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What Jobs Are Best For College Students?

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  1. Administrative assistant. National average salary: $14.84 per hour. …
  2. Animal caretaker. National average salary: $11.53 per hour. …
  3. Bank teller. National average salary: $12.29 per hour. …
  4. Barista. …
  5. Brand ambassador. …
  6. Customer service representative. …
  7. Line cook. …
  8. Receptionist.

What are good paying jobs for college students?

  • Driver (Independent Contractor) National average salary: $1,578 per month. …
  • Campus Representative. National average salary: $10.94 per hour. …
  • Barista. National average salary: $11.59 per hour. …
  • Bartender. …
  • Teaching assistant. …
  • Resident advisor. …
  • Library assistant. …
  • Teller.

What are the best part time jobs for college students?

  • IT Support Specialist.
  • Driver.
  • Delivery Person.
  • Brand Ambassador.
  • Barista.
  • Babysitter.
  • Animal Caretaker.
  • Social Media Assistant.

What is a good first job for college students?

Five great general entry-level jobs:


Administrative Assistant

.

Social Media Assistant

.

Student IT Technician

.

Research Assistant

.

Is $50 an hour good?

Making

50 dollars an hour is good pay

.

If you work part-time, 50 dollars an hour, 20 hours a week, you would earn $2,000 before taxes. If you work full-time, every two weeks, you would make $4,000 before taxes and approximately $3,000 after taxes.

How can I make $20 an hour?

  1. Full charge bookkeeper. National average salary: $20.60 per hour. …
  2. Medical coder. National average salary: $20.87 per hour. …
  3. Carpenter. National average salary: $20.72 per hour. …
  4. Wind turbine technician. …
  5. Solar installer. …
  6. Tester. …
  7. HVAC installer. …
  8. Personal trainer.

What is a good part-time job for a highschool student?

  1. Babysitter or Nanny. Babysitting is one of the oldest jobs in the world — predating the cash economy, the invention of the wheel, and who knows what else. …
  2. Grocery Store Employee. …
  3. Digital Entrepreneur. …
  4. Food Delivery Driver. …
  5. Landscaping and Lawn Care Worker. …
  6. Mover. …
  7. Lifeguard. …
  8. Barista.

How can I make a lot of money in college?

  1. Rideshare Driver. If you’ve got a car on campus, you can make good money driving for Uber, Lyft or another ridesharing platform. …
  2. Delivery Driver. …
  3. Virtual Assistant. …
  4. Babysit. …
  5. Pet Sit/House Sit. …
  6. Sell Unneeded Belongings Online. …
  7. Take Tasks and Jobs on Demand. …
  8. Sell Your Study Materials.

How I can earn money as a student?

  1. SwagBucks.
  2. ySense.
  3. NeoBux.
  4. InboxDollars.
  5. AyuWage.

How do you get a job as a student with no experience?

  1. Address the issue. If you lack experience, don’t try to brush over the fact. …
  2. Focus on what you DO have. …
  3. Find experience you didn’t know you had. …
  4. Create some experience. …
  5. Demonstrate your intent. …
  6. Network. …
  7. Apply speculatively. …
  8. Get an interview.

Do most college students work?

The Georgetown report found that

70 percent of full-time college students are working

. … Still, low-income working students are more likely to work full-time than those who are high income (26 percent versus 22 percent). The majority of students across income brackets are working 15 to 35 hours per week.

What jobs pay $100 an hour?

  • Life coach. …
  • Underwater welder. …
  • Freelance photographer. …
  • Political speechwriter. …
  • Tattoo artist. …
  • Massage therapist. …
  • Interior designer. …
  • Commercial pilot.

What jobs pay $50 an hour?

  • Computer and information research scientist. …
  • Computer hardware engineer. …
  • Judge and hearing officer. …
  • Mathematician. …
  • Nuclear engineer. …
  • Physicist and astronomer. …
  • Political scientist. …
  • Sales manager.

What is 50k a year hourly?

An average person works about 40 hours per week, which means if they make $50,000 a year, they earn

$24.04 per hour

.

What is Mcdonald’s salary?

Annual Salary Hourly Wage Top Earners $59,500 $29 75th Percentile $45,500 $22 Average $33,834

$16
25th Percentile $20,500 $10

How much is 20 dollars an hour monthly?

Since there are 2,080 working hours in a year if we divide that by 12 we get 173 working hours a month on average. 20 multiplied by 173 is a monthly wage of

$3,460

. With an hourly wage of $20, you will make $3,460 a month on average before taxes.

Edited and fact-checked by the FixAnswer editorial team.
Rachel Ostrander

Rachel writes about the work world, covering career advice, workplace skills, job searching, and professional development.