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• Get a Stipend With AmeriCorps Seniors

  $4 an hour

  $4.00 an hour is the rate AmeriCorps uses to build its grant budgets, not a promise to any one volunteer.

  You spend a few hours a week helping an older adult or a child one to one. If your income is low enough, you get a small tax-free stipend. It is budgeted at $4 an hour and does not count against other benefits.

  • Car helps
  • No phone needed
  • No computer needed
  • Some standing

  First money in about 4-10 weeks.

• Take Paid Studies on Prolific

  $8-12 an hour

  $8 an hour is the floor Prolific makes researchers meet.

  Researchers pay you to answer questions and do short tasks online. Prolific makes them pay at least $8 an hour. You need a computer, an ID and patience, because there is a waitlist to join.

  • No car needed
  • No phone needed
  • Computer needed
  • Can sit

  First money in about Unknown. There is a waitlist to join..

• Work the Polls on Election Day

  $75-300 a day

  For one election day.

  You help run a polling place for one long day. Pay is set by your state or county, not by any national rule. In the places we checked it ran from $75 to $300 for the day.

  • Car helps
  • No phone needed
  • No computer needed
  • Some standing

  First money in about 4-6 weeks after the election.

• Work a Community Service Job With SCSEP

  $7.25-20 an hour

  The highest of three things: the federal minimum wage, your state or local minimum wage, or what the same employer pays others for similar public work.

  SCSEP is a federal program for people 55 and over with a low income. You work about 20 hours a week at a school, senior center or other local place. You get paid at least the minimum wage where you live.

  • Car helps
  • No phone needed
  • No computer needed
  • Some standing

  First money in about 4-12 weeks.

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