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7 Part-Time Jobs That Pay Up To $40 An Hour


For some 8 million Americans, part-time jobs are a way of life. Many are cobbling together several part-time gigs while they search for that elusive full-time job. Some, though, prefer part-time work because it offers flexibility and time off for other pursuits, including raising kids.

But whether you are looking for part-time work out of choice or necessity, you probably want to find one that offers some personal satisfaction and good wages. With the help of PayScale, AOL Jobs has a compiled a list of the seven best part-time jobs. Some require little training, and many pay more than $25 an hour.

One caveat: The wages shown for each position represent a range of amounts paid to the 25th and 75th percentiles of workers who've been operating in their fields for five to eight years. In other words, a quarter of workers within a given job description earn less than the reported low wage, while the rest earn less than the reported high wage.

Also, PayScale notes that the range of wages shown are national numbers. If you live in a metropolitan area, you'll probably earn far more -- sometimes twice as much -- than what's listed here.





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David Schepp

David Schepp has spent more than a dozen years covering business news for the electronic and print media, including Dow Jones Newswires, BBC News, Gannett Co., and most recently at AOL's DailyFinance. Nearly 10 years ago, he started writing a weekly People@Work column, looking in depth at issues facing workers in today's workplace. Follow David on Twitter. Email David at david.schepp@huffingtonpost.com. Add David to your Google+ circles.

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Nathaniel

nope. no $40 ph jobs. what's a slacker to do?

May 09 2013 at 6:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ibeyour1

Ok, is it just me? Did anyone see even one job that paid $40 an hour?

May 01 2013 at 11:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
heartrose4

There's another one that should be up there. On average, it doesn't pay quite $40 an hour but it's great money for the time you put in each hour. Being your own boss as an Independent Contractor, delivering publications to stores and racks. Most of the time you have to use your own vehicle, so you do need a reliable vehicle. You also have to put in your own gas at the time of delivery, but the pay is great. After once you get the route down, you can do anywhere between 15 to 20 stops per hour. You can set the amount of money that you want to get paid for each stop. Most Independent Contractors charge anywhere from $2 to $3 per stop. So, on average, a person can make $30 to $35 an hour easily, and that would include the gas. The time spent at each location averages 3-4 minutes, because you just get the papers out of your vehicle, take them into a designated place in the store, and then go right back out to your vehicle, and go to the next stop. Now, if you decide to stop and do personal shopping while you're out delivering, then no, you can't make good money each hour. But if you're determined to just work and not stop to do personal stuff, then it's great pay. A REAL PLUS side is if you can deliver more than one publication at the same time because then you get paid for each publication. Such as, if I have 2 publications that I'm delivering that day,and they both go to most all of the same locations, that's when I can REALLY make the money!!! The only real downside to this type of work is, you are responsible for all repairs that is done on your vehicle. Plus, you put a lot of mileage on your car. But if you have a reliable vehicle to begin with, you most likely can go years before you need anything major done ( with the exception of the usual, such as needing new tires, new brakes, and keeping up with regular maintenance). And I guess another downside would be, that you are responsible for paying taxes on these contract jobs, plus you are more likely to get into a car accident because you're out there driving 5 times more than the average driver is.

I have 12 different publications that I deliver, and although most of them are not ready to deliver all at the same time, if I can deliver 2 or 3 at the same time, and they are on my regular route, then I can make A LOT of money per hour! This type of job is not for everyone, but for anyone who wants to be their own boss and not have to clock in and out of a job, or work a set amount of hours, this kind of job is great!

March 28 2013 at 7:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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badtothebone1964

Hello, heartrose4 and how are you my name is Ms.Love and I am looking for work and I do own a truck. Please Let me know what I need to do to get startd this is my email address mslove1964@aol.com

May 14 2013 at 11:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
joseph0958

Bullshit article!!

February 05 2013 at 5:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
fcgalegal

Ridiculous! That anyone who could view a Flight Attendant as a part time employee indicates their ignorance of the profession. Does your employer require you to spend days and nights away from your home and family?
Work 15 hour shifts? By that standard firemen are part timers.

January 03 2013 at 8:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
arnold

Most of the comments seem to be commercials.
My sole remark is that without the earlier unions we would all still be working for 4 bits an hour and nothing more. Do you know how much 4 bits is? For the weak and idiots it is .50 cents. That is what my first job was paying and I was happy to get it as the state I lived in was a right to work state. While the owners and managers were making hundreds of thousands in bonus alone. Frank Bowers, FIC; 100% DAV; Class of 1937; Austin, TX

December 14 2012 at 1:39 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Tim

todays labor unions definetly need to deal what is the relitive probklems of today employed. Now days we do not need unions to make sure you are working in a safe inviorment, thats what OSHA is for. I belonged to the hotel workers union at one time. They only thing they ever did for me was take my money. What I saw them doing really made me sick. to me it seemed like they were keeping people employed who did not deserve to be for various reasons. They never helped us get better wages or better benefits. So to me the whole year and whatever it was I just felt like that money was just being pissed away while someone was living quite well to represent the union. The ionly way I would join a union today is if the job was so good money wise and benefits side then I would concider nit. But if they are taking 20 % and government gets thiers what are you getting like half off what you made. Do the math.

December 14 2012 at 12:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
david8888seon

After unemployed for about one year, I have tried various of jobs from 2009. Until 2010, I started my small business of online sale (through Facebook and as a part time job) , it work! It bring me a small profit of about usd200 per month at starting, but after two years of running, now I have a steadily income of usd1500-2500 per month from the business. Add up with my earning from graphic design (freelance jobs) I have a total of usd5000-6000 monthly income.
I believe that unemployment can only be getting away by your persevering mind!
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After unemployed for about one year, I have tried various of jobs from 2009. Until 2010, I start my small business of online store (as part time job) , it work! It bring me a small profit of about usd200 per month at starting, after two years of running now I have a steadily income of usd1500-2500 per month from the business. Add up with my earning from graphic design (freelance jobs)
http://www.teamsworth.tt2828.com/

December 11 2012 at 9:18 AM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
Bert Walker

The airline stewardess in the picture has that happy-plastic-creepy, unseeing-face. Is she a robot?

November 08 2012 at 3:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Frank W

You have to take control of your future no matter who is president. Home base business are going to increase in the future. You should at least take a look at some of those that are out there. I researched many before deciding what I wanted to do. www.empowernetwork.com/frankw/

Best of luck to everyone.
Frank

November 07 2012 at 5:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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