27 Best Paying Part-Time Jobs For Seniors ( 50 Years+)

Are you a senior citizen looking for the best-paying part-time jobs? 

This article is for you because I’ve taken the time to research and come up with 27 of them.

You can do these jobs for a few hours a day and still get pay that can take care of your old age. 

Let’s look at them one after another.

1. Take High Paying Surveys ( My Best Pick: Best For Seniors With No Skills, Make Up To $200 In 30 Minutes)

Taking high-paying surveys is one of the part-time jobs that don’t require experience that a Senior in the US can do with their smartphone or desktop.

I make over $100 weekly since I joined SurveyJunkie and started taking surveys many times every day.

 I have been with them since 2022, and it is one of the best survey sites for US residents.

 It’s more lucrative than other survey sites because it sometimes involves a panel of discussions, and this type of survey can pay up to $200 for a single one you complete. 

And what they ask you are simple questions on events around you, asking you to give your opinion on current issues happening in society. 

For each survey you successfully take, you earn points, which you can redeem for PayPal Cash or Amazon, Walmart, and Starbucks gift cards. 

The process is simple: 

Join SurveyJunkie for FREE. 

Sign up with your active email address (You receive 25 points for signing up)

Check your inbox and click the green button to confirm your email (You receive 25 point bonus for confirming your email)

Complete your profile so that SurveyJunkie can find high-paying surveys that suit you (You receive 50 points for completing your profile)

That’s all.

Log in and start taking surveys and possibly get an invitation to join a discussion panel, where you can earn up to $200 for a 30 to 35-minute discussion where you give your honest opinion.

You can redeem your points for PayPal Cash, which is paid directly into your PayPal. 

Minimum withdrawal is $5.

2. Art & Craft ( Best for Seniors with disabilities)

Median hourly earnings: $10

Satisfaction rating: 77%

If you’re a senior citizen with a disability, I want to tell you that there is ability in disability. That means there are things you can do to make money while staying in one place. 

An example is making crafts and art. You can make paper cards for special occasions like Birthday, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, and New Year. It can also be making candles, soaps and other craft works that people in your community need. And nowadays, there is a marketplace where you can sell your art and craft to make money. 

An example is Etsy where people like you display their craft works for others that need them to buy. That’s a cool way of working part-time while generating money to take care of yourself.

You can read this article on how to sell on Etsy Australia. It’s the same process even if you are in Canada, the US, the UK, or any other country.

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3. Logo & Brand Identity Designing ( Best for seniors who want to do freelance jobs)

If you want to do freelancing as a part-time job, logo, and brand identity designing is a lucrative freelance gig you can sell and make money as a senior, especially on Fiverr. 

And why do I mention Fiverr?

It is the most popular freelancing platform for freelancers who want to make money online. Not only that, logo and brand identity designing is a high-in-demand service on Fiverr. 

So a high-in-demand service + a platform where you have businesses looking for it = making money fast.

What is logo and brand identity design?

A logo refers to a unique and easily recognizable visual symbol that represents a business, brand, or company. It is usually a mix of images, text, colors, and even a brand slogan.

Brand identity refers to an element that represents a business or brand across different marketing channels it uses to promote itself.  

Businesses combine logo design and brand identity to stand out from their competitors, build trust, and create impressions on their target customers.

So if you’re a creative person who can use graphics design tools like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, designing logos and brand identity for businesses is a lucrative part-time night job for you.  

From my research on Fiverr, logo designers charge up to $75 to design a basic logo. At the same time, sophisticated ones cost up to $995.

The interesting thing is that you can do these on a part-time basis at night. Let’s assume a Fiverr buyer placed an order to design a logo and your delivery duration is 3 days. You can get this project ready if you commit 2 hours per night to it. That’s a total of 6 hours. 

Brian Schmitt, a former Apple and Nike designer who now works as a multi-platform creative director has over 16 years of experience in logo and brand identity design. He has helped companies like Google, eBay, and Apple make billions of dollars just by creating brand identity that helps sell their products after.

 After recording a lot of success doing this, he decided to start Logo & Brand Identity For Designers where he teaches logo and brand identity designers how to create logos and brand identities that companies will pay thousands of dollars to have. He also shows you how to consistently get clients queuing for you to design logos and create brand identities for them.

So how do you get started with logo and brand identity designing?

The easiest way is to learn from Brian who has been doing this for over 16 years and has done it for the best companies in the world like Apple, Google, and eBay. Logo & Brand Identity For Designers has all you need to become a guru in logo and brand identity design, and also land clients that will pay handsomely for your service. 

After you have acquired the required skills, the next is to create an account on Fiverr as a seller and start selling this gig to brands and businesses.

4. Blogging ( Best for Seniors who want to make money online)

Median hourly earnings: $15

Satisfaction rating: 77%

Making money online isn’t popular among young people only. Senior citizens who are internet savvy can also make money online. 

So if you’re one of them, I’d like to tell you that blogging is one of the part-time jobs you can do online.

 Provided you have something valuable to share with other people, blogging can work for you.

 All it takes is for you to discover a niche you can always write an article on, choose a web hosting platform, design your blog, and start publishing articles. 

When your blog begins to drive traffic, you can monetize it with ads, affiliate marketing, or sponsorship. The interesting thing about blogging is that it’s a part-time job that will make you passive income. So you can be sleeping while the ads and affiliate links on your blog will generate revenue.

When you’re ready, you can read this article where I showed you how to start a blog.

5. Gardener 

Median hourly earnings: $10

Satisfaction rating: 80%

Percentage of time spent standing – 70%, walking – 30%

Older people like nature and if you’re one of them, you can start gardening right there at the back of your house. Yea, you can turn green things into green money and that can become a fun part-time job. You can grow vegetables like lettuce, cucumber, and tomatoes and sell them. You can also grow flowers if you love flowers like me. 

6. Tour Guide ( Best for Seniors in Las Vegas)

Median hourly rate: $25

Satisfaction rating: 85%

Legal Vegas is a popular tourist site in America. In 2021 alone, over 30 million people visited that beautiful city. 

If you live in Las Vegas and know the majority of the tourist sites within it, you can make yourself available to tourists who want to explore the city. You can become their guide, showing them how to locate Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Bellagio Hotel, Neon Museum, and other attractive tourist sites. In the end, they will pay for you the service you rendered to them. 

7. Elderly Companion ( Best for Seniors over 65)

Median hourly rate: $10

Satisfaction rating: 78%

This is another fun part-time job that can pay your bills. But it requires that you be friendly because providing companionship to the elderly means you have to be sympathetic, make them laugh, and share their pain. A lot of elderly people will pay to have someone within their age bracket to keep them company. Especially those that are sick or have no children. A senior citizen of 65+ years can take up this type of job and do it on a part-time basis. 

8. Driving Services

 Median hourly rate: $15

Satisfaction rating: 77%

Percentage of time spent standing – 30%, sitting- 70%

A lot of businesses and individuals need drivers. Schools need drivers to take school children to and fro. Rich individuals need personal drivers that can drive them. Grocery stores also need drivers that can deliver items to the homes of customers. So there are a lot of opportunities here. All it requires is having a valid driver’s license and being in good mental health. 

9. Personal Shopper ( Best no experience part-time job)

Median hourly rate: $10

Satisfaction rating: 77%

Some rich folks need personal shoppers – people who can buy items for them. This is a common part-time job in rich cities like Los Angeles and Las Vegas. It’s one of the jobs that doesn’t require any experience. The person you want to shop for makes a list of items they want. Yours is to go to the store of their choice to buy the item exactly as they want it. 

Read this article if you want to know more about no-experience jobs you can do.

10. Pet Care ( Best for Seniors with veterinary experience)

Median hourly rate: $25

Satisfaction rating: 80%

Many homes, especially in the United States, have pets. It can be a dog, cat, monkey, or bird. They need experienced veterinary personnel to take care of their pet. It can be to vaccinate or groom them to look healthy and attractive. As a veterinary doctor, you can do this job on a part-time basis and earn money to take care of yourself. 

11. Tutoring ( Best for Seniors that want flexible hours)

Median hourly rate: $15

Satisfaction rating: 80%

Percentage of time spent standing – 20%, sitting – 80%

If you’re talented in impacting knowledge, being a tutor is one of the part-time jobs you can do as a senior citizen. It is a great fit for retired teachers who want to do flexible-hour jobs and make money. 

Let’s assume you can teach mathematics to a high school student. You can just let people in your area know about this.

There are a lot of high school students who struggle with mathematics and need help. They will agree to have you teach them on your own time while their parents pay per hour. If you’re internet savvy, you can sign up on platforms like Cambly, Tutor Me, Tutor Ocean to teach students subjects you specialize in and get paid hourly.

12. Makeup Artists ( Best for senior women who are beauty enthusiasts)

Median hourly rate: $15

Satisfaction rating: 80%

Percentage of time spent standing – 80%, sitting – 20%

People attend events almost every weekend. And making up to look attractive is a serious business for many elderly women. So becoming a makeup artist is lucrative, and you can do it within 2 hours for a client.

All it takes is for women around your community to know that you’re a makeup artist. They will hire your service once they need it, especially during weekends. You can even learn more about makeup from YouTube channels like HotandFlashy. 

13. Customer Service Representative 

Median hourly rate: $12

Satisfaction rating: 75%

Percentage of time spent standing – 60%, sitting – 40%

If you can take calls, respond to emails, and help people resolve issues with products and services they bought, then customer service representative is a part-time job you can do as a senior citizen. 

Many businesses need people who can help them with customer service. Ask around within your locality, and you will be amazed at the number of businesses willing to hire you. 

14. Retail Associate

 Median hourly rate: $12

Satisfaction rating: 70%

Percentage of time spent standing – 60%, sitting – 40%

You can become a retail associate in that local store near you. Ask any business around your locality if they need someone that can help customers while they shop.

It can be to answer questions about a particular product or help them arrange items they have bought. All it takes is for the store owner to train you on items in the store, and you agree with them on the number of hours you will work in a day. 

15. Realtor

Median hourly rate: $30

Satisfaction rating: 85%

Percentage of time spent standing – 70%, sitting – 30%

People often look for properties to buy. And they don’t know how to connect them to properties that are for sale. You can become a realtor and charge your clients for each property you help them purchase. This is a lucrative part-time job that can see you cash out a huge amount of money.

 In fact many of the realtors I know charge on percentage. Let’s assume a property is selling for $100,000. You can agree with your client that he will pay you 3% of the total amount they bought the property as commission.

What I like about realtor jobs is that you charge based on the total amount the properties are sold. The higher the amount, the more you can make as commission. Your job is to consistently look for property owners who want to sell their stuff. Then bring clients that will buy them. 

16. Dog Walking/ Pet Sitting

Median hourly rate: $10

Satisfaction rating: 80%

Percentage of time spent standing – 30%, walking – 70%

If you love animals, dog walking or pet sitting is a part-time job you can do as a senior. 

There are a lot of dog owners who can pay you to walk their dogs out for 2 hours every weekday. In fact, it’s also a way of exercising yourself to keep fit. Ask dog or pet owners around your neighborhood if they need someone to walk their dogs around.

You can join Facebook groups for dogs in your city and to see if a dog owner is looking for someone to walk their dog around. Websites like Wag and Rover let you create a profile and network with dog-walking or pet-sitting roles. 

17. Home Organizing ( Best for Seniors with a decoration sense)

Median hourly rate: $20

Satisfaction rating: 78%

Percentage of time spent standing – 60%, walking – 40%

Home organizing is a part-time job for you if you are good at decoration. Some people buy houses, renovate them and look for home organizers to make their new home look beautiful. It could be setting positions for flowers, choosing where the waste bin should be located, etc. Be on the lookout for houses that are being renovated around you and ask the owners if they would need a home organizer. You can work with realtors and ask them to connect you to people who bought new houses or renovated them and want someone to organize it for them. 

18. Substitute Teacher ( Best for retired teachers)

Median hourly rate: $13

Satisfaction rating: 76%

Percentage of time spent standing – 60%, sitting – 40%

You can become a substitute teacher to replace regular teachers when they are absent due to sickness or other unforeseen circumstances.

 But first, you must have to be a licensed teacher to do this type of part-time job. Go to high schools around you and submit your resume to school management, so they can contact you once a teacher who you can replace on a short term is absent. 

Working as a substitute teacher brings you close to working as a permanent part-time teacher. Yes, some schools need part-time teachers to attend to pupils with learning difficulties and this can pay you more than being a substitute teacher. 

19. Seasonal Worker

Median hourly rate: $15

Satisfaction rating: 70%

Percentage of time spent standing – 70%, walking – 30%

Working seasonally is another part-time job you can do as a senior citizen. For example, I see a lot of elderly people help remove snow in their neighborhoods during winter. Local authorities employ them, provide them with the equipment they need and pay them up to $15/hour.

If you live in the United States or Canada, you can make an inquiry from the relevant environmental agency in your locality about the availability of this kind of part-time job during winter. This is just one of them. There are others like summer camp counselors, fruit pickers, etc.

 20. Language Tutor ( Best for Seniors who understand multiple languages)

Median hourly rate: $10

Satisfaction rating: 77%

Percentage of time spent standing – 20%, sitting – 80%

If you speak more than one language, there are a lot of people who are ready to pay you up to $10/hour to teach them on a part-time basis. Let’s assume you speak French and Spanish fluently. You can register on platforms like Memrise and Duolingo for free to offer such services to people that want to learn French and English. You have the flexibility to set your working time and the amount you charge. With just a laptop and a strong internet connection, you can begin this job. 

21. Virtual Assistant ( Best for Seniors who want to work from home)

Median hourly rate: $15

Satisfaction rating: 80%

This is the best part-time job for seniors and retirees that want to work from home. It involves offering office assistants to businesses from home. It could be making online calls, booking appointments, scheduling meetings, etc. There are a lot of clients who look for VAs on platforms like Fiverr and Upwork. So hurry up and create an account on any of these platforms to begin work as a VA on a part-time basis.

22. Online Transcription 

Median hourly rate: $10

Satisfaction rating: 80%

Online transcription is another kind of part-time job you can do as a senior citizen. It involves listening to an audio or video and carefully transcribing it into readable text without distorting the meaning. 

If you speak multiple languages, you can make cool money doing this type of job because a lot of businesses need people that can transcribe audio from one language to another. If this is what you can do, rush to Scribie, Rev, or TrancribeMe to create an account and start applying for a transcription job. You can earn more than $10 per hour depending on the duration of the audio and video you transcribe. 

23. Security Guard

 

Median hourly rate: $30

Satisfaction rating: 70%

Percentage of time spent standing – 70%, walking – 30%

Safeguarding people’s property from theft and vandalism is a part-time job you can do as a senior. 

It is more suitable for veterans who have retired from the military or police. They are trained for this kind of job and if you are one of them, you can make inquiries from stores around you to know if they need a security guard. This is shift work, so you can work a few hours mainly at night, and get your pay. 

24. Nanny

 

Median hourly rate: $10

Satisfaction rating: 77%

Percentage of time spent standing – 60%, walking – 40%

Nursing mothers need elderly people to take care of their babies while they are at work. This is a common part-time job you can do in the US and earn up to $10/hour. It’s suitable for older women of 55 years and above who can babysit, feed and clean up a baby. What I like about it is that it doesn’t require any skill, and it isn’t strenuous. Once the mother of the baby is back, you are done for the day. 

25. Mower Operator 

Median hourly rate: $15

Satisfaction rating: 70%

Percentage of time spent standing – 60%, walking – 40%

Households often need to have their lawns cut down with a mower. They look for people who can operate the mower and use it to cut grown grasses. If you have experience with power tools like mowers, you can ask them to hire you.

This is a part-time job where you can do 2 or 3 hours per household every week. If you do this for 3 households, that’s 9 hours of part-time work every week. And at the rate of $15/hour, you could make $135 per week. That’s not bad for a senior citizen who is retired and wants a job that can make them a few bucks a month. 

26. Bartender

Median hourly rate: $15

Satisfaction rating: 70%

Percentage of time spent standing – 30%, walking – 70%

Chances are those nightclubs around your community need bartenders. You can approach them to know if they need a bartender who will serve and mix drinks for customers. It’s a part-time job for seniors that like to work overnight. Early in the morning, you retire to home and rest. If you live in cities like New Orleans, Las Vegas, Chicago, and San Francisco all in the US, you can easily secure this type of part-time job because there are plenty of nightclubs. 

27. Fitness Trainer

 Median hourly rate: $15

Satisfaction rating: 80%

Percentage of time spent standing – 60%, walking – 40%

Keeping fit at age 60 and above is important to avoid diseases like diabetes, heart failure, obesity, arthritis, and high/low blood pressure. 

And if you’re well experienced in the fitness niche, you can become a fitness trainer for your peers and have them pay for your services. 

For example, you can create awareness within your community on the need for older people to keep fit, gather them once or twice a week, and guide them to do workout exercises that help them live healthy life. 

You can even partner with companies that sell gym equipment to become their affiliate. With that, you earn a commission for any of the trainees that purchase any gym equipment from them through you.

That wraps it with lucrative, fun, and high-paying part-time jobs for seniors. 

Now let me answer a few questions you ask about doing a part-time job as a senior citizen.

What’s the easiest part-time job for senior citizens?

Home organizing, looking after a baby, bartender, lawn mower operator, seasonal working, retail associate, and dog walking are the top easiest part-time jobs you can do as a senior citizen. They don’t require any skill or expertise, and you can easily see someone to hire you.

Can I get a job at an older age?

Yes, you can get a job at an older age. What matters is the value you bring, not your age. At 60, 65, or even 70, you can get good-paying jobs especially if you have skills that are high in demand. 

Where can I get a job in old age?

There are platforms like Upwork and Fiverr if you want a remote job that allows work from home. If it’s a job that requires you to go to the office or workshop daily, you can get them on Flexjob. 

How can Seniors make money online? 

There are different ways you can make money online as a senior citizen:

Start a blog, grow your traffic, and monetize with ads, affiliate programs, and sponsorship 

Start a YouTube channel, grow your subscribers and audience, then monetize with ads

Start a freelancing business on platforms like Fiverr and Upwork. Just acquire a digital skill and be good at it. You will be amazed at the number of businesses that need such service, especially on Upwork.

Start a dropshipping business where you fulfill orders customers placed in your store and make money from the additional amount you add to the actual price.

Is 58 too old to start a career?

At 58, you aren’t too old to start a career or do a part-time job. All you need is to acquire the right skill and be determined to deliver on the job you do. 

Is 60 too old to start a career?

At 60, you can still launch a career. But considering your age, keeping it remote or online will help you avoid the stress of waking up early and rushing to your workplace. Many people I know in their 60s start a career in coaching – guiding young people on how to succeed in a field you have years of experience in. You can begin with a website or by sharing your knowledge on platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter to attract clients who may want one-on-one coaching.

Before You Go…

Now you know a handful of part-time jobs you can do as a senior citizen, it’s also good you begin early to guide your teenagers on how they can make money online, so they can be financially independent in their 20s. I recommend you this article where I showed you how teenagers can make money online.