Let’s be honest, it would be nice to have some extra cash to enjoy life a little bit, and we’ve rounded up the best side hustles that will make you that dough but won’t interrupt your uni work too much!

Here are the part-time student jobs and how much money they can make you:

1. Tutoring/Research Assistant

If you have that one subject that you’re really good at, then use that exceptional talent to earn some money! Explore your uni's job board for opportunities and also reach out to your professors and express your interest in a tutoring role or being a research assistant for their current thesis.
Average Pay: $30-$100 per hour

2. Field Researcher/Focus Groups:

Heaps of marketing research companies always need participants for their ongoing research, and it’s not as creepy as medical experiments and you can keep your bodily fluids to yourself. Search for field researcher or marketing research on indeed and seek and something should pop up!
Average Pay: $29 per hour

3. Airtasker

This website can help you make $$ from any service you can offer, from removalist services to copywriting you can pick your price and availability. This website was made for side hustles. If you have a car you can offer any transportation service, or you can help someone with essay writing, copywriting, and even personal shopping. Whatever you think you can offer, pick your service, set your ad and price and let the offers come pouring in! Hot tip - You can set a total price or charge per hour, whatever you think would work best for you.
Average Pay: Depending on service

4. Freelance Writing

Love to write? Companies are always looking for casuals to help write social media copy, press releases etc. Indeed and Seek are your best bet to find these opportunities. You know all the jokes about companies social media interns running their socials? Yea well heaps of companies actually hire casuals/part-timers to run their socials and create content for it. That is all I did during uni to make some money, it was easy, helped me upskill and did not take too much of my time. Again, Indeed and Seek are your best bet to find good gigs.
Average Pay: $23-$20 per hour

5. Pet Sitting

Getting paid. to feed, walk. and cuddle pets is such a serotonin boost! Pawshake is a great website to sign up and you can pick whatever services you want to offer from dog-walking to homestays as well as daycare. It’s pretty handy with a student schedule and lets you have a pet experience with the heavy commitment.
Average Pay: $25/30 per day

6. Food Delivery

If you have a car/bike then food delivery is a good side hustle. The flexibility that comes with this role is what makes it awesome. Most delivery services pay per delivery so keep that in mind when you’re setting expectations on how much money you’ll make. Typically you can make more money during the weekend and also varies based on areas and availability.
Average Pay: $20- $30 per hour

The Best Student Jobs To Help You Make Some Extra Cash This Semester