How To Make Money Without a Job In High School

As a high school student, life can get really busy. In between doing your schoolwork, helping with house chores and finding time to hang out with your friends, there is not much time left to work a full-time job.

This however does not mean that you cannot make money while still in high school. On the contrary, there are plenty of ways in which kids can make money either online or offline by completing certain tasks. It for sure will not be easy. You will have to put in a lot of hard work just like everyone else trying to make a living but it will be worthwhile. You will in the process learn valuable life lessons that will help you with your future undertakings.

With this in mind, let us now take a look at the different ways you can make money while in high school. The suggestions listed below are legit and can easily enable you to make up to $60+ a month.

Tutoring

Are you good at a certain subject, maybe math, science or even a foreign language? Then you can be able to make money by tutoring other kids. This option had to top the list because it is a very lucrative idea. Ideally, the average pay for a tutor is around $15 per hour or even per subject. Therefore, you can be able to earn so much by tutoring just about two kids for at least two hours a day or even two subjects.

Also, depending on your expertise and availability, you can be able to charge more.

Get Paid To Be a Friend

This is a fun way to make money for a high school kid. What you need to do is simply sign up in one of (or a couple) of the sites that offer such services and sign up to be a companion for hire.

You are then able to set your rates and interested people will hire you to be their companion (get paid for companionship) for some of the easiest tasks such as accompanying them to an amusement park, going for a walk in the park, hitting the gym, going to the beach, attending weddings or gatherings amongst many other ideas.

YouTube Content Creation

These days, we have people who rely on YouTube as their main source of income. This goes to say that there is a high earning potential on YouTube if you put in the time and effort to produce high-quality content. Having reached the minimum threshold of followers required to start earning on YouTube, you will then start earning money based on the viewership per video.

The advantage of YouTube is that you get to choose what type of content you want to be uploading based on your interests and hobbies as well as getting to decide your working days and hours.

Camera shy? Do not worry because there are a lot of video ideas for YouTube that you can do without even having to show your face.

Affiliate Marketing

This involves marketing products and services for someone else, an individual or a company, and getting paid for every sale or lead you make. To be able to start making money as an affiliate, you need to sign up to become one on some affiliate program. Once approved, you will be given your unique referral link. Now you can start promoting products and earn money.

To become a successful affiliate marketer, you need to be able to do adequate research on market trends to know which products to push that are likely to sell well.

Freelance Writing

Do you enjoy writing and doing research? If yes, then you should consider freelance writing. Writing jobs are high in demand right now hence you will be able to start making a decent amount of money almost immediately. The advantage of freelancing gigs is that you get to decide when to work and what jobs you are willing to work on.

The main challenge will be to land your first five clients, however, as you progress, getting clients will become much easier as they will easily trust you based on your job success rate.

Photography

Photoshoots have become a very sought after service. This is thanks to this era of social media that just demands you to have good photos, whether for your account or a business account.

Therefore, if you love taking pictures and can take nice shots, then this is for you. There are so many ways to make money through photography such as charging for photoshoots or product shoots, selling your photos or even teaching others how to do good photography.

Either way, you will be able to make a good amount of money through your skills.

Make Money Playing Video Games

If you are a video game enthusiast, you probably already have heard that one can make money playing video games online.

There are so many available games in the market today with some of them enabling you to earn rewards by trying out new games. Therefore, whenever you have the time, you can always try out one of these games and earn money.

Another way to earn money by playing video games is by live streaming your games. There are a bunch of legit video game live streaming sites that enable you to make money while at it. This can be through sponsorships, advertisements, donations or even partnerships.

Become a Social Media Influencer

The marketing game has changed from what it used to be. These days marketing is done by social media influencers whose work is to find out what’s trending and letting people know about it.

Therefore, when you put together social media and trends, there is no one better suited for this than a teenager. These are the social media experts. If you have a huge active following on social media, you can approach brands to offer your marketing services and get paid for these services.

Bottom Line

These are just but a few options we have highlighted. Other opportunities include taking online surveys, making and selling crafts or even starting a business amongst many other options.

Therefore, if you were struggling to figure out how to make money while in high school, you can now try any one of the ideas highlighted.