Independent workers can make more money than employees with more flexibility than ever.
73% of freelancers earn more than when they were a traditional employee.
The skills that pay a lot ranges from finance, marketing, to high tech.
The following is the 20 highest payment skills per hour in US dollars:
- Legal Services Expert: $70 – $120
- Web Developer: $60
- Internet Security Specialist: $50
- SEO Specialist: $50
- Copywriter: $47
- Voice Actor: $46 - $52
- Recruiter: $46
- Teacher: $41
- Translator: $31
- Game Developer: $31
- Social Media Coordinator: $25
- Article and Blog Writing: $25
- Graphic Designer: $23
- Illustrator: $21
- Transcriber: $20
- 3D Modeller: $18 - $20
- Marketing Consultant: $13 - $25
- PR Consultant: $13 - $22
- Administration Support Officer: $11-$13
- Customer Service Support Officer: $8-$12
As we can see, most of these can do done over the Internet. It gives us freedom to work anywhere while earning money to more than avoid a location-independent lifestyle since we don't have to stay in places with jobs, which means we can move to cheaper places.
Top comments (6)
game devs earn just 1/2 of web devs?
Yep, employer argue that it's because it's a passion ahah :)
since it's a passion, it should be rewarded even more as it raises productivity significantly
It's an average between the abysmal paying jobs on freelancing sites and the higher-paying jobs.
Yeah, it should be this way indeed. However...
It's always tough to deal with freelancers, but I think now there's more choice and switching people is easier.