{"id":1912,"date":"2016-11-01T07:50:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T12:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2016-11-01T07:50:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T12:50:37","slug":"side-gigs-ways-to-add-monthly-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/archives\/1912","title":{"rendered":"Side Gigs &#8211; Ways To Add Monthly Income"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I posted recently how we&#8217;ve been cutting monthly expenses, so I figured I would post a compliment to that showing some of the things I&#8217;ve done to bring a few bucks into the household each month as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1929\" src=\"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sidegigs-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"sidegigs\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sidegigs-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sidegigs.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Clinical Trials\/Studies<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I sat down and added up the clinical trials and other items studies I&#8217;ve been a part of, and up until now it&#8217;s only amounted to about $800. But $800 is $800. Just last week, I was selected for another clinical trial. This one will amount to about 50 &#8220;work&#8221; hours and it will pay $1,325. Not bad, and it will help to cover about what we need to cover a months of expenses (including Nicole&#8217;s income).<\/p>\n<p>The same facility I do the clinical trials does other studies and food taste tests as well. Their taste tastes pay between $20-$30 for about a half hour of your time. Couple some of the other studies and taste tests with the higher paid clinical studies and this has been a decent way to add some money each month for me.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Unemployment Compensation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t so much a side gig, but it is a way to have monthly income while you&#8217;re out of work. This should be a given if you lost your job. Regardless of if you were laid off or terminated for cause, apply for unemployment regardless. The worst they can say is &#8220;no&#8221;. Here in Illinois, you can collect for unemployment for 26 weeks, you just need to certify every two weeks that you looked for positions etc.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Craigslist<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Perusing the Gigs section of Craigslist, you can often find a few side gigs that are just a few hours or a day. Best part is that they&#8217;re pretty much all cash. Some may be odd jobs like cleaning a yard or tossing stuff out of a garage. Depending on your skill set, this can include some computer work such as networking or hardware repair. If you&#8217;ve marketed yourself well enough, you can make a couple or few hundred bucks a month just from this and word of mouth. Don&#8217;t discount a little effort into checking Craigslist postings to generate some few extra dollars each month especially if you&#8217;re good with doing some manual labor.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Misc<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I was able to get a few gigs doing some home networking\/audio\/video work as well. If you have an area of expertise or something you&#8217;re good at, it&#8217;s likely someone will pay you to help them. I was able to get about $50\/hour for this type of work. It would be awesome if I was able to get this amount full-time, but it definitely helps supplement what is coming in, albeit inconsistent.<\/p>\n<p>Joe-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I posted recently how we&#8217;ve been cutting monthly expenses, so I figured I would post a compliment to that showing some of the things I&#8217;ve done to bring a few bucks into the household each month as well. 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