Work from Home Jobs that Pay More than $15 Per Hour (2022)
Work from the comfort of your home with these online remote jobs.
It’s always been my goal to get out of the office cubicle social system. Not that there’s anything wrong with it, it’s just something that right from the start, I knew wasn’t for me.
This year I’ve managed to quit my 9–5 job and become a full-time freelance writer. Well, that’s technically not absolutely true. I did have some side hustles to help pay the bills:
It was a goal in my mind even before I went to college. Of course, I didn’t know how I would accomplish it, but I’ve figured it out along the way just like everything in life.
If you’re planning to do the same, don’t just quit your job without any solid plan, especially if you have major financial responsibilities. This might help you in your endeavor:
Now, I live like gargoyle — barely going out of my bedroom/office/dining room. Yup, I’m living the dream: No traffic, no colleagues, and I can have a bottle of beer or two whenever I feel like it.
I’ve been researching remote jobs just to mix things up in my work life but I figured, why not share it here as well.
Here are work from home jobs that pay more than $15 per hour:
Online Editor
In order to find remote jobs as an online editor, the search is similar to that of virtual assistants, freelance writers and online proofreaders.
Check big blogs and sites to see if they are hiring for online editors and get in contact with blogging and editing Facebook groups to see who might know of a remote opening.
Always check Google and several job sites for these type of openings as well. You will be surprised by how much you can find with just a simple Google search. Online editors make an average of $50,000 per year.
Pay rate: $15–24 per hour
Social Media Manager
Buffer provides web-based social media management solutions. They allow all their workers to work remotely, and they provide transparent salary information.
When you click that link, you can see that the majority of their employees are making over $20 an hour. They often hire for many different positions — from engineers to customer support.
If you have social media manager experience, or just think you’re up for the challenge, Buffer may be perfect for you!
Pay rate: $20+ per hour
Medical Coder
What a medical coder does is abstracts clinical information from a variety of medical records and assigns appropriate ICD 10 CM and/or CPT codes to patient records according to established procedures.
You do not need a college degree for this type of work and actually most of the remote medical coder jobs are looking for people with a high school degree or equivalent work experience.
SimplyHired is a great resource for medical coder jobs and here are 20 best remote medical coder jobs hiring now!
Pay rate: $21–26 per hour
Online Interpreter
If you are bilingual or multilingual, why not profit off of your translation skills?
You can work from the comfort of your home translating for online travel companies and other sites.
Online interpreters make an average of $79,000 a year! That makes me want to up my French speaking skills for sure.
Check out these 7 Companies with remote jobs in translation.
Pay rate: $20 — $40 per hour
Online Proofreader
If you can’t stand it when you see the usage of “your” in an online comment, when it should indeed be “you’re”, then an online proofreader could make a suitable side hustle idea.
There are multiple websites you can check out if you’re interested in this. So many that if I put it all here, we’ll all get bored out of our minds.
Thank goodness for Google!
Pay rate: $20 per hour
Customer Service
If you have experience with customer service, I suggest looking at Remote.co for remote customer service rep opportunities.
Indeed is another great site for finding remote customer service opportunities. I see Amazon on Indeed always hiring for this kind of position.
I heard that another great resource for finding these opportunities is NexRep who hires customer service reps and outbound sales agents as independent contractors.
Your work will involve making and receiving inbound and outbound calls then handling email support.
Pay rate: $20 — $25 per hour
Obviously this is just to give anyone an idea if they’re planning on working from home. Yes, this is a disclaimer: I haven’t tried all of them except for editing and proofreading.
I ventured into customer service for a while but I found out how low my tolerance for people is —it’s not for me.
If you’re planning on becoming a full-time freelance writer, there are a few things you should know about:
No matter what job you choose, even if it’s your dream job, it’s still hard work but regardless we should be thankful for it.
