Most lists of side gigs assume you drive, own a computer and can stand for hours. This one asks first. Answer four questions and see only the work you can actually take.
$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.
$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.
$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.
Most side gig lists rank work by what it pays. That is the wrong first question. Start with what you have, then look at pay. Here is the order that saves you time.
We went to 19 gig platforms and looked for one thing on their own websites: what the work pays. Twelve of them do not say. Here is the list, and what to do when a platform will not tell you.