High Paying Work From Home Jobs
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The pandemic fundamentally shifted the way business owners and workers view business. More than ever before, more employees want to work from home, and more employers are willing to hire remote workers.
Gone are the days when a typical work-from-home job was being paid peanuts to complete surveys or write a blogpost. Today, there are many great, legit and high-paying work from home jobs available. These are 30 of them, ranked by annual salaries reported by PayScale.
While it's not a sure thing that you'll get a high-paying remote job right away (although some of these jobs pay well right out of the gate), many of these jobs have lucrative salaries the longer you stay in the field.
Bookkeeper
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Salary range: $30,000-$61,000
What they do: Bookkeepers keep track of a company's finances by recording all financial transactions and inputting them into some kind of financial software, like QuickBooks. They also process payroll, maintain budgets and monitor debt levels.
Bookkeepers need excellent skills in any chosen accounting software. Typically, a bookkeeper will make a median salary of $43,687 per year, according to PayScale, while the higher-paid positions make around $60,000.
A college degree for this position is usually not required.
Loan Officer
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Salary range: $33,000-$74,000
What they do: Loan officers work with banks and lenders and help individual people get the best kind of loans for their financial situation. Many loan officers work in the mortgage industry, where they work with homebuyers.
Loan officers can be paid via commission or fees added into the loan up front. It's becoming more common for loan officers to work from home — and commission-based incentives mean their earnings are linked to their hustle.
Graphic Designer
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Salary range: $34,000-$65,000
What they do: Graphic designers create digital images for a wide range of industries, including film, TV, advertising, healthcare and digital media. Generally, if a company has a website, runs ads, produces promotional material or produces print material, they need a graphic designer.
Many graphic design positions can be done from home, and many graphic designers are self-employed or freelance.
Social Media Manager
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Salary range: $35,000-$79,000
What they do: The social media manager position might be one of the most common remote jobs posted on LinkedIn. The pay for this job can fluctuate wildly, depending on what business is hiring. Some social media managers freelance and need to take several clients.
However, brand building is becoming an increasingly more important aspect of building a successful business. Social media managers with 5-9 years of experience can make around $62,000, according to PayScale, with top earners making $79,000.
Recruiter
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Salary range: $36,000-$79,000
What they do: With more workers of all kinds entering the remote workforce, it only makes sense for remote recruiters to exist as well. Recruiters can work as freelance contractors or for a single company.
They're tasked with weeding through resumes, finding the potential employees, screening them and scheduling additional interviews within the company.
Grant Writer
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Salary range: $37,000-$69,000
What they do: Grant writers oversee the application grants and typically work in the nonprofit sector.
This work can include the handling of all written communications to apply for grants, monitoring their status, getting the grant approved and overseeing the dispersal of funds.
Many grant workers work on one grant from beginning to end, usually independently from other teams, making this an ideal work from home job. They're paid well because grant writers are essential to keeping nonprofits afloat.
Digital Marketing Specialist
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Salary range: $37,000-$69,000
What they do: Digital marketing specialists produce digital marketing campaigns to drive traffic, improve performance and optimize marketing funnels.
They need to be skilled in search engine optimization techniques, data analysis, email marketing and conversion rate optimization, among other skills.
Copywriter
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Salary range: $38,000-$76,000
What they do: Copywriters write long, medium and short-length pieces of marketing material (like emails, press releases, adverts and sales letters) in order to sell a product or service.
There are two main kinds of copywriters. Direct response copywriters are made to move products, make someone click a link or do some other measurable action. Brand copywriters build a company's brand to build trust and brand awareness with consumers.
Copywriters can work in-house at an ad agency, although many of them freelance. Freelance copywriters don't need any previous experience, but they'll have to start small and build a portfolio to nab bigger clients.
Accountant
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Salary range: $40,000-$71,000
What they do: Accounting is a job field with a lot of flexibility. Some accountants work full-time for a firm in one place, while others need to travel and meet with clients.
There's also a growing number of these professionals who work remotely or are self-employed, working from home to help clients manage things like payroll and taxes.
Operations Manager
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Salary range: $43,000-$105,000
What they do: Essentially, operations managers are tasked with increasing a company's efficiency and production quality by overseeing a number of departments.
This is a high-level leadership position that requires experience in management and operations, as well as an understanding of general corporate finance. Operations managers wear a lot of hats, and those hats can change from business to business.
It's not unusual for an operations manager to work from home, especially with new startups and businesses operating virtually.
Mobile Developer
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Salary range: $45,000-$129,000
What they do: Mobile developers are software developers who specialize in mobile products, especially apps.
Many mobile developers opt for one operating system, like Google's Android or Apple's iOS early in their career, although some are more generalist.
Mobile development is increasingly a self-employed profession, although many developers can find work at large companies. Since all mobile developers work from computers, it's common for them to work from home.
Art Director
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Salary range: $46,000-$103,000
What they do: Art directors oversee design projects, typically supervising web and graphic designers, print artists, and other media workers
Art directors are responsible for seeing major design and commercial projects, but since the work is white-collar, much of it can be done via Zoom, Slack or other online work platforms.
It's not uncommon for art directors to work remotely, especially for startups.
Certified Public Accountant
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Salary range: $49,000-$114,000
What they do: Certified public accountants (CPAs) are financial advisors. They can audit a business, give planning advice and help a business with its taxes.
For that latter reason, many CPAs freelance (some people moonlight as CPAs) and make the bulk of their income within three months of the year, during the tax filing season.
Front-End Developer
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Salary range: $49,000-$114,000
What they do: Front-end developers are web developers who process all the behind-the-scenes data of a company, turning it into a graphical interface for people to actually use.
Front-end developers use HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other programs to ply their trade. There are a host of certifications a front-end developer can attain, and proficiency in the most popular front-end programming languages is a must for this position.
It's common for front-end developers to work remotely.
Psychologist
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Salary range: $49,000-$115,000
What they do: The pandemic disrupted mental health services around the globe, and many mental health professionals moved their services online. But even before 2020, there were new businesses offering online therapy and psychological counseling.
With a proven market for online counseling, psychologists now have the option to offer their services remotely, or work with a company that offers remote counseling sessions.
Psychologists require a doctorate degree, which takes four to seven years of higher education. It's not an easy job to get, but it's a high-paying one.
Back-End Developer
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Salary range: $49,000-$131,000
What they do: While a front-end developer creates usable interfaces on the surface, a back-end developer works behind the scenes. They write code, manage data and integrate support systems used on the front-end.
Back-end developers need technical training and must be proficient in server-side languages, like Python. Like front-end developers, back-end developers need to be continually learning and, ideally, getting more tech certificates.
PR Director
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Salary range: $49,000-$138,000
What they do: Public relations directors are the people charged with maintaining their company's public image.
Their day-to-day duties can involve coordinating interviews with key people, talking to journalists, writing news releases, crafting media kits and other duties that present the company in a positive light with on-brand messaging.
PR directors can work with a single company in-house, or they can freelance and represent several small businesses.
Marketing Director
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Salary range: $49,000-$151,000
What they do: Marketing directors oversee all kinds of marketing projects, either for one company or an agency that works with several companies.
Marketing directors have to be flexible in their day-to-to-day, as they may have a hand in everything from online content creation to sales and TV or radio commercials.
Java Developer
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Salary range: $51,000-$107,000
What they do: As Java experts, Java developers focus on apps that use the Java programming language.
Java is one of the first languages many programmers learn, but not everyone is an expert. Java developers are continually working on software life cycles, writing code, doing software analysis, testing and debugging.
Those with five to nine years in the field make an average of $85,000, and those with over 10 years approach and surpass the $100,000 mark, according to PayScale.
UX Designer
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Salary range: $51,000-$108,000
What they do: A user experience designer's main goal is to improve the experience of the user, typically for apps, websites and software.
UX designers focus on improving the end product to make it more functional, enjoyable or practical in order to retain and attract new clients or users.
While the work is often done in collaboration, it's largely done online and can be done remotely.
Senior Account Manager
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Salary range: $51,000-$112,000
What they do: With a median base salary of $74,000, senior account managers have one of the highest-paying jobs that can be done from home.
Senior account managers work closely with the sales team to drive revenue growth and hit goals while retaining and growing their client base.
They're the main link between the clients and the agency, making sure to keep those clients happy and the accounts open.
Technical Support Manager
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Salary range: $51,000-$123,000
What they do: Technical support managers oversee a company's tech support department.
They're tasked with coordinating a team of technical professionals who need to help customers and employees with technical issues. Additionally, they need to oversee daily operations, create reports and maintain performance metrics.
This role requires strong leadership as well as technical accreditations. But since many tech support jobs are remote, support managers can be based remote as well.
Cyber Security Analyst
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Salary range: $52,000-$117,000
What they do: As businesses move to the cloud and online, cybersecurity analysts are in greater and greater demand. There's a lot of important stuff being stored in those servers, and someone has to secure it.
Cybersecurity analysts are responsible for creating a company's online security protocols, ranging from protecting data to preventing email phishing attacks. They're also responsible for monitoring those protocols and detecting potential hacking threats.
It can be a somewhat high-stress job, but these workers can make bank.
Project Engineer
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Salary range: $53,000-$98,000
What they do: Project engineers plan, coordinate and implement engineering projects within a company. They manage teams, maintain project schedules, develop project objectives, establish design concepts and generally oversee projects from start to finish.
Project engineers can work in several different industries, including government agencies, construction companies, architecture firms and tech companies.
Medical Writer
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Salary range: $55,000-$102,000
What they do: Medical writers develop all of the documentation needed for clinical trials. They also document research, log trial progress and create any peripheral component literature.
Many medical writers have advanced science or medicine degrees, although it isn't required to enter the field. And since medical writers often work independently, finding remote work is a real possibility.
Customer Success Engineer
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Salary range: $56,000-$119,000
What they do: Customer success engineering is a new, buzzwordy position with no clearly defined duty. As Rubab Uddin, a customer success engineer at Moveworks, wrote on Medium:
"Almost every SaaS based company has a different variation for this role: 'implementation specialist,' 'technical solutions engineer,' 'applications engineer,' 'deployment engineer,' and the list goes on."
But we're including this curious new position because it seems to be gaining popularity in the startup tech industry. Here's how Uddin describes a customer success engineer:
"[T]he persona of a CSE that a company is looking to hire can range along a very wide spectrum — one that requires a fine tuning of technical and communication skills. They can be very customer-facing, but can also be expected to build out highly technical solutions.
If you’ve ever felt like a jack of all trades, you’re probably an ideal customer success engineer."
Those in the IT space should keep an eye out for this position. It could be the next big thing.
Product Manager
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Salary range: $57,000-$124,000
What they do: Product managers oversee the development of a piece of software from start to finish.
They streamline processes, manage the roadmap, coordinate teams, conduct feedback reports and work with marketing when the product is finished.
Data Scientist
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Salary range: $67,000-$135,000
What they do: Data scientists begin their career with a high-paying salary, closing in on $70,000, according to PayScale.
These professionals need to be proficient in machine learning, data analysis, statistical analysis and C++ programming languages.
They analyze raw data and turn it into comprehensible facts and figures, allowing a business to better understand its market and identify upcoming trends.
Cloud Architect
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Salary range: $80,000-$167,000
What they do: Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of a business's cloud computing architectural system. That system encompasses front-end platforms, back-end platforms, cloud-based delivery and a network.
Cloud architects implement, oversee and manage this cloud architecture, developing a company's IT strategy and making sure it can implement new features.
Cloud architects typically have a degree in computer science, information technology or a related field, as well as a strong understanding of security and networking.
Radiologists
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Salary range: $99,000-$462,000
What they do: Interestingly, radiologists can indeed work from home. Much of this is due to teleradiology, which is essentially a process where images and information are sent to be read remotely by radiologists.
The pandemic has served as a "wake-up call" for the radiological industry, showing that radiologists can do their work just as well from a remote location — and away from radioactive exposures.
Of course, you'll have to plan early for this one. Rradiologists have to tackle a lot of medical school (and incur a lot of college debt).