How Can You Earn Money as a Student Living in NYC?

Check these jobs that might fit into your schedule for those extra bucks.

• Blogger or Vlogger
• ESL tutor
• T-shirt folder
• Nude model
• Voice-over artist
• Professional friend
• Uber driver
• Petsitter
• Housecleaner

What salary do you need to live in NYC?

Although NYC has a reputation as the most expensive city to live in America, a determined student will never back down. A student can live off-campus to reduce expenses and make ends meet. Rent expense can be reduced by sharing the space with three roommates from $4,000 to $1,000 and cuts a portion of the utility bills from $160 to $40. Food cost can be minimized to about $400 by avoiding restaurants and cooking at home. An unlimited monthly pass of $127 for a subway ride takes care of your transportation expense. About $1,800 per month will do the trick to cover the basic needs with some spare dollars in case of emergencies.

After graduation, you’ve decided to work in NYC, so the roommate lifestyle remains and the cost of utility bills does not increase. But now you have extra dollars to indulge in fine cuisine that escaped your palate when you were studying which brings your food expense to $800. With the transportation cost unchanged, you need about $2500 per month to meet living expenses and a few extra dollars for emergencies. If you want to live it up, entertainment is at your beck and call, a yearly income of $50,000 will get you there. Of course with the help of your roommate.

How Can You Earn Money?

Earning a degree in one of New York’s reputable schools is a dream come true. Living in a city on a college student budget is hard, but living in one of the most expensive cities in the world and studying at the same time is even harder.

It’s difficult to balance expenses to meet the daily cost of living with limited funds. You need part-time jobs to help make money for an extra cushion to have a great experience living as a student in New York City.

Become a freelancer

You can check out the classifieds and respond to part-time jobs, or use the internet to look at online sites. Make money without leaving the comforts of your home and work anywhere on your own schedule. There are myriad part-time online opportunities in New York that will match your skill, look into this list we prepared.

Upwork

To get started, you’ll be required to create a free profile. This should be comprehensive including your latest resume and work samples. Mention things like your skill, rate, work ethics to convince possible employers. Once approved, you can apply to the job postings on the platform.

Upwork offers high-quality, part-time jobs covering major industries such as; administrative services, customer service, data entry, engineering, marketing, computer programming, writing, and translation. There are no upfront fees, but once you get hired the platform takes a part of your income.

• 20% for the first $500 billed to a client
• 10% for lifetime billings with a client between $500.01 and $10,000
• 5% for lifetime billings with a client that exceed $10,000

TaskRabbit

TaskRabbit connects people who need odd jobs done with workers who can do these for them. The site works as a go-between and collects payment for your work less a 20 percent service fee. A Tasker is assured of getting paid for the work and the client is guaranteed a Tasker is legit without any criminal record. Here are some odd jobs that might interest you.

• Shopping duties.
• A T-shirt folder.
• A shadow administrative assistant to make the office look busy.
• A go-to handyman.

Indeed

Indeed have many types of jobs available, from a freelancer or full-time internship to seasonal positions in your locale. Part-time listings include food service, sales, marketing, and administrative positions. Job seekers don’t have to pay anything.

Be an Uber driver

An Uber driver earns an average of $11.77 an hour which is less than the average hourly pay for a private-sector worker at $32.06 and the lowest-paid service occupation services at $14.99. There is a high turnover of Uber drivers, on average, a driver works for three months and a part-timer works an average of 17 hours per week.

Insurance companies offer short-term uber Insurance policies for part-time drivers. By downloading an insurance app, you get coverage when you’re driving for Uber.

If you’re interested in driving for Uber, here are the requirements.

Driver requirements

• Meet the minimum age to drive in your city, in New York it’s 16.
• At least one year of licensed driving experience in the US (3 years if you are under 23 years old)
• A valid US driver’s license
• An eligible 4-door vehicle

Vehicle requirements

• A 4-door sedan that can transport a minimum of 4 passengers
• Vehicle model must be 15 years old or newer
• Title cannot be salvaged, reconstructed, or rebuilt
• Rental vehicles - except those from an approved Uber lender - are not allowed
• No cosmetic damage, missing pieces, commercial branding or taxi paint jobs

Find more information on driver and vehicle requirements

Required documents

• A valid US driver’s license
• Proof of residency in your city, state, or province
• Proof of vehicle insurance if you plan to drive your own car
• A driver profile photo:

1. Must be a forward-facing, centered photo including the driver’s full face and top of shoulders, with no sunglasses
2. Must be a photo only of the driver with no other subject in the frame, well-lit, and in focus; it cannot be a driver’s license photo or other printed photograph