Do you want to work from home and earn much more than minimum wage? If so, this article should get your wheels spinning. I created a list of several companies that pay their workers $20 an hour or more to work from home.
This goes without saying, but when you’re talking about this type of compensation, you’re often talking about companies that are more likely to require a very specific skill set or college degree.
It’s not as common to find a work from home job that pays in this range and where you don’t need any prior skills or experience to get started.
And if you don’t have the skills or experience to complete the tasks listed below, keep in mind that at least now you know where the money is!
So, if you are considering continuing your education in order to get a better paying job, you know which sectors to focus on.
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Puffy – Customer Support Representative. UNITED STATES. Full time. You will answer customer questions and resolve issues for a well-known online mattress brand using chat, email, and other support tools. Requires 1-2 years of customer support experience, 50+ WPM typing speed, and familiarity with support tools such as Zendesk or Gorgias; Experience in e-commerce is a plus. Up to $22.50 per hour plus an uncapped monthly performance bonus. Benefits include medical insurance and a learning budget of up to $5,000 per year.
Pulley – Customer Success Manager at Scale. UNITED STATES. Full time. You will manage a large portfolio of startup clients, helping them leverage an equity management platform through onboarding, training and retention programs. Requires 1-3 years of customer success experience, strong communication skills, and comfort working with data and high account volumes. $81,000 to $90,000 per year. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, unlimited PTO, 401k matching, parental leave, and stipends for home office, learning, wellness, and AI tools.
Calmly (client: Zencare) – Social Media Manager. UNITED STATES. Contract/independent, approximately 20 hours per week, weekdays. You will manage organic and paid social media campaigns on Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook for a mental health SaaS platform, including daily publishing, ad testing and performance reporting. Requires 3+ years of experience managing social media for B2C and B2B brands and experience managing paid social campaigns. $45 to $55 per hour.
Literature Education – Bilingual Virtual Tutor. Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Southern California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia or Wisconsin. W-2 part-time, up to 25 hours per week, Monday – Friday 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM EST. You will provide online or small group tutoring in reading, math, or ESL/ELL to students in grades K-12. Requires experience or solid knowledge in the field and comfort with virtual tools. Background check and fingerprinting required (paid by company). $22.50 per hour, paid biweekly.
Walk (BloomNation) – Associated with customer success. UNITED STATES. Full time, remotely. Support floral partners and small businesses by phone, email and social media, resolve issues and help customers get the most out of the platform. Customer service experience preferred but not required; must be tech savvy and comfortable using tools like Zendesk and Salesforce. Pays $22.00 per hour plus an annual bonus of $10,000 paid quarterly. Benefits include medical, dental and vision care.
Back Office Betties – Virtual legal assistant. Texas, Georgia, Florida, Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania. Freelance, 1099 contract, part-time or full-time options. Provide remote administrative and legal support to law firms, including scheduling, document drafting, legal research and client communications. Requires 1-3 years of experience and familiarity with legal terminology, procedures and digital tools. Monday to Friday only. Pay $24.00 per hour.
ENSURE – Executive assistant. United States, most states (not available in CA, CO, MT, NJ, NY or PA). Freelance, 1099 contract, flexible remote control. Provide administrative support to leaders, including calendar and inbox management, document preparation, meeting coordination, and workflow organization. Requires 1-3 years of administrative or operational experience, strong communication skills and comfort with digital tools and AI. Background check required. Pay between $20.00 and $23.00 per hour.
Learner education – Online tutors. Learner Education is hiring online tutors for calculus, algebra, geometry, SAT test prep, and more. They require a bachelor’s degree and at least three years of tutoring experience. The salary is listed at $25 per hour.
Veterinary source – Specialist in the success of the practice, Account Manager. UNITED STATES. Full time. You will manage relationships with veterinary practices, identify growth opportunities, and sell Vetsource platform services to help practices improve performance and patient engagement. Requires an associate’s degree or equivalent experience and at least 2 years in sales, account management or customer service; Salesforce experience is a plus. Pay $22.89 to $28.00 per hour plus variable compensation target of $15,000. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k with match, paid parental leave, PTO, pet insurance and an employee assistance program. Background check required.
HighKey Agency – YouTube video editor. UNITED STATES. Contract (freelance), flexible schedule. You will edit long-form YouTube videos of 8-15 minutes or longer for aesthetic clients by creating a narrative structure, managing pacing, and using sound design and cutaways to create compelling story-driven content. Requires proven experience in long-form narrative editing and proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro or similar software; a portfolio of long-form work on YouTube is required to apply. Pay $25.00 per hour. No benefits; role of independent entrepreneur.
Looking for more?
If applicable, Flexible jobs is a good way to find them if you create an account and do a search. Their job board is not free, but I am a member and found it very useful because all job leads meet the following criteria:
- All jobs are either remote or flexible in nature
- Without scam (all jobs are verified by humans before being posted)
- No advertising or spam on their siteso you can navigate without distraction
- Hundreds of jobs posted every day through tons of categories
- Respected, long-standing and really useful
They let you try them for 14 days for $2.95. So there’s not much risk if you just want to create an account and see if you find anything you could apply for.
Good luck!
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