Top Side Hustles Jobs Without Computer Skills 2022 involves 47 side hustle side hustles that you can do in your spare time. We categorized the list into 3 sections: Need Reputation with No Special Skill, No Reputation, or Special Skill Necessary, and Need Reputation and Special Skill. These are some great opportunities until you built up toward your fully Independent Income lifestyle.
As you probably know, a side hustle is a part-time work opportunity that supplements the income from your regular job.
Many people start side hustles because they need a little more cash to get through the month. Others work to earn extra money for a specific goal, such as saving for a major purchase or getting out of debt.
Need Reputation with No Special Skill
For this category of Side Hustles Jobs Without Computer Skills, you need to spend some time creating a reputation for yourself before earning big bucks or higher hourly rates.
House-sitting and babysitting,
This area has a lot of competition, but it’s possible to post your services, grow a client base, and build a reputation with reviews on the platforms you use or through referrals and word of mouth.
The goal is to maintain a solid list of loyal and reliable clients. Depending on where you live, house-sitters can make up to $100 a day; babysitters up to $20 an hour.
Sites like Care.com and Sittercity can help match you up with families.
Pet-sitting or Dog Walking
Rover.com is “Airbnb for dogs,” and I’ve heard from several dog-sitting hosts earning thousands of dollars a year through this site. Meowtel is the leading platform for cat-sitting. Pet-sitters receive up to $18 an hour.
Pet Waste Removal
It’s not the most glamorous gig, but it can earn $50 an hour or more. In just a few months, Erica Krupin had landed 80 recurring weekly clients at around $15 apiece.
Cleaning Houses
This is a job with flexible hours but requires a bit of elbow grease. Some homes would provide their own cleaning supplies and tools.
Do you know there are companies and people out there that make some pretty good money offering their cleaning services to households and companies? They’ll come in and charge you either a set fee per room or an hourly fee to clean up. They can come weekly, monthly, or whenever you think you need some extra scrubbing. What’s the point? Why not have the person they hire be you? Not sure how to get new customers? Check out Thumbtack as a place you can list your cleaning service.
Parking Lot Cleanup
Brian Winch started his parking lot clean-up business as a side hustle in 1981 and has since built it into a multi-six-figure business. He says you can still earn $30-50 an hour part-time targeting local property management companies.
Pressure Washing
Pressure washers cost around $300, but you could clear more than that on a single busy spring weekend cleaning driveways, decks, and patios in your neighborhood. Here’s more on how to start a pressure-washing business.
Yard Care Service
Both GreenPal and LawnGuru are building “the Uber for yardwork” and offer a cool new way for landscaping businesses to connect with customers. The average GreenPal vendor makes around $55 per hour mowing lawns on its system.
No Reputation or Special Skill Necessary
This list of part-time Side Hustles Jobs Without Computer Skills needs basic abilities such as driving or motorbike riding licenses and nothing special that you need years of training. Also, you don’t need to wait until you make a reputation and make good money. They are simple, the more time you work the more you will earn.
Bartending or Waiting Tables
Both are the perfect jobs for nights and weekends. That’s when all the big tips are made anyway. I should know. I waited tables in my post-college days.
Bartending at night in a busy bar can really bring in some extra cash and is probably better than waiting tables! You can typically bring in at least $1 for every drink you serve.
I recommend making a list of some of the nicest restaurants or bars in town you can find and start applying. You may need some experience first but set your sights high, especially if you have work experience as a professional. And the same thing can be said for professionalism, dependability, and work ethic.
Deliver Food
Being a food delivery driver is back in style! People all over the country are signing up to deliver food because it is easy money that can be made on your own schedule.
This is how it works: When a person places a food delivery order from a restaurant, the restaurant notifies DoorDash that they need a driver to pick up and deliver the food.
You might think restaurants have their own drivers, right? Wrong. Turns out outsourcing drivers to services like DoorDash is cheaper than hiring drivers and paying them to sit there and wait for orders to come in.
As a driver with DoorDash, you get a notification when a delivery is ready in your area.
It’s up to you to go pick it up or not. If you choose to pick up the food, the DoorDash app will provide you with specific instructions on where to go, how to get there, the customer’s name, etc. DoorDash pays a minimum of $10/hour but says drivers earn $25/hour on average.
Instacart – Enjoy weekly payouts and a flexible schedule. Check out our full Instacart Shopper review here, with insights from a side hustler earning an extra $450-500 a week.
Uber Eats – Make local takeout deliveries in your town and earn up $25 an hour doing so.
Shipt – Drivers can earn up to $22 an hour shopping for and delivering fresh food and household essentials.
Shop for and Deliver Groceries With Instacart
Love to shop? Well then working as an Instacart shopper and driver may be a great fit for you. Instacart defines itself as a service that “connects customers with shoppers to deliver fresh groceries to their door.” Like other delivery services, Instacart allows their shoppers to set their own hours, which could make it a great fit for students or anyone with a busy schedule.
To be a shopper for Instacart, you’ll need to be at least 18 years old, own a smartphone, and be able to lift 30 to 40 pounds. Instacart says that they pay their shoppers on a weekly basis.
One of the really interesting things about Instacart is that shoppers can work their up to higher responsibility roles, like shift lead or site manager. So while Instacart may start out as a way to make a little extra money, it could evolve into a legitimate career. Get started as an Instacart shopper.
Deliver for Amazon
Do you know who didn’t slow down during the pandemic? Amazon drivers. There’s nothing like getting a package delivered to your front door, especially when it comes from Amazon. Everyone loves getting packages, so why not spend a few nights a week driving around town bringing people joy? Sign up to deliver packages with Amazon Flex and set your schedule for as much or as little as you want to work
Mystery shopping
Some people consider this a dream side hustle, which is one reason why it’s in such high demand. You’re shopping anyway, so why not get paid for it?
Mystery shoppers are hired by market research companies to rate the quality of service in various restaurants and stores. Check out sites like Elite CXS and Market Force to find opportunities.
According to ZipRecruiter, the average pay for a mystery shopping side hustle is $23 per hour.
Drive People to the Airport
Have you ever heard of Lyft? Of course, you have! This is a great earning opportunity for someone with a reliable car and the ability to navigate their city’s streets.
The main barrier to entry is having an approved car that is efficient to keep your costs down. But there are lots of stories of Lyft drivers making an extra $1k a week outside of their normal day jobs! Not bad. Plus, this is a fun way to get to know your city, help tourists make plans, and get to know interesting people.
Car Valet
If you hook up with a for-hire car parking service (the type hired out for fancy neighborhood parties) you can make some nice cash tips in just a few hours at night and on the weekend, when parties are held. The key here is to do a great job by showing hustle and being super friendly. This was one of the most enjoyable jobs I had during graduate school. Who doesn’t like to drive nice cars?
Moving Service
If you have a truck or van — and a strong back — you can earn money with Dolly’s peer-to-peer moving platform. Help your neighbors pack and move across town. Similarly, GoShare will help you put your truck or cargo van to work and up to $61 an hour.
Turn your commute into cash
Between commuting to work and driving the kids to soccer practice, most of us spend plenty of time in our cars. It’s time to make extra money while you’re riding around! With Roadie, you can get paid just for driving a package (or even a pet!) from point A to point B along your route.
And check your area for apps that reward you for carpooling around town. Here in Nashville, we have Hytch, which partners with some companies to reward you for carpooling with one or more people. You’re already driving to work each day, so why not get paid for it too?
Seasonal Flower Delivery
Being a flower deliverer can be a great side hustle. You can possibly take on a part-time position or take advantage of the high demand for drivers during seasonal holidays such as Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day.
Valentine’s Day deliveries are made on the day of Valentine’s Day and maybe even some on the day before. Mother’s Day deliveries are usually made all weekend long (Friday, Saturday and Sunday).
The amount of pay for the seasonal deliveries depends on the area you work in. If a flower shop in a city takes orders for deliveries to be made in surrounding areas; they typically will pay more than the deliveries made in town. A temporary holiday delivery driver could make $3-8 per successful delivery.
When I participated as a holiday temporary driver, I could make 10 deliveries in one trip and then go back to the flower shop to reload more deliveries. You could easily make $200 per day.
Ziprecruiter shows the average salary for Flower Delivery Driver is $14 per hour. Hourly rates can range from $8-31 per hour.
The best thing about being a flower deliverer is that you always put a smile on someone’s face.
Have a Car Wash
Find a business that’s willing to loan you their parking lot and gather up a few friends to wash some cars. Take donations or ask for very little. People usually do this to raise funds for an organization, but there’s no reason you couldn’t do it for the You Foundation.
All of that said, if you want to take washing cars to the next level, there are some full-time business owners operating mobile car wash and detailing services. You provide convenience to people by meeting them at their place of business or even their home to clean their cars. People love their cars, even more, when they are shining bright.
Lawn Care or Snow Removal Business
I grew up doing this job on the side and loved it. But it’s not just a teenager gig. With this side job, you can help your neighborhood look sharp as well as make some extra money. Many people pay over $30 per week for lawn care service. For various reasons, people are too busy, don’t have the equipment, etc. to take care of their own lawns.
I think you can do well with this business if you start with people in your neighborhood and ask them if you can have an opportunity to perform this service for them. Word of mouth will travel fast if you provide a good value. Consider Thumbtack as another way to find local customers. I think the key to doing very well here is to package your service. For example, try to find a price that works for mowing, weeding, and fertilizing altogether.
You can potentially make even more money by offering to handle snow removal in the winter. Shoveling snow is often a homeowner’s least favorite job, and there are many homeowners who simply cannot handle their own shoveling because of physical limitations. Typically, snow removal companies charge a flat fee for the winter, no matter how many times it snows.
You can offer to remove snow a la carte, or you can copy the standard procedure and charge a flat rate. If you already own a snowblower (or can invest in one), this can help you speed up the snow removal process and allow you to take care of multiple neighbors each time it snows. (A snowblower will also save your back muscles!)
Paper Route
There is no job too small when it comes to earning to save more or pay off debt and a paper route is about as basic of an extra money job as you can get. Yep, people are still buying newspapers these days. Nothing like a nice clean, crisp paper with a good cup of coffee to start your day.
This job will likely take up your early morning hours. You can also search for a paper that only comes out once a week if you want to work less. The bottom line is that a paper route is still a valid way to make extra money and I’d be remiss to leave it off this list.
Collect Aluminum Cans
I collected cans in my teens and made a few extra bills for spending money. If this idea is of interest, you might be motivated to hear the true story of Maisie Devore who was able to raise money by collecting cans for a community swimming pool. She was able to save $73,000 over three decades and is still collecting. Whoa! Learn more about this idea by reading my collecting aluminum cans for cash post.
Collect bottles for deposit.
If you live in one of the ten U.S. states that offer a deposit for cans and bottles, you can collect them and obtain cash.
Find seasonal work
Need a gig for a few months? Try something seasonal, like being a lifeguard, shoveling snow, or working at a retailer during the holidays. Employers typically staff up a month or two before their busy season, so plan ahead to get on their payroll. Check storefront windows, Craigslist, and local classifieds for seasonal opportunities.
Promote products and events on the street.
Try Street Team Promotion for opportunities.
Be a test subject.
When researchers run clinical trials, they need healthy subjects to use as a control group against the patients with illnesses. Find out more details from the National Institutes of Health, and search for clinical studies at ClinicalTrials.gov. For psychology experiments, contact your local university.
Sell bottled water at events.
Buy bottled water in bulk and sell it at festivals or other large events for $1 per bottle.
Get paid to watch TV
Theviewers.co.uk puts together research panels for broadcasters and program makers so that they can get feedback on TV programs before they hit the box. You can either attend face-to-face research groups, fill in surveys online or do both. You can earn between £40 and £70 for a discussion group and it’s usually cash in hand.
Be a Movie Extra
Is there movie extra jobs near you? Background actors normally earn minimum wage, but you may get a meal out of the deal — and perhaps a brush with a celebrity.
A Friend in Need
According to Rent a Friend, you can earn up to $50 an hour on this strictly platonic match-making site. You might get hired to accompany new “friends” to the movies, dinner, the gym, or whatever you include in your free profile.
Go Look at Stuff
Earn $18 to $200 to go look at stuff like eBay purchases, cars, rental properties, or even vacant lots with WeGoLook. Take pictures, verify information, and report back what you find.
Do errands for Others
TaskRabbit is one of the largest gig economy platforms. You can create a profile specializing in running local errands, assembling furniture, local temp help, and even virtual support jobs.
Rates vary widely based on what service you’re providing, but I’ve seen tasks anywhere from $15 an hour all the way up to $100+ for specialized skills.
Need Reputation and Special Skill
These are Side Hustles Jobs Without Computer Skills you need both reputation and some special skills to make good money in them. However, they have the potential to become your full-on career or you can turn some of them into business.
Write a Book
Writing a book may seem like a long shot but you can learn from zero skills from online material or courses and keep practicing for free. If you are talented in a subject you can start with non-fiction books.
And if you are creative and love stories then you can pursue becoming a novelist. Even after writing your fictional novel, you have a long way to publish it that you can find all about it in our article: How to Publish your First Novel (Fiction Book)
Sell Your Baked Goods
Are you skilled at a few special recipes or are your friends going crazy over your cakes? You know who you are. It might be time to use your talents to start making some extra money. People love to buy homemade goods, especially when you have a signature item or a story behind it. You can contract your items out for parties, meetings, etc. Or, consider holiday sales for local Christmas parties, birthdays, and more.
Play Music in Church or at Weddings
Some churches don’t have volunteers for their music. A talented pianist, guitar player, etc. can make pretty good money doing this on the weekends. Most churches offer tryouts on occasion. This idea is pretty easy to get started in that you just need to reach out to your worship pastor or someone in that ministry and let them know you have the talent and some experience. Don’t be shy!
Busk
If you play an instrument and/or sing, take your music to the public squares or popular transit stops, keeping in mind local laws. Hey — even world-famous violinist Joshua Bell does it.
Give Tours of Your City
No one knows your hometown as you do, and you can translate that into cash by leading tours of your city. Are you the foremost expert on ghost stories, beer, architecture, or crime (or anything else!) in your town? Then you can start leading tours for people who want to hear your stories! Check out ToursByLocals.com.
My friend Alex hosts hundreds of “urban hiking” tours a year on the side from her day job — at $49 apiece!
What unique experience can you offer travelers? It doesn’t even have to be a tour.
For example, Michele Mattix makes money hosting guided meditations through Airbnb Experiences. You can create your own experience, set your price, and Airbnb market it to travelers.
Personal Training or Coaching
For someone with athletic ability and the appropriate certifications, personal training may be a great side hustle. It enables you to explore your passion for exercise and health, help others, and earn more money.
To start, you might work for an established gym or fitness studio. You can also branch out on your own as a personal trainer. By using an online platform, customers in your area looking for a personal trainer can find you.
A friend of mine took the plunge by founding a personal-training side hustle eight years ago, and it’s now her full-time source of income.
She earns money through various routes, including studio training sessions, virtual training and coaching, and sales of her fitness-related e-books.
A related, and a slightly more lucrative side hustle is accountability coaching. For those that know how to work out, but simply need accountability, you could be their source of regular motivation simply by checking in on them.
Channel your athletic glory days and help young athletes level up their game. You can set your own rate and CoachUp private coaches report earning an average of $45 an hour.
Connect with clients through your gym, NextDoor, or through a marketplace like FindYourTrainer.
Bookkeeping
Perhaps you’re a person who just “gets” numbers. If so, bookkeeping may be right up your alley.
Bookkeeping is such an essential service for any business, small or large, to invest in.
A trustworthy bookkeeper needs to be organized and pay attention to the little details when going over someone’s financial records. Be sure to keep up with tax codes and important filing deadlines as well.
You can work remotely as a bookkeeper, so the job is the ultimate in flexibility. Plus, you can take on as few or as many clients as you want and be in charge of your schedule and rates.
The comprehensive course, Bookkeeper Business Launch, can teach you the skills you need to be a bookkeeper and the business side of starting it as a side hustle.
Become a photographer
If you have a nice camera and a good eye, snapping a few photos might be just the thing you need to figure out how to make extra money. You can go as all in with this as you want. Maybe you only shoot family sessions and birthday cake smashes on the weekends. Or maybe you decide to start a business as a wedding photographer! The choice really is up to you.
Check the going rates for sessions in your area and think about setting your prices a little lower to stick to your competition. Let’s say you make $75–100 a session. That can add up pretty fast!
Become a financial coach
Are you passionate about helping people take control of their money? Cool cool. Us too. You can make some extra cash through financial coaching in your spare time—no special skills are required. Our Financial Coach Master Training will walk you through all the tools you need to help bring people hope as they figure out this whole money thing.
Put your drone to work
The market for drones is expanding. Companies hire out work like aerial inspection, photography, and land mapping. So if you’re already a drone enthusiast, why not make extra money with your aircraft? You first need to register it with the Federal Aviation Administration and obtain certification from the agency for commercial use. Then, you can apply for gigs as a drone pilot. Learn how to make money with drones.
Data entry clerk
Consider becoming a data entry clerk where your daily tasks include entering and updating data into a client’s database. You typically get paid by the hour to add files to the database. Data entry clerks may also compile information, prepare the source data for entry and ensure the data’s accuracy.
Grow a garden
If you have a green thumb, you can start a garden and sell the produce. Promote your produce, plants, flowers, etc., on social media or create a website for local shoppers to check out. Farmers’ markets are also great venues to display and sell your products. Try seasonal items or weekly boxes, depending on your garden yields and customer needs.
Plan weddings or special events
Take the stress out of others’ weddings by being a wedding planner, also known as an event planner. If you’re organized, familiar with local businesses, and are a people person, this could be a good at-home job for you. Duties include booking venues, getting bids for flowers and catering, arranging for photographers and videographers, conducting the rehearsal, and troubleshooting issues that might arise. Some churches and venues also hire wedding coordinators for their facilities.
Knife Sharpening
Matt Rowell taught himself how to sharpen knives on YouTube, and turned it into a $250-1500 a month side business.
Create an Outschool Class
Outschool is a marketplace for online small-group classes for kids. Jade Weatherington reported earning over $10,000 a month from her virtual writing classes.
One-on-One Language Lessons
With Verbling, you can set your own hourly rate for online language lessons. Most tutors appear to be in the $10-25 an hour range, and Verbling says some are earning a full-time living on the platform.
Refinishing Furniture
Flipping furniture is a popular side hustle for people who like to work with their hands. Solid wood dressers are the easiest pieces to start with, and if you’re going for the “rustic farmhouse” look, your painting doesn’t need to be perfect.
Aim to buy used furniture for $50 or less, and resell it for $150-300 on Facebook Marketplace.
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