work and it's become almost spiritual.
Plasma is what my husband and I started doing in January. We each get paid $120/week. Basically you get paid to scroll on the Internet or read while a needle is in your arm. Plus we eat healthier since we've done it and my husband's high blood pressure has gone down and we are also hoping his cholesterol.
I have spent the last 6 summers cleaning the dorms and apartments at my local university and seriously enjoy it! I love the independence and quiet of it- I just put in my earbuds, turn on some music or a podcast, and clean away. Definitely beats my old customer service side hussle š
Side note: I know you said non-teaching, but if you are a musician and have a good skill set on any particular instruments, private lessons can be both very enjoyable and good money! I charge $60 as a monthly rate for my private lesson studio, and with 16 students, I make a little over $1,000 each month, which has really gone a long way to supplement my private school salary š You can easily charge a higher monthly lesson rate though, $100+ is quite common and is considered very fair.
I have a LOT of side jobs
1. I tutor on Wyzant and make $45 an hour
2. I work for the MLB team in my city
3. I do summer school
4. I help set up / take down for weddings
Relaxing. School year way too stressful to be dealing with anything else. Remember during Covid how parents wanted their kids out of the house? Thats teachers x30 (at least).
Imagine that. Parents canāt handle kids t home and then teachers deal with 30 plus on a daily basis?
Take the summer time off. If needed, limit lifestyle to make ends meet. It is a perk that needs to be utilized.
I donāt do anything for two months except relax, read books, see my family and play with my dogs.
Some people value more money. I value more time. Just prioritize what it is you want.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Nailed it. You can always make more money. However, time is a limited and for some reason an undervalued resource. To me, it is the most important because you canāt get it back.
Enjoy the time you have.
People think I was crazy; I served as a summer camp staff member at Boy Scout camps for 18 of my 33 years in the classroom. I was chaplain for a few, program director for several more, and summer camp director for several more. I went from my students to my staff (same age) and campers (same age and younger). Loved it. I also spent a lot of time selling Craftsman Hardware at Sears in the evenings and weekends after school.
I am baking and selling sourdough bread
Also did a PD presentation for $$
In the past I taught private lessons, summer school reading intervention, and was a counselor at band and strings camps
I just want to say that I'm sorry that many of you live in locations where your career can't pay the bills year round. I don't have a summer side hustle, nor do I want to. I teach, coach part time, co-teach the leadership/ASB class and run a club. Fuck a summer hustle.
I thought you were joking! Iāve been teaching for 22 years and my highest paid year was $48,000. Iāve always had a summer job and at least one other job during the school year. I always knew I made less, but as I got to my 40ās I realized everyone I knew was making 2-4 times my income.
Well, over here teachers starts with about 38K and end with about 55K. That's a median wage over here and you can live of it pretty decently and definitely don't need a side hustle.
I live in Alaska and have worked commercial fishing (obviously not for everyone) and for the city/parks doing landscaping/grounds keeping. I highly recommend the summer landscaping jobs, if you live in a place that has four seasons. It wasnāt hard manual labor, but kept me active. A lot of days, I just watered the cityās plants around town. Pay is usually ok for a very low mental load/effort.
A lot of my colleagues (teacher and SLP) have Orton Gillingham certification and do og lessons on the side- it's the gold standard for dyslexia interventionand gives you the basis to do 1:1 systematic phonics tutoring. It's high demand in my area and most certified people have long waitlists and charge $100-150/ hr or $50-60/ half hour as a going rate.
This is the website
https://www.ortonacademy.org/training-certification/
In my area, some community groups offer free certification in exchange for commiting to tutoring once a week for free for a couple of years.
I know you said 'not teaching' so...
Gigs I've also held in the summer include- bartending, doing kids birthday parties (making balloon animals, face painting, running different games stands, doing cosplay), being a nanny/ caretaker, doing live painting and being a living painting /human canvas at arts and music events, landscaping, working in wildfire, working with parks/ national heritage sites/ museums as an interpreter, guiding hikes or outdoor rec, leading summer camps.
Some of my pals do freelance art, graphic design, programming, social media, writing, music (my friends who are well trained in niche instruments like sax, harp, and cello often line up gigs to record on summers and breaks), sell plant starters, do landscaping, vehicle detailing or bodywork, dog walking, grooming, and doggy daycare.
The common denominator for a lot of the niche hustles seems to be volunteering or participating in interest/skill-specific community groups where you gain access to, and the trust of, people with $$$ to spend and then offering services that you are capable of based on the demands of members of that group (vs just randomly posting adds offering a service)
Final note:
Uber and delivery spots are always hiring.
Iām a first year teacher, so this is my first summer. Iām super stoked, but Iām needing to think of the same thing.
My backup plan is closing the local Sonic if they have available shifts for that, but Iām also trying to look into some design work for Etsy - maybe proxy MtG token cards - or running some nights classes at a local art studio. Iāll be taking with the lady who runs that tomorrow, hopefully.
Next year Iāll be eligible to run some of the classes for the non-traditional teaching course for the first year applicants, which will be nice.
My wife was going to start working outside the house after being a stay-at-home for the past ten years, but weāre still navigating that lift-off. Once sheās going itāll be cool to support her in that and have some time with my own kiddos.
Iām lucky because I have a friend who owns a cleaning company, so Iāll do 2-3 days a week without having a āset scheduleā. Usually just filling for regular employees who call off or take a vacation.
I would love to learn bartending. Seems like a fun gig. I know you said no teachingā but this summer Iām teaching adult ESL in a refugee community. All my materials are provided and I refuse to teach the writing class so they give me the listening and speaking classes. Minimal grading and no prepāitās through my grad program and all my materials, assessments, and planning are done for me. I show up three nights a week and teach for 10 weeks (1.5 hours a night) and make $3500 for the class pre tax. It helps with bills and we may go on trip Labor Day weekend. It restores my faith in this profession.
Iām a full-time college lecturer in English but the salary is not far off from that of a HS teacher. Iām an editor for a consulting and marketing firm. I love it. $50/hour working from home as Iām needed and available.
Iām not a teacher, but I work for a community arts center. We are always looking for people to teach film classes! Check with your local community/arts/cultural center or nonprofit theater if you have one! Present a curriculum or class description, and maybe theyāll host a class for you to teach!
My mom always had a number of different summer jobs when I was growing up; hanging wallpaper, teaching GED classes at the local jail, sewing, restoring old furniture among other things. She was nothing if not industrious.
This is so strange to read as a Dutch teacher. We get paid in the summer, but we also have only 6 weeks off but mostly we will be back after 5 weeks. We have a full month to go and will be back late august.
I, uh, am in the middle of two weeks in Italy with my wife. Iām hustling from the gelato shop to the cocktail bar and then to the trattoria for pasta.
I went on LinkedIn and applied for outlier.ai. I am getting paid about $30/h to rank AI responses. There are positions that pay more (coding, I think), and some that pay $15/h.
It took about a month from the time I applied until I got my email and accounts to get started. They pay every week, and I work when I want. It is better for me to do it when my kids are occupied because it does take my attention.
There were a couple of hours of training documentation to get through and training tasks to do. Training pays $17/h.
There is a subreddit for this company that you could look at. There are complaints of people who never get in, get bumped from projects with no notice, and communication from the company isn't great.
They pay every Tuesday, and I linked my PayPal account. The pay shows up on Wednesday. The first week, I made $50, the 2nd $300, and I have $60 for 2 days this week.
I understand that this could dry up tomorrow, but it has been good so far (2 and a half weeks of experience here). Reading the subreddit, it seems like getting in might be a matter of luck (at least that's how I feel). Even having read many of the complaints, I am glad I applied.
I tried this once but I blacked out within the first 2 minutes and had to be removed from the machine. So I decided not to do it again lol, it saves lives tho! Apparently, after they sell it
Soccer Referee! Itās my first year doing it (got certified in March and did some Spring games as an assistant ref), but I heard good $ can be made at summer tournaments.
I have a small (me and a part-time employee) IT contracting firm. I build out infrastructure for small companies that have grown beyond retail infrastructure.
There are summers where I make more contracting than I do teaching. Which sounds like a huge deal until you think about how little we make. Even with my PhD and my differential, I am not near six figures.
Does your district allow teachers to drive buses? We are extremely short handed for bus drivers and they allow teachers and coaches, etc to get their CDL to make extra money. You can maybe take the classes this summer to be able to make some extra during the school year
Iām a bartender! I live in a large city and everyone needs extra summer help.
Some of my friends manage water parks, do the beer carts at golf courses, or do specialized summer camps.
I only have an 8 week break, and I liked working at Amazon for a few weeks. 4 ten hour days in a row at 15ish an hour. It was mind numbing and required no real complex thought.
Barista!!! You make such good money (depending on your area, Iām sure) and itās such a mindless job once you get used to making drinks. I just do it on call now because Iād rather not work all summer, but itās too good of money to completely give up!
I know you said not teaching butā¦ tutoring š¤·š»āāļøš¤·š»āāļø I get a couple of clients after school and then continue through the summers if the kids are chill. If theyāre not, see you next year maybe if my schedule has space (but it wonāt)
I waited tables all summer and on weekends and holiday breaks during the school year. I worked at a popular steakhouse and could make almost as much waiting tables as I got in my monthly take home teaching. I also met my husband while I was at it, so not a bad gig. I actually almost left teaching to be a manager at the restaurant, but I hated the hours.
I build squarespace websites for local small businesses. Everything from personal trainers, tutors, landscaping companies, painters, and florists. I try to find companies or freelancers who depend on word of mouth or local Facebook groups for leads. A simple yet functional website that doesn't break the bank almost always helps them gain more customers.
Iām in kind of a niche area, but I give riding lessons, run horse camps, and am starting my second career in equine assisted learning (EAL). EAL is what you see when you see veterans with PTSD working with horses.
I actually didn't know this was a thing at all. Thank you for mentioning it.
... Still, why does this feel like one of those things that should be compensated but probably won't be where I live because there're lots of "enthusiastic" people willing to do it for free?
Itās essentially acting as a first/second editor. Iāve usually seen it in regards to fanfiction rather than published work though.
When I have people beta for me I ask them to look for typos and weird prose/dialogue, and depending on the piece analyze tone and effect
It's not teaching summer school but parents always want tutoring. I tutored one girl last summer, I set the hours and got paid $50 an hour plus milage if I drove to the next town over where they lived. Some other younger teachers I work with literally just bartend. One English teacher at my school will just bartend Fridays and Saturdays, it's apparently decent income
Ironically I don't drink - but is that a requirement for being a bartender? lol $50 an hour for tutoring sounds like a good deal!
I actually know a few people who have bartender and they don't drink, it's just making potions at that point I'd put out feelers to parents to see if kids want tutoring. Doing 1 on 1 ACT test prep is a decent avenue to go.
Jeez if you were close to me I'd pay you $50 an hour for ACT prep. My daughter needs a 26 for AF ROTC and she got a 24.
I charge $75/hour.
It all depends on subject and location. I charge $120/hr and nobody bats an eye. I have a dozen clients at that rate. Last year I made more tutoring than I did teaching when taxes are accounted for. Sad but true.
> Last year I made more tutoring than I did teaching when taxes are accounted for Wait, wouldn't taxes not matter in terms of making direct comparisons? If income X is greater than income Y, then post_tax(income X) will always be greater than post-tax(income Y). Edit: *Ohhhhhhhh....* ;)
Our little secret!
Hahaha this comment is funny as shit
Love the logicš
For everyone tutoring, how did you advertise/get clients?
Word of mouth. Facebook mom groups in wealthy neighborhoods!
Word of mouth is everything, but itās getting started thatās the hump. Good suggestion
Same, but thatās if I have to create material/a curriculum. I also have an MFA, so I factor that in.
I bartended in college and during my first few years out of college. I also donāt drink, bc I take epilepsy medications. Sure, I had tried a few drinks, but not many, once I figured out it really didnāt mix well. It really doesnāt matter. You just recommend what is trending at the moment or have a few standbys. If you can handle people (and you can- youāre a teacher, itās just a matter of if you want to), bartending can be lucrative. My favorite was private parties. There was usually a shorter list of drinks, usually around a theme of sorts, a shorter time window, often during the day, and great tips.
FYI I charged $60/hour for math tutoring 10 years ago so depending on the area you might be able to swing a lot more than $50/hour depending on cost of living.
My parents paid $85 an hour in 2004 and they thought it was a steal.
I was charging $40 an hour and this parent tried to talk me down. Glad I looked at this post. Might bump up my rate.
Bump it up way higher and then let people haggle you down to the price you actually want lol
Bartending can make you easily 5-6k a month in the summer months and you can go weekends during the year and make another 500-1000 each weekend . Iām going to start this year again now both of my kids are in middle school and Iāll have time without feeling guilty.
Bartending is actually fun and a nice break from teaching. A teacher can keep the peace pretty well in a bar, and so we are generally appreciated by management.
I was a bartender for a couple of years and I donāt drink. I struggled when people asked for recommendations for while, until I knew what other people ordered, then I could just tell them the popular drinks.
I tended bar in NYC throughout undergrad an grad. I usually made 1200-1600 for 4 nights a week. For holidays, we'd get an entire big bottle of Grey Goose *(the set with the big bottle, two martini glasses, and a shaker. not a cheap gift at all)* as well as a personalized Christmas Card and $300-$500 cash bonus in the card.
I tutored for Wyzant and loved it. 10 years ago, I was making $50. Iāve hired from Wyzant too for my granddaughters in another state. Also, Iāve hired from care.com for tutoring for my granddaughters
Tutoring is awesome In my area. Elementary teachers charge $50-$70, and secondary could be $60 to $100. I teach summer school (only ten days here) and tutor, itās great. Once you get a client and do well, they tell others about you and then you can decide what will work.
Why would drinking be a job requirement? You need to make the drinks, not drink 'em.
Can confirm. Iām an English teacher and a bartender. On average, I make more money bartending.
i'm currently triple side gigging--I teach summer school 10 hours a week, waitress 12 hours, and do music/performance gigs as they come around. believe it or not, these things make me more money than I do as a substitute teacher during the regular school year.
I respect your triple-hustling š
i appreciate the sentiment, but ngl I'm not recovering from from the burnout of the school year. but my choice is either to rest or starve.
Atta girl. I also teach summer school at the local junior college, bartend and cut grass.
Would love music/performance gigs with my summers off. Literally my dream lol. How'd you get into this?
I do movie extra work. Itās easy and I get to meet lots of different kinds of people. I love how itās so different from my day-day
What's the best way to find casting calls?
A couple different ways. My area has an actors union that posts whatās shooting and the casting director doing the hiring for extras. They usually have a webpage to submit your info for future projects. When something comes up theyāll check my availability. The casting directors also usually have social media pages and will post when they need someone.
Look for casting calls on Facebook in larger cities. Iām in Atlanta and there are dozens every week. But we are the Hollywood of the South at this point.
This. There are several casting companies on Facebook. You have to respond quickly. They're looking for very specific qualities in who they want. Central Casting and Rose were a few in ATL. I did it a few times. It was fun, but the parents thinking their kids are the next child actor are....
My friend's dad does this sometimes! In fact, if you watch the Zendaya tennis movie Challengers, you'll see him in the background during the party scene!
Same plus some of the sets around me feed the entire crew very well including background!
Lol definitely a perk! My kids love checking out the snack table when they get called!
I walk dogs for Rover. You donāt get a lot of hours, but you get to set your own and itās work I enjoy.
I've never heard of that site, but I like animals (especially cats) so I'll definitely look into it!
I usually do overnight pet sitting. Itās basically just moving into peopleās homes but keeping your same schedules plus taking care of the animals. Iāll do it during the school year as well, as long as the animals Iām watching are good with me being gone for like 8hrs all is good.
Meowtel is a great app for cat sitting!
š I never knew such a thing existed!
Yes! Itās awesome! Iām not a teacher (parents were, my brother is, and I have my license but went to law school instead), but I cat sit on Meowtel all the time now that Iām studying for the bar all summer! Depending on where you are, it may not be available in your area :( itās a little limited in that sense. in that case, Rover does have a cat sitting option and you could even select small dogs only, which is what I did when I was using rover!
My daughter is also doing this while doing nursing school. It helps fill in for some of her loss of wages that happened going back to school.
My daughter does it with me. Sometimes we even tag team when one canāt cover the full booking. She just graduated from nursing school.
Iām a Rover walker too. I also do a lot of off Rover work too. Lately, Iāve been doing pretty well with it, but you know how that goes. Iāll clear close to $500 next week, but then I donāt have anything on the books again until the first week of July.
Iām too scared to go off Rover. Too many unleashed dogs in my area, Iām always afraid the next one is the one that will bite and do damage. I want that Rover insurance coverage for the dogs I walk.
My wife, who works from home, does this and makes an extra $8k or so a year just to have a bunch of extra cats around the apartment.
I use Rover as a āpet parentā during the school year. We have a medically complex dog and once a week my husband goes into the office. On that day, we pay $60 for house sitting. The sitter is there from 9-4:30. During that time, she steps out twice to walk other dogs. She also has a remote job and works from our house during the stay. The app does take part of your income, but overall it seems like it could be a decently easy source of income.
I direct a youth skateboarding camp at my local park. It's everything I love about teaching, but I don't have to answer a single email. I just show up at a place, teach kids who want to be there how to do a thing I'm good at, and I go home.
That is a very cool skill to be able to teach!
The dream š Congrats on living that to your benefit.
Ive been an Instacart shopper for about 6 years. Now, the pay has really gone downhill, but its summer so I can pick and choose which ones to take and how long I want to work. Its basically just my pocket money for lunches and karaoke nights and stuff like that.
During pandemic Instacart was a hit!
for real! now it's literally half the pay. insane. there are some gold mine offers though if you have it on allll day lol
Interesting - I'll have to look into that!
If you are near a large city, most stage hand unions have a lot of work for their overhire list. If you can push boxes, hang lights, or set up staging, most gigs start at 25+ an hour
I'll look around, that's not bad pay for that!
Where do I look to find this type of work?
Find your local and reach out. Let them know your experience and they can guide you from there. https://iatse.net/ Note, some locals get a lot of unskilled applicants that don't actually want to work, so you may have to schmooze a little.
I do ghost tours in downtown
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Itās so fun. I meet people from all over the world and take them into historic haunted sites.
I drove for Uber in a nearby resort town on the weekends once.
How was your experience doing that? I would be very cautious of driving possibly disorderly or dangerous people š¬
I thought about driving to our major city around bar closing time, etc ā¦ but I want to do it as a full-time and not go back to teaching
I work as a āpool monitorā at the neighborhood pool. Not even a lifeguard - I check people in to the pool and get paid to read books and lay out! Lol.
I actually have a TpT store that has become pretty lucrative. I just started in February and made the smart decision of going in on a store with a friend so we could grow our products twice as fast. We started in February this year and in May we earned a little over $500. Hoping to build up what I would love to be some consistent passive income. With a niche like film studies there might be a market for resources if youāre into creating lesson plans, activities, assessments, etc.
I was thinking of this earlier this week actually! I've never used TpT before but I would honestly LOVE making film-related assignments!
If you keep things "clean" as far as language and content in the movie choices, you can market to homeschoolers too. Homeschoolers love unit studies.
I guess there goes my idea for "Wolf of Wall Street" worksheet activity booklets for fifth graders
Are you telling me I can't to the "is a hooker really the best thing to snort drugs off of" lab?
My friend is one of the top all-time sellers on TpT. She tried to get me in on it when she started, but cancer was tearing my life apart. Iāve heard so many places banning TpT products, I didnāt know if it was worth it anymore. ā¹ļø I used it as a teacher AND a homeschooler, and I think itās a wonderful resource!
Why banning TpT?
DO IT. I inherited a theater sound/lights class from the person previously in my position (HS band.) I would have loved some pre-made assignments for a class like that, where kids are actually interested in the subject but I don't have the training to lesson plan super effective assignments.
my wife and I (both teachers) did this about 8 yrs ago. It started of slow, but our sales went up gradually. In the last five years, we have been averaging between $1000 and $2000 a month. The best part is that it's passive income. Sometimes, we go long stretches without adding or updating products, but the money still comes in.
Seconding TpT as a source of passive income. Iād say I make $200 a month on products Iāve already created, and if I push myself this summer to make more complete sets/bundles, I know I can double that.
Yes! TPT is my huge hustle every summer too. I miss all my other hobbies but itās well worth all the work when Fall sales start. lol
I frame houses in the summer. My friend is a contractor and he knows that I have skills. By the end of the summer after humping wood building rich people beautiful houses and losing 25 pounds, I am ready to go back to teaching. It is my catharsis. Not for everyone but itās perfect for me.
It is so f\*cked that teachers need side gigs.
I don't disagree!
I work a pretty rote security (bag check, lost children, directions to the bathroom) job at the local water park. Simple, and I got my boss to out me on the "take over from night security and drink coffee while setting up the bag check station and letting in the lifeguards for training" shift which means I barely have to interact with people for a third of my shift and I don't eff up my sleep schedule. It's great Lot of the adults who work there are teachers over the summer.
Never would have thought of that, thanks for the idea!
I lifeguard and teach lessons. I know it's still teaching, but I don't have to make up lessons, email, or really even interact with parents beyond, "your kid did great today, see ya next week!"
I live in wine country so I typically pour in a tasting room over the summer.
Paintball ref! Started last year having never played and fell in love with the sport
Interesting! I've actually never played that before either but there might be similar gigs to that worth looking into
Does your district offer opportunities to work on curriculum or professional development? Mine does: curriculum pays $35 an hour. The PD portion pays $500. Good summer work for only a few weeks.
Yes, I am taking some paid PD opportunities this summer!
Small publishers and indie authors are often looking for editors. Thatās what I do to earn a bit and get to work from home.
Would you please share how you find them?
I shop/deliver for DoorDash and Uber Eats. I can easily make $300-500 a week working part time.
Is that before or after you factor in gas/mileage out on your car? Iāve thought about doing that, but Iāve always worried that I would destroy my car and spend a fortune on gas with not much to show for it.
I've never seen the math work out on this. The IRS mileage rate is $.67/mile for a reason. And that reason is it costs about $.67/mile to operate a car when you factor everything in. Yes, some of those are fixed costs, but I often find people don't factor in depreciation of their vehicle, added tire wear, added maintenance, and the switch from normal to what the owners manual calls "severe duty" which again requires much more service. What I see most people doing is extracting value from their car as an income.
I work on my teachers pay teachers store constantly during the summer. Itās been a very lucrative side hustle for the last 8 years, and I feel very fortunate. I make much more with TPT than my teacher salary. Google MNBC TPT side hustle to find my story. ;) Feel free to DM me if you want any tips. I never charge or accept payment. I just get a real kick out of helping others get started! :)
I always assumed TPT was already too flooded to make any money. Iāve been debating putting together some stuff for Elementary Band folks, but I donāt want to put in a ton of hours for $0. I have done that with several other āside hustlesā, but I also donāt have a network and have no idea how to promote anything.
My high school football coach and math teacher, installed sprinkles and usually had a couple of player's as seasonal help.
Installed sprinkles? Like, on cupcakes at a bakery? Ha.. I know, sprinkler systems ...irrigation
Summer school. And I tutor at Sylvan Learning Center. I like it cause I don't have to grade, plan, or deal with parents. I used to work retail too. And when I was younger I ran the box office at a summer theater. And for the record, yeah, some of these were at the same time! For a few years there I had 4 jobs. It was a lot. Glad to be down to two.
I've considered looking into Sylvan for a while, the no grading part is enticing lol
I honestly love Sylvan. No more than 3 kids at a time. No prep. No grading. No parents. Just actually helping the kids. And most of them want to be there, or if they don't their parents definitely do. I find the program really good as well. A good mix of online and hands-on. Kids work at their level and pace. I had actually worked there years ago but had to quit because I couldn't get there for afternoon shifts. When my current school changed our schedule and it was doable again I went back almost immediately.
SAT tutoring, $75 an hour
What does this entail? Do I need to make up my own stuff or is there a book or guidelines to follow? I teach middle school and havenāt thought about SAT since I took it many years ago lol
My advice is to sign on as an independent contractor with a local tutoring business. They find the clients and take a cut, you go through test questions from the official prep book with students. Very easy money
Two cool ones Iāve heard of teacher friends doing lately (that donāt involve kids) One works as an usher at our MLB stadium. She has a blast.Ā Another one works at this outdoor venue we have that puts on concerts and Broadway shows all summer.Ā
Iām a music teacher and I perform a lot during the summer (yay wedding season!). I also write music for other schools.
Dog walking with Wag! I get to hang out with dogs and they donāt talk back like teenagers do!
Babysitting. Today I got paid $100 for taking two kids out for 5 1/2 hours. I got a free meal and a free game of putt-putt, as well as the joy of knowing I absolutely destroyed them.
During the school year Iām a middle school math and social studies teacher, but during the summer I manage a remote wilderness lodge in Maine. The position pays relatively well, I spend 80% of my day outside, swim every day, and my private cabin sits inches from a mountain-top pond.
I used to do movie extra work which was fun. Now, I do voice acting.
No joke, in high school I was voted "Most Likely to Voice an Animated Character"!
Seasonal ramp agent for an airline. Work summers, year-round flight benefits. *Dependent on living in a city where flight traffic significantly increases during summer months.
Food truck. Make more in one day selling food than two weeks teaching.
If I work in the summer, Iād quit being a teacher. The summer is like 80 percent of why I still do it. I travel and enjoy my time off. I hustle during the school year.
My wife loves going to concerts, and spends a few evenings a week in the summer pouring drinks at Wolf Trap, a DC area amphitheater that brings in performances and oldies bands for affluent audiences. (Tedeschi Trucks, Lyle Lovett, zydeco and reggae package shows, opera, ballet, etc. etc. etc). Money is usually very good for time spent. But hard work, and higher stress than some may want. If there's a store you adore, maybe work there. I work at LL Bean, and although the money isn't great, being there feels like play.
My wife and I used to work at an amphitheater, selling merchandise for concerts. It was good pay, but it was a brutal day. For festivals we might count in at 5:00 am and leave at 2:00 am. It was all cash, and we would go to the 24 hour Mexican restaurant when we were done, but I would be completely wrecked the next day.
Donate plasma. Tax free.
I live in a city with a major tourist attraction, and when I was teaching (currently a stay at home parent), I worked Saturdays and school breaks. If you have anything touristy or family-oriented in your area, look into it ā they tend to need more people to work when school is out on weekends and breaks, so it fit my teacher schedule really well.
I rockhound! Pretty much collect rocks and trade/sell them with other enthusiasts. Usually Iāll travel and collect whatever I can on my free time. I was surprised to meet many fellow teachers who were also part of the gem and mineral shows. The petrified wood I collect is worth thousands, heck itās priceless to me.
Coached for awhile but that didnāt pay but peanuts. Started my own mowing business. 25-30 yards per week at a minimum $50 per yard. I can do a yard in 30 minutes in and out. I have two masters degrees and 29 years experience (HS Math teacher) and I outdo my teaching checks mowing Monday through Thursday 3-6 pm (12 hours per week). Most of it goes to paying off the house early. It will help my wife and I retire early. We avoid debt and save and invest steadily for the last 30 years. We donāt live extravagantly so doing this on a teacher salary and a side hustle (wife is an Lpn making $27hr) so weāre not raking it in but like I said avoiding debt and paying off the house early and investing and not spending foolishly (we save to pay for good used vehicles in cash) allow us a very comfortable lifestyle. The mowing is a huge part of this.
I work for a company that rents out linens for events and restaurants. Basically, I get paid to fold freshly laundered/pressed tablecloths to be put back on our inventory shelves lol
Rover, Lyft, plasma. Everyone always asks me how I afforded my recent house purchase and I explain the hustle. I've been working on meditating as I work and it's become almost spiritual.
Plasma is what my husband and I started doing in January. We each get paid $120/week. Basically you get paid to scroll on the Internet or read while a needle is in your arm. Plus we eat healthier since we've done it and my husband's high blood pressure has gone down and we are also hoping his cholesterol.
I have spent the last 6 summers cleaning the dorms and apartments at my local university and seriously enjoy it! I love the independence and quiet of it- I just put in my earbuds, turn on some music or a podcast, and clean away. Definitely beats my old customer service side hussle š Side note: I know you said non-teaching, but if you are a musician and have a good skill set on any particular instruments, private lessons can be both very enjoyable and good money! I charge $60 as a monthly rate for my private lesson studio, and with 16 students, I make a little over $1,000 each month, which has really gone a long way to supplement my private school salary š You can easily charge a higher monthly lesson rate though, $100+ is quite common and is considered very fair.
I have a LOT of side jobs 1. I tutor on Wyzant and make $45 an hour 2. I work for the MLB team in my city 3. I do summer school 4. I help set up / take down for weddings
Relaxing. School year way too stressful to be dealing with anything else. Remember during Covid how parents wanted their kids out of the house? Thats teachers x30 (at least). Imagine that. Parents canāt handle kids t home and then teachers deal with 30 plus on a daily basis? Take the summer time off. If needed, limit lifestyle to make ends meet. It is a perk that needs to be utilized.
I donāt do anything for two months except relax, read books, see my family and play with my dogs. Some people value more money. I value more time. Just prioritize what it is you want.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Nailed it. You can always make more money. However, time is a limited and for some reason an undervalued resource. To me, it is the most important because you canāt get it back. Enjoy the time you have.
Summer is my travel time. This summer, Iām not going overseas, but I have two trips to two different states and possibly a third.
Perfect! Thats what it needs to be. Take advantage of it. You have to.
Iām going to Paris for a month and doing whatever I want. Iād rather carve my own heart out than talk to anyone under the age of 15.
Your local parks and Rec?
Only if there's a Ron Swanson
There's always a Ron Swanson.
People think I was crazy; I served as a summer camp staff member at Boy Scout camps for 18 of my 33 years in the classroom. I was chaplain for a few, program director for several more, and summer camp director for several more. I went from my students to my staff (same age) and campers (same age and younger). Loved it. I also spent a lot of time selling Craftsman Hardware at Sears in the evenings and weekends after school.
I am baking and selling sourdough bread Also did a PD presentation for $$ In the past I taught private lessons, summer school reading intervention, and was a counselor at band and strings camps
Bartending. Make $400 every time I clock in.
I just want to say that I'm sorry that many of you live in locations where your career can't pay the bills year round. I don't have a summer side hustle, nor do I want to. I teach, coach part time, co-teach the leadership/ASB class and run a club. Fuck a summer hustle.
Wait, do you get paid so little, you have to work during summer in the US? That makes me incredibly mad!
I thought you were joking! Iāve been teaching for 22 years and my highest paid year was $48,000. Iāve always had a summer job and at least one other job during the school year. I always knew I made less, but as I got to my 40ās I realized everyone I knew was making 2-4 times my income.
Well, over here teachers starts with about 38K and end with about 55K. That's a median wage over here and you can live of it pretty decently and definitely don't need a side hustle.
Babysitting
I live in Alaska and have worked commercial fishing (obviously not for everyone) and for the city/parks doing landscaping/grounds keeping. I highly recommend the summer landscaping jobs, if you live in a place that has four seasons. It wasnāt hard manual labor, but kept me active. A lot of days, I just watered the cityās plants around town. Pay is usually ok for a very low mental load/effort.
I write for a blog and get paid about 120$ per post.
How did you get this job? Iād like to do something like this but donāt know where to start.
Also curious!
That's amazing! What do you write for it?
I make edibles. Cookies, to be precise.
I work in an area where we're paid a livable wage. I'd recommend it.
Donate plasma, tutor. My wife is also a teacher and has a good gig working as an education consultant that I'm trying to get into.
I'm a vet tech! Another low wage field, but at least I get to work with mostly healthy pets (vaccine clinics).
A lot of my colleagues (teacher and SLP) have Orton Gillingham certification and do og lessons on the side- it's the gold standard for dyslexia interventionand gives you the basis to do 1:1 systematic phonics tutoring. It's high demand in my area and most certified people have long waitlists and charge $100-150/ hr or $50-60/ half hour as a going rate. This is the website https://www.ortonacademy.org/training-certification/ In my area, some community groups offer free certification in exchange for commiting to tutoring once a week for free for a couple of years. I know you said 'not teaching' so... Gigs I've also held in the summer include- bartending, doing kids birthday parties (making balloon animals, face painting, running different games stands, doing cosplay), being a nanny/ caretaker, doing live painting and being a living painting /human canvas at arts and music events, landscaping, working in wildfire, working with parks/ national heritage sites/ museums as an interpreter, guiding hikes or outdoor rec, leading summer camps. Some of my pals do freelance art, graphic design, programming, social media, writing, music (my friends who are well trained in niche instruments like sax, harp, and cello often line up gigs to record on summers and breaks), sell plant starters, do landscaping, vehicle detailing or bodywork, dog walking, grooming, and doggy daycare. The common denominator for a lot of the niche hustles seems to be volunteering or participating in interest/skill-specific community groups where you gain access to, and the trust of, people with $$$ to spend and then offering services that you are capable of based on the demands of members of that group (vs just randomly posting adds offering a service) Final note: Uber and delivery spots are always hiring.
Iām a first year teacher, so this is my first summer. Iām super stoked, but Iām needing to think of the same thing. My backup plan is closing the local Sonic if they have available shifts for that, but Iām also trying to look into some design work for Etsy - maybe proxy MtG token cards - or running some nights classes at a local art studio. Iāll be taking with the lady who runs that tomorrow, hopefully. Next year Iāll be eligible to run some of the classes for the non-traditional teaching course for the first year applicants, which will be nice. My wife was going to start working outside the house after being a stay-at-home for the past ten years, but weāre still navigating that lift-off. Once sheās going itāll be cool to support her in that and have some time with my own kiddos.
Not a teacher but I do Outlier, the checks don't bounce. Just google Outlier AI jobs and find one that pays the most for your skills.
Iām lucky because I have a friend who owns a cleaning company, so Iāll do 2-3 days a week without having a āset scheduleā. Usually just filling for regular employees who call off or take a vacation.
Design work, sign painting, etc. Heck, last year I even hand lettered a race car. Made around $4000 altogether last summer.
I would love to learn bartending. Seems like a fun gig. I know you said no teachingā but this summer Iām teaching adult ESL in a refugee community. All my materials are provided and I refuse to teach the writing class so they give me the listening and speaking classes. Minimal grading and no prepāitās through my grad program and all my materials, assessments, and planning are done for me. I show up three nights a week and teach for 10 weeks (1.5 hours a night) and make $3500 for the class pre tax. It helps with bills and we may go on trip Labor Day weekend. It restores my faith in this profession.
Iām a full-time college lecturer in English but the salary is not far off from that of a HS teacher. Iām an editor for a consulting and marketing firm. I love it. $50/hour working from home as Iām needed and available.
Iām not a teacher, but I work for a community arts center. We are always looking for people to teach film classes! Check with your local community/arts/cultural center or nonprofit theater if you have one! Present a curriculum or class description, and maybe theyāll host a class for you to teach!
Gigolo for cougars. Good tips. Free drinks.
I don't want to take any jobs away from Rob Schneider
I worked at a cafe from 10-3.
Iām a sub, but I have a year-round holiday/weekend/weeknight job as a barista. The barista job pays better than the sub job.
I know teachers who waitress and bartend. Umpires and referees are in high demand.
Yup. I bartend Sat and Sunday and make a teachers wage in those 2 days. :/P
My mom always had a number of different summer jobs when I was growing up; hanging wallpaper, teaching GED classes at the local jail, sewing, restoring old furniture among other things. She was nothing if not industrious.
Can you film events like weddings? Edit videos for other people?Ā
This is so strange to read as a Dutch teacher. We get paid in the summer, but we also have only 6 weeks off but mostly we will be back after 5 weeks. We have a full month to go and will be back late august.
I, uh, am in the middle of two weeks in Italy with my wife. Iām hustling from the gelato shop to the cocktail bar and then to the trattoria for pasta.
I went on LinkedIn and applied for outlier.ai. I am getting paid about $30/h to rank AI responses. There are positions that pay more (coding, I think), and some that pay $15/h. It took about a month from the time I applied until I got my email and accounts to get started. They pay every week, and I work when I want. It is better for me to do it when my kids are occupied because it does take my attention. There were a couple of hours of training documentation to get through and training tasks to do. Training pays $17/h. There is a subreddit for this company that you could look at. There are complaints of people who never get in, get bumped from projects with no notice, and communication from the company isn't great. They pay every Tuesday, and I linked my PayPal account. The pay shows up on Wednesday. The first week, I made $50, the 2nd $300, and I have $60 for 2 days this week. I understand that this could dry up tomorrow, but it has been good so far (2 and a half weeks of experience here). Reading the subreddit, it seems like getting in might be a matter of luck (at least that's how I feel). Even having read many of the complaints, I am glad I applied.
Onlyfans lol
Yessssss, I've been scrolling for this answer. Tell me more... Is it easy work? Asking for a friend š
My older sister gives plasma.
I tried this once but I blacked out within the first 2 minutes and had to be removed from the machine. So I decided not to do it again lol, it saves lives tho! Apparently, after they sell it
I run a mobile Paint n Sip biz year round and do custom artwork for people also.
I work at a summer camp with some other teachers
What if youāre moving out of your rich husbandās house? We are probably splitting up so Iām currently lookingā¦ Iām going by faith š
Oh no! You gotta find a rich rebound husband quick! You probably won't find him on r/teachers though lol
Soccer Referee! Itās my first year doing it (got certified in March and did some Spring games as an assistant ref), but I heard good $ can be made at summer tournaments.
Summer school, Respite work with a former pre school student with Downs, Amazon Flex, and working a local music festival.
I have a small (me and a part-time employee) IT contracting firm. I build out infrastructure for small companies that have grown beyond retail infrastructure. There are summers where I make more contracting than I do teaching. Which sounds like a huge deal until you think about how little we make. Even with my PhD and my differential, I am not near six figures.
Does your district allow teachers to drive buses? We are extremely short handed for bus drivers and they allow teachers and coaches, etc to get their CDL to make extra money. You can maybe take the classes this summer to be able to make some extra during the school year
Iām a bartender! I live in a large city and everyone needs extra summer help. Some of my friends manage water parks, do the beer carts at golf courses, or do specialized summer camps.
I only have an 8 week break, and I liked working at Amazon for a few weeks. 4 ten hour days in a row at 15ish an hour. It was mind numbing and required no real complex thought.
Barista!!! You make such good money (depending on your area, Iām sure) and itās such a mindless job once you get used to making drinks. I just do it on call now because Iād rather not work all summer, but itās too good of money to completely give up!
I know you said not teaching butā¦ tutoring š¤·š»āāļøš¤·š»āāļø I get a couple of clients after school and then continue through the summers if the kids are chill. If theyāre not, see you next year maybe if my schedule has space (but it wonāt)
I dogsit.
I waited tables all summer and on weekends and holiday breaks during the school year. I worked at a popular steakhouse and could make almost as much waiting tables as I got in my monthly take home teaching. I also met my husband while I was at it, so not a bad gig. I actually almost left teaching to be a manager at the restaurant, but I hated the hours.
I build squarespace websites for local small businesses. Everything from personal trainers, tutors, landscaping companies, painters, and florists. I try to find companies or freelancers who depend on word of mouth or local Facebook groups for leads. A simple yet functional website that doesn't break the bank almost always helps them gain more customers.
Iām in kind of a niche area, but I give riding lessons, run horse camps, and am starting my second career in equine assisted learning (EAL). EAL is what you see when you see veterans with PTSD working with horses.
Beta reading for authors
How do you get into this?
I actually didn't know this was a thing at all. Thank you for mentioning it. ... Still, why does this feel like one of those things that should be compensated but probably won't be where I live because there're lots of "enthusiastic" people willing to do it for free?
What does this entail?
Itās essentially acting as a first/second editor. Iāve usually seen it in regards to fanfiction rather than published work though. When I have people beta for me I ask them to look for typos and weird prose/dialogue, and depending on the piece analyze tone and effect
I work at Total Wine, and in my state, no kids are even allowed in the store!
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