3 Side Hustles To Make An Extra $1,000 A Month In 2024

It’s officially summer, and everyone is eager to get out and have fun. But perhaps, you’ve wanted to go on vacation this year, but have postponed it due to sky-high living expenses, or a layoff that has turned your word upside down.

The reality is, a job is not enough on its own. We’ve witnessed enough layoffs to understand that jobs do not offer career or financial security in themselves. To really understand the meaning of fun and make the most of the summer—or at least ensure that you’ll have a blast next year summer—you should weigh up your options and think about other ways to make extra money from home. This ensures that you’re not dependent on one sole source of income, and you have a comfortable stash of cash with which to enjoy life and take vacation.

Even if you’re unable to spend this summer the way you would have wanted due to tight finances, you can shape your ideal life now by reinventing yourself and leveraging your skills; your efforts will thank you next year.

Here are three summer-worthy side hustles that encourage you to get out and enjoy the beautiful outdoors, and in which you can easily rack up to $1,000 in a month:

1. Handyman Service/Repairs

Summertime means that handyman services are in peak demand due to people rushing to get their homes in tip-top condition before the winter months (shorter daylight time) and festive season approaches. It can also be a prime time to promote your services as potential clients are might be on vacation and will use that time to have extensive works and renovation done, for home improvement projects, outdoor repairs, and maintenance tasks—particularly if they’ve just moved house.

If you’re skilled in painting and decorating, general installations and home upgrades, and perform this regularly for yourself, your family, and friends, why not offer this as a service? The more specialisms you have, the greater the likelihood that you can broaden your service range, so that you can acquire even more projects. It also helps if you have specific certifications as this will add a layer of credibility to your work, especially if you’re just starting out.

According to Talent.com, if you’re offering handyman services and repairs you can earn $23.44 per hour. That means, if you’re working up to 12 hours in a week on this side hustle, you would be making $1,125—a pretty decent figure for a part-time gig that fits around your work. And if you’re unemployed and have the time and availability to commit to working on this full-time, you could make $3,750 a month on average (that’s considering you’re working eight hours a day, five days a week).

2. Dog Walking/Training

If you’ve enjoyed taking care of pets previously or already have canine buddies of your own, you likely know a thing or two about pet sitting and dog walking. You can offer your services to walk dogs in your neighborhood, and you can even expand your services further by making yourself the go-to expert for dog training.

To be a dog trainer, you might want to consider obtaining a certification as Certified Professional Dog Trainer—Knowledge Assessed from the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, according to the American Kennel Club.

Dog trainers can make between $17-19 per hour, per Salary.com data, so at the lower end of the pay range, you might be realistically earning $816 a month if you’re working 12 hours on the weekends. On the higher end of the pay range, you could make $912—which is just shy off the $1,000 monthly mark.

On the other hand, as a dog walker, you can walk several dogs at the same time—or combine your skills as a dog walker with being a dog trainer—which can catapult your earnings so you could easily make more than $1,000 each month from this side hustle.

3. Personal Training

Personal training is an in-demand skill. In fact, the global health and fitness market is projected to grow by 9.61% by 2027, while in-app purchases appear to be leading the way in driving high revenue within this industry.

If you become a certified personal trainer with a recognized body such as NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine), you can make between $32.50 to $50 an hour on average, which means, on the higher end of the scale, you would only need to spend 20 hours a month in training your clients.

However, you can also decide to scale and leverage fitness apps that are readily available, and customize them so that your services are accessible to a larger market, who would rather work with you via an app than in the traditional sense. This frees up your time and enables you to create passive income while making more money and reaching more people.

So as you can see, it doesn’t need to be that hard to make extra money from home—even as much as an extra $1,000 to boost your salary. With these summer-friendly side hustles, combined with determination and grit, you can set yourself up for success and make enough money to plan your well-deserved summer vacation next year.