Yahoo Finance $721 per job: The 10 highest-paid side hustles revealed
More Aussies are picking up side hustles and monetising their skills as the cost of living rises.
Nate Allen is one of the many Aussies using Airtasker to earn cash. Allen, who is a treadmill technician, is currently earning about $5,000 a month building basketball hoops, trampolines, gym equipment and bikes through the platform.
“This has been my full-time job for nearly 14 years but, nowadays, Airtasker is my main source of customers,” Allen told Yahoo Finance.
Allen joined Airtasker in 2018 and has now completed more than 1,800 tasks on the platform, and said he liked how flexible the work was.
“It’s flexible and, in Melbourne, there are lots of jobs on there constantly,” he said.
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With the cost of living rising, Airtasker co-founder and CEO Tim Fung said there had been more Aussies taking to the platform to earn some extra cash.
“In addition to an increase in people signing up, we’ve also seen that, of those who are signing up, they are more active across the marketplace, making more offers on posted tasks,” Fung told Yahoo Finance.
“When comparing Q1 '22 to Q2 '23, we’ve seen a 22.5 per cent increase in the amount of offers being made per Tasker.”
Removalists were the most in-demand last month, with 93 per cent more tasks than any other category on the platform. Categories like painting and gardening also experienced a 111 per cent increase, with homeowners looking for cost-effective ways to refresh their homes in the face of rising interest rates.
Top 10 jobs on Airtasker
If you’re keen to pick up a side hustle or take advantage of your existing skills, here are the 10 highest-paid skills on Airtasker:
Builder - $721
Cement rendering - $704
Ventilation installers - $635
Painting and painting services - $623
Concreter (including formwork) - $616
Insulation installation - $593
Concreter (excluding formwork) - $581
Flooring - $554
Carpet and tile flooring installation - $550
Ceiling contractor - $543
These are the 10 most in-demand skills on the platform:
Removalists - $190
Residential cleaning - $220
Handyperson - $245
Gardening/lawn mowing - $177
Furniture assembly - $173
Waste disposal collection - $165
Painting and painting services - $623
Pick up and delivery - $144
Plumber - $217
Mechanic - $197
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