Side hustlers make $1,122 per month on average from their part-time work — up from $686 last year, according to Bankrate.
Jobs are more plentiful, the overall economy has been on an upswing, and yet one-third of Americans say they need to work a side job to pay their routine expenses, according to a new survey.
Why American workers are hustling “A lot of people are working side hustles because even though the economy is strong, wages are stagnant,” Amanda Dixon, an analyst at Bankrate, told MarketWatch. “For a lot of Americans, expenses are rising, but there are no raises at work.” The only issue is that the job is part-time. Seefried decided to take on a bartending job on the side to earn some extra money.
From crafting to child care: what gig workers are doing Side gigs include everything from working as a bartender like Seefried to running online blogs or social media accounts. The most common side hustles in 2018 were home repair and landscaping, selling products online, crafts, and child care, according to Bankrate.Though Uber UBER, -1.69% and Lyft LYFT, -3.
Nicaila Matthews Okome, a 35-year-old Washington, D.C., resident, started blogging while looking for a full-time job after finishing graduate school.
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