Teachers play a crucial role in society. Their job is to shape young people into the adults who will shape the future.
But teachers don't earn as much as many other professions. The median annual salary for a high school teacher is $65,220, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. By comparison, software developers earn $130,160 per year and lawyers earn $145,760 per year.
Therefore, a side hustle can help many teachers earn some extra money. According to a recent survey by Bankrate, part-time teachers earn an average of $891 per month.
Here are three side hustles teachers should consider.
tutor
For teachers who have expertise in a particular subject area, tutoring could be “an easy entry into the world of side hustle,” says Jen Glantz, founder of Bridesmaid for Hire and author of the Monday Pick-Me-Up and Odd Jobs newsletters. Sites you can try include the following:
- Wyzant offers one-on-one tutoring both online and in person. The site offers tutoring in a range of subjects, including animation, the math SATs, and Spanish. Tutors set their own rates, but most set them between $25 and $100 per hour, according to Sidehusl.com. Wyzant charges a 25% fee on the tutor's hourly rate.
- Lessonface offers virtual tutoring in the arts, such as painting and banjo lessons, as well as several languages. Lessons can be one-on-one or in groups. Tutors set their own prices, and the website charges a 15% fee for students they find through the website and 5% for students the tutors recruit themselves. A Mandarin tutor currently charges $60 per hour, and a knitting tutor charges $50 per hour.
- TutorOcean is another platform where tutors can teach online or in person in a variety of subjects from physics to essay writing. Tutors set their own prices and the site takes a fee of 10% or 20% – depending on how well students find the course. A math tutor charges $25 per hour and a neuroscience tutor charges $65 per hour.
Etsy Seller
One way for teachers to earn passive income “is to go on Etsy and create tutorials,” says Glantz. Another website that offers this type of service is Teachers Pay Teachers. Both allow teachers to publish the lesson plans they've used in their own classrooms and sell them to other teachers. The benefit is that teachers only have to publish these lessons once and can continue to sell them long afterward.
For example, one Etsy seller is offering a kindergarten lesson plan for the entire school year for $3.50. A teacher is selling a first-day-of-school activity for an 8th-grade U.S. history class on Teachers Pay Teachers for $4.
Etsy's fees include a setup fee, a listing fee of 20 cents per item, and a transaction fee of 6.5% of the item price. Teachers Pay Teachers charges fees such as a one-time membership fee of $29 or a premium membership fee of $60 per year.
Dog handler
Finally, there are a variety of gig apps that are easy to sign up for and use. These include DoorDash for food delivery, Lyft for rides, Instacart for grocery shopping, and Rover for dog walking.
Teachers in particular have the advantage of having time off in the summer. “Many of these gigs are much more fun in the summer,” says part-time job expert Kevin Ha. He emphasizes that walking dogs and delivering food are especially fun when the weather is nice.
Food delivery drivers earn an average of $18 per hour, according to ZipRecruiter. Dog walkers nationwide earn an average of $15 to $24 per hour, according to Care.com.
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