Moonlighting is a term used to describe the work a person does outside of their primary career. There is no one specific way to moonlight, though something like tutoring or waitressing is often described as moonlighting. Any job that isn’t your primary job is considered moonlighting. However, if you want to make some serious cash with your second job, consider taking on one of these high-paid roles. You might be surprised which jobs are the highest paid in terms of moonlighting – you might be more surprised just what you can turn into a second career.
Management Consultant
If you have the proper business and marketing degree and you have some experience under your belt, you can make as much as $75 per hour working as a management consultant on a freelance basis. It’s the fifth highest paying second job available. This job requires you to go through the inner workings of companies and businesses to see where they can increase their performance and improve their overall bottom line.
IT Security Consultant
Since this is a job anyone with experience in IT can handle with nothing more than an internet connection and the correct software, it’s a well paying second job. It might require some interaction in person, but for the most part IT Security Consultants can moonlight their own business for approximately $82 per hour.
Senior Copywriter
Anyone with a knack for writing and an ability to create persuasive, innovative and successful work can moonlight as a senior copywriter. There are many websites designed to give copywriters the opportunity to bid on jobs in this niche, and many of them pay as much as $85 per hour. It’s not a bad second job.
Clinical Psychologist
If you have a degree in psychology, you can moonlight. This is a job that pays as much as $125 per hour. As a licensed clinical psychologist, there are roles that require you to work nights, weekends and many other hours in different clinics, on your own and in various settings. It’s a lucrative position for someone who has the time and inclination to take on this kind of work.
Attorney
For around $147 per hour, you can lend your legal mind to those who need it. With a license, you can moonlight as an attorney helping individuals and businesses fight their legal battles and/or provide legal information to those who request it. You must be licensed, knowledgeable and ready to do some research but if you are, you are going to make a lot of money doing this on the side.
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