5 Summer Side Hustles That Could Earn You $500+ a Week — No Experience Needed
When you were a teenager, you spent your summers scooping ice cream or lifeguarding to make some extra cash. Though a lot has changed since then — and you’re probably grateful you abandoned your adolescent hairstyle — your desire to make extra money in the summer remains the same. Now, you may be aiming to bring in $500 or more a week.
That’s not an insignificant amount of money. But you don’t want to undergo special training for a side hustle; you’re also not on the hunt for roles that require extra experience. MoneyLion reviewed several options that can potentially bring in $500 a week — depending on where you live, demand, and how many hours you’re willing to work — without requiring experience.
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1. Taking Online Surveys
Want a role you can do from the comfort of your home? Eager to make money by sharing your opinions? Taking online surveys might be an easy — and even fun — way to make extra money this summer.
Side Hustle Nation listed a few common sites to investigate:
Swagbucks
KashKick
Survey Junkie
Product Report Card
InboxDollars
American Consumer Opinion
Side Hustle Nation also shared another perk of this side hustle — you can do it just about anywhere, even while you’re waiting in line.
2. Becoming a Package Handler
When Redditors in the r/sidehustle subreddit discussed side hustles that could net several hundred dollars a week, one Redditor mentioned taking shifts as a package handler at his local FedEx warehouse.
This Redditor described himself as an athletic man in his 30s who found it easy to make $500 a week while also balancing a full-time remote job. He added that he discovered the UPS location in his area was paying even more.
If you’re physically fit and want a more dynamic, active role over the summer, becoming a package handler for a company like FedEx, UPS or Amazon might be right for you.
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3. Cleaning Houses and Office Spaces
If you’re known among friends and family for having kitchen floors you could eat off of, you might be able to use your cleaning skills to clean up financially.
Using platforms like TaskRabbit — or even word of mouth from friends and family — you can connect with clients looking to get their homes and offices cleaned.
You can set your own prices, and rates often scale based on the size of the space or time required. That means cleaning just a few homes per week could help you approach or reach your $500-a-week goal, depending on your pricing and workload.
The opportunity to build relationships with repeat clients can also help you earn consistently throughout the year.
4. Dog Walking and Pet Sitting
With many people going on summer vacation, dog walkers and pet sitters can find themselves in high demand. If you’re responsible, can follow directions and love animals, signing up for a service like Rover can connect you with people who will pay for your help.
In addition to creating a profile on Rover, you can also build a reputation as a dog or cat whisperer among friends and family. Though you don’t need to take on extra training for this role, spending extra time learning how to care for birds or more exotic animals, such as lizards or snakes, could help you establish a niche skill that allows you to charge more.
5. Helping People Move
Summertime can be prime moving season, which means many people with strong backs and pickup trucks are now dodging phone calls from relocating friends. But someone has to help them move, and that someone could be you if you put yourself on a platform like TaskRabbit or get hired by a private moving company.
You don’t need specialized skills for this role, just physical strength and enthusiasm for a job that lets you get a workout in while making extra money.
High demand in the summer could mean more opportunities to pick up shifts — and more chances to boost your earnings.
The Bottom Line
Your choice of side hustles may have changed since the days you were slinging iced coffees before your lifeguarding shift at the local pool, but you can still use the summer months to make extra income.
Depending on factors like demand in your area, your availability and how many clients or shifts you take on, it’s possible to build a mix of side gigs that brings in $500 or more per week — even without prior experience.
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