33 Real Online Jobs That Anybody Can Do And Make a Good Living

Remote jobs are starting to become the norm and it's a great time to find real online jobs that you can do on the side or make into your full-time career.

Whether you're working for someone else in an online job or starting your own business, there are a ton of benefits to working from home.

Ditch your commute, create your dream work environment, and wear cozy socks and pajama pants at your desk with your dog cuddling your feet and a podcast playing in the background.

It's the ultimate dream for many people.

According to a recent survey, people working from home reported being 22% happier than people who didn't work from home. Other interesting facts include:

• Employers save $11,000 per year per employee for at-home workers
• Employees save $2,300 to $4,000 per year working from home

Not to mention, there are other benefits such as remote work being better for the environment and increasing levels of productivity in employees, with remote workers experiencing less stress, more focus, and a better work-life balance.

Who wouldn't want a remote job that pays well, right?

Let's go!

1. Blogger

Bloggers make money writing and helping others. They write content about a niche while educating, inspiring, and entertaining their audience with their blog posts.

This is one of the best real online jobs for:

• People that like writing
• Creatives
• Internet-savvy individuals

You can choose any niche for your blog, from budget travel to petite fashion, hydroponic gardening, Italian cooking, and more. You'll get to research interesting topics in your niche and create blog posts to serve your audience.

Pay Potential: Indeed reports an average salary of $18.54/hour, but the pay range for bloggers is pretty vast.

Most bloggers don't make any money from their blog, but those who do make money can earn up to a part-time or full-time income.

Top bloggers like Jon Dykstra from Fat Stacks Blog make up to $90,000/month or more.

2. Social Media Manager

A social media manager creates and manages social media accounts for their clients. You'll be working intimately with social networks, doing tasks like:

• Creating social posts
• Responding to fan comments
• Engaging with fans
• Following and engaging with other social media accounts

This is a job for people who are:

• Interested in social media
• Well-organized
• Great communicators

Managing a company's social media account like their Instagram profile is going to be similar to how you'd manage your own Instagram account.

You want to have an online presence, be visible, and grow your fan base. Those are some goals your client might be working toward, as well.

This isn't difficult work but it is time-intensive. It takes careful planning and someone detail-oriented would be a great fit in this role.

3. Virtual Assistant

Virtual assistants (or VAs) are online personal assistants. They work with businesses and individuals to help them with various online tasks like:

• Data entry
• Email management
• Appointment setting

You will work with one or more clients, helping them with their daily needs in your virtual assistant business. This is a good fit for people that are helpful, organized, and have a background or interest in customer service or admin work.

You can also build your own business and source clients on your own so you can control your pay rate and choose who you work with. Get more tips in our guide on virtual assistant jobs for beginners.

4. Transcriptionist

Transcriptionists get paid to transcribe audio to written text. You type what you hear from an audio file into a written text transcript.

This is ideal for people who are good listeners with excellent attention to detail. You should be able to work in a quiet environment with a computer and headset.

Pay Potential: A transcriptionist can earn an average pay of $18.44/hour.

5. Proofreader

Proofreaders review documents for errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation. You should have a strong command of the English language and be able to spot mistakes in documents through proofreading.

Proofreaders like Caitlin Pyle have been able to start proofreading as a beginner and make $43,000 in her first year when she started!

6. Facebook Ads Manager

Working as a Facebook Ads Manager means you know media buying well. You'll work with clients to help them create, execute, and manage Facebook ads for their business.

7. Pinterest VA

A Pinterest VA (or Pinterest Virtual Assistant) is a VA specializing in Pinterest management. This can include doing tasks like:

• Creating Pinterest pins
• Setting up a content calendar and pinning a schedule
• Engaging with fans
• Growing the Pinterest account
• Managing a Pinterest ads campaign

This specialized virtual assistant position can be higher-paying than a general VA position since you'll be an expert in Pinterest.

If you know how to manage and grow your own Pinterest account and have a good understanding of how the platform works, then you can do this job. It's one of the top real online jobs for social media lovers.

Pay Potential: New Pinterest VAs can charge a starting rate of $15/hour with seasoned Pinterest VAs fetching up to $75/hour.

8. Dropshipper

Dropshipping is a low-startup-cost eCommerce model that has been growing in popularity over the past several years. The industry is expected to grow by just over 24% by 2026.

There are many ways to do dropshipping, whether you want to use eBay, Amazon, etc.

Unlike a traditional eCommerce model where you'll hold inventory and ship the order yourself, the dropshipper will take on this task.

The benefit is cost-savings and potentially saving time in order processing:

• You don't have to invest in buying inventory in bulk
• You can instantly delegate the order processing and shipping to the dropshipper, saving time

Essentially, you're outsourcing the order processing and shipping.

9. Freelance Writer

Freelance writers make money creating content for publishers, such as:

• Articles
• Blog posts
• White papers
• Product descriptions
• eBooks or novels

If you're curious about what real online jobs exist for creatives, freelance writing is a good example.

For creatives that enjoy writing, this job might be for you. You may work with one or a variety of clients on different projects.

Top writers make up to six figures, like Alex Fasulo who earns just under $400,000 per year writing on Fiverr.

Pay Potential: Freelance writers earn an average of $25.70/hour.

10. Graphic Designer

Working as a graphic designer means you'll be doing design work for clients like:

• Designing websites
• Creating logos
• Business card design

You don't need a design background or experience to work as a designer. There are tools you can use which can help you make designs for clients, like Canva.

Pay Potential: Graphic designers can make an average of $22.06/hour.

11. Book Reseller

As a book reseller, you will make money flipping books. This can include:

• Textbooks
• Novels
• Nonfiction books

You'll source books at a low price and resell them at a high price. Jarry Lew does this and earns $4,000+ per week from Amazon!

Pay Potential: The pay will vary based on your volume of books sold and profit per book.

12. Niche Website Builder

You will build niche websites that you can either keep for recurring revenue or flip for a profit. This involves picking a low-competition niche that you'll make the website about, then you'll add content and monetize the site.

This is a good online job for someone who knows how to:

• Create and manage websites
• Do search engine optimization (SEO)
• Rank websites
• Monetize websites

Keeping the site active for the long term can bring you potential recurring monthly income. Selling the site immediately would help you make a profit off your investment quickly, which you can put into the next niche website.

13. Website Designer

Website designers work with clients to design websites. These can include eCommerce stores, blogs, web directories, etc.

Web design is a niche within graphic design and you can use Canva for designing sites.

Pay Potential: Web designers earn an average of $26.52/hour.

14. Social Media Influencer

Social media influencers create content on social media and draw in an audience. They have influence over that audience and can make money from sponsorships and paid partnerships as a result.

Some ways influencers can earn money include:

• Brand deals: Partnering with sponsors who pay the influencer to talk about them on social media.
• Affiliate marketing: Referring products to their audience that earns them a commission as a result of a sale.
• Selling products or services: Creating and selling their own products and services to their audience.

Influencer marketing is a rapidly growing industry, projected to reach $24 billion by 2025.

This can be a very lucrative online job if you can monetize it correctly. Influencers like JaLisa Vaughn-Jefferson are making 6 figures per year. She made $700,000 in the first 6 months of 2021!

Pay Potential: An average salary of just over $52,000/year is reported for a social media influencer, according to Indeed, but the potential can be much more, as you can see.

15. Content Creator

A content creator is similar to a social media influencer in that they do create content for social media and publishers, but they don't need an audience to make money. That's because they get paid to create content for others.

Businesses pay content creators to create their social media content.

The work can include content like:

• Creating videos for TikTok
• Making video ads
• Filming video testimonials
• Creating static image posts for their Instagram feed

Content creation is ideal for creatives who like producing posts, videos, and images, and know their way around social media well.

16. Video Editor

Video editing requires attention to detail, creativity, and software savvy. You'll be using editing software to edit videos for your clients.

These can include:

• YouTube videos
• Instagram or TikTok videos
• Videos shot for website publication, etc.

You'll need to polish the video to make it into a professional film.

This doesn't necessarily require a lot of experience to do, you just need the know-how and understanding for using video editing software, which will do most of the work for you. If you can teach yourself to be a pro at the software, then you'll be set.

As there continues to be a shift in media toward more video content, this job will become even more in-demand in the future.

Check out our list of video editing company name ideas for naming suggestions for your new venture.

17. Amazon FBA Seller

Amazon sellers are individuals and businesses that sell to the public on the Amazon platform. Whether you go for Amazon dropshipping or selling on Amazon FBA, there's room to make a lot of money in this online job.

You can choose to sell products in a niche like camping or gardening, or you can sell a variety of different goods.

Pay Potential: The pay is variable based on the profits of each item you sell. New sellers can make up to thousands per month, as you can see from the above article.

18. Online Tutor

Online tutors are knowledgeable in one or more subjects and they make money helping students learn that subject. This is a good online job to supplement your income or you can take it full-time.

You can work for an online tutoring company, work a tutoring freelance job, or run your own tutoring business.

Some sites to check out for this include:

• Cambly
• Tutor.com

19. eBook Publisher

eBook publishers are authors that write and self-publish their eBooks. If you have an audience online or you know how to attract an audience, this could be a very lucrative online job to get into.

For writers that can publish one or more books, working as an eBook publisher might just be the dream job you were looking for.

eBooks are good for passive income as well. They can help you make money in your sleep.

20. Course Creator

Course creators make money building and selling online courses. You can build a course on virtually any topic you want, like:

• Watercolor painting
• Basket weaving
• Hand-knitting
• Digital marketing

Pick a niche, find your target audience, create your online course, and then sell it.

Pay Potential: Earning up to 7 figures like Jessica Larew of TheCourseCreatorsLounge is not out of reach. The amount you make from course creation depends on:

• Your audience
• The price of your course
• Your marketing efforts

Online education is a billion dollar industry and growing every year. This is a good online job to do on the side to start, with the potential of turning full-time with a large enough audience!

The income you make from course creation is an excellent form of passive income, too.

21. YouTube Creator

YouTube creators make money creating video content on the YouTube platform. They can make money from YouTube ads, affiliate marketing, brand deals, and selling their own products and services.

• Eric Worral makes $40,000/month from YouTube affiliate marketing
• Sarah Lavender earns between $1,000 to $6,000 per month
• Charlie Chang makes between $20,000 to $30,000+ per month

Pay Potential: The length of time it takes to earn money on YouTube varies from creator to creator. Making money on the platform is possible, but how much you make and how quickly you can start earning can vary.

22. Translation

Translation is perfect for people who know 2 or more languages. You'll make money translating one language into another language. The hardest part about this job is knowing a second (or more) language(s) so if you have this ability, you'll be set.

Pay Potential: The average salary of a translator is just over $52,700 per year.

23. Voice Actor

Voice actors make money doing voiceover work for publishers (find lots of options on these voice-over websites). This could be for audiobooks, movies, etc. To work in this field you should have:

• A clear speaking voice
• The ability to change your tone and mood while speaking, improvise, and imitate

There's a lot more skill to this job than you might think. It can take real work to master, but the good news is, literally anybody can do it, with some practice.

24. Customer Service Representative

If you're helpful and you like working with people and providing service, working as a customer service representative might be a good fit for you.

Customer service representatives help customers with their inquiries or issues. This can include:

• Processing payments
• Answering questions or inquiries
• Performing research on a request
• Servicing

There are many online customer service jobs hiring and some are very well-paying.

25. Data Entry Specialist

A data entry specialist is someone who makes money by entering data for their client. This could include:

• Adding data to a spreadsheet
• Filing and organizing data into a software program
• Maintaining a database

If you're a fast typist and know how to use basic computer programs for word processing, spreadsheets, and databases, then this job would be ideal.

26. Affiliate Marketer

Affiliate marketers make money referring products to people. They earn a commission on their successful referral.

That's how affiliate marketing works.

You can refer multiple products in your niche or varying niches and build your way up to a full-time salary with this.

There are many ways you can make money with affiliate marketing:

• Reddit affiliate marketing
• Instagram affiliate marketing
• YouTube affiliate marketing

And, if you're looking for passive income opportunities, affiliate marketing fits the bill!

27. Travel Agent

Travel agents help their customers book travel packages. They can sell flight packages, transportation, and entertainment to people or groups that are planning a trip.

If you like sales or you enjoy working with people and performing research to find the right travel package, working as a travel agent might be the online job you want to pursue.

28. Podcaster

Podcasters are creators that educate and entertain over digital radio. You can create a podcast show on virtually any topic you want:

• True crime
• Pinterest marketing
• Side hustles
• Traveling on a budget
• Couponing

The sky's the limit here.

You make money from podcasting through:

• Affiliate marketing: Sharing affiliate products and linking to them in your show notes is a way to make money from your podcast show (and some of the best marketing podcasts do this really well).
• Sponsors: Bringing on sponsors to pay for an ad spot is a smart way to monetize your show.
• Selling products and services: You can sell your own products and services to your audience.

Pay Potential: The median pay for a podcaster is $30 to $44 per hour.

29. Etsy Store Owner

Etsy is a handmade marketplace. Sellers on the platform are creatives that sell their handmade work on the platform. There are many categories sellers can sell in, like:

• Jewelry and accessories
• Home
• Clothing and shoes

This job is ideal for creatives that can hand-make goods for resale like knitted blankets, jewelry, digital art, online templates, etc.

Pay Potential: The average salary of an Etsy seller is $44,380.

30. Amazon Arbitrage

Reselling on Amazon with retail arbitrage is a path that many sellers take.

This is about sourcing goods at a low price and then reselling those items at a higher price, keeping the difference as your profit.

For example, you could find a slow cooker at Walmart on sale for $20 and resell it on Amazon at the retail price of $60, pocketing the difference as your profit (before fees). That's how retail arbitrage works.

Check out our article comparing two retail arbitrage tools that can help you succeed, Tactical Arbitrage vs Oaxray.

31. Business Coach

A business coach helps the business owner run their business so they can meet their goals:

• Help add clarity to their business vision
• Measure benchmarks and reporting
• Suggest and execute growth strategies

Pay Potential: A business coach can earn an average of just over $81,000 per year with top coaches like Donni Wiggins reportedly earning up to 7 figures per year.

32. Consultant

A consultant is an expert in a field like business, finance, operations, etc (we have an in-depth guide on how to start a consulting business that covers it all). They work with clients to help them improve in one or more areas, based on their expertise.

For example, a struggling business that's losing money might hire a business consultant to help turn the business around. The consultant will identify holes in the business that need to be filled.

They are looking to help their client improve so they can meet their goals and grow.

You don't need to be a seasoned or retired professional to consult. Anybody can do it.

This is a perfect pick from our roundup of real online jobs for experts who enjoy working with people.

Pay Potential: Consultants earn an average of $31/hour.

33. Online Business Manager

An online business manager (OBM) runs a business operation. There's the business owner and then the online business manager is right below them.

They might handle duties like:

• Virtual support for projects and team members
• Liaison between owner and team members
• Measuring goals
• Tracking key performance indicators
• Reporting

They are kind of like a virtual assistant but with more power and responsibilities in the organization.

What kind of jobs can I do online?

These 33 real online jobs are examples of jobs you can do online. Look at your skill set and interests to decide what path you'd like to take.

What are the best real online jobs right now?

The best real online jobs right now are service-based jobs because of:

• Low startup costs
• Flexible hours, in many cases
• Unlimited pay potential

If you can monetize your skills, there's no cap on how much you can earn online.

Real online jobs that are best for you

If you want to find a real online job to make money online, there are many options available. To find the right job for you, think about your skills, interests, and passions to choose the best job you'll enjoy.

Whether you decide to work as a VA, run Facebook ads for businesses, or pursue web design or another online job, you'll be able to work from the comfort of home. And, this list is just the tip of the iceberg.

If you don't find a job that's a fit for you, you can always create your own and build your own business based on your expertise and talents.

Which online job will you be doing?

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