20 Entry Level Work at Home Jobs to Make Money

If you have ever imagined waking up every day and working from the comfort of your own home, then your dream can come true. Work at home jobs are one of the ultimate dreams of tens of millions of people from around the world. More and more people are looking for work at home jobs to make money from home. The problem that many people find is that many of these work at home jobs are not suitable for beginners, or just require previous experience, training, etc. That is where entry-level work at home jobs come in. This article will focus on 20 entry level work at home jobs to make money from home.

Check out these 20 entry level work at home jobs listed below to make money from home and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Web Design Jobs

If you have basic web designing skills, you could offer your service to create beautiful, easy-to-use and responsive blogs and websites for individuals and small businesses. You need to be proficient in HTML5, CSS and Bootstrap to build blogs and websites for others. If you do not have web design skills, you can learn it pretty quickly online or by taking a course at a web design company or firm in your area/city/town. Many people start their work at home career working as a web designer from home or anywhere as long as they have access to the internet. (I typically see and post a few web design jobs each month on the work at home job board here at MoneyMakingMommy.com.)

You can put your skills to good use for business owners who want to take their online presence to the next level. Build a portfolio of work by completing small freelancer jobs, then create your own website to show it off to potential clients and bring in a steady stream of income.

Entry Level Work at Home Jobs in Online Translation Jobs

If you speak another language fluently, then you can become an online translator to make money from home. Join Gengo, a popular translating company online, to start translating immediately. There are more reputable translation jobs site that offers translation jobs online. You can also find jobs for translators on freelance sites such as Upwork and Freelancer, and offer translating service online via Fiverr.

Bookkeeping

Many small businesses, mid-sized businesses, and even individuals hire freelance accountants or bookkeepers to provide support in areas such as payroll, tax submissions and returns, tax advice, budgeting, time & attendance, and more accounting or bookkeeping functionality. You may have to keep track of profits and losses, manage cash flow, etc. bookkeeping tasks. If you have a relevant academic background or have skills in these areas, you can find plenty of jobs for bookkeepers and accountants. (I typically see and post a few bookkeeping or accounting each month on the work at home job board here at MoneyMakingMommy.com. There is always an influx prior to tax season too.)

Entry Level Work at Home Proofreading

If you have excellent grammar, punctuation and spelling skills, then proofreading could be the right job for you. Many website or blog owners and authors hire proofreaders to proofread their work. You can find proofreading jobs on freelancing sites like Upwork, Freelancer, PeoplePerHour, etc., and also offer your proofreading service via Fiverr, a popular online marketplace. (Caitlin Pyle makes a full-time income proofreading from home. She can travel the world and still do proofreading on her iPad! She now offers a course to share How to Become Proofreader. But another tip regarding sites like Fiverr — sites like these offer entry-level online jobs with no experience. You can literally open your own storefront and if you're good at something, you can earn an income.

Graphic Designing

If you are good at designing and creating logos, online brochures, infographics, and web page templates, you could earn good money as a graphic designer. There are plenty of jobs available online for graphic designers. You can learn graphic design easily if you have a keen eye for design.

Digital/Internet Marketing

Digital or Internet marketing jobs involve promoting products, services, brand awareness, website and company of different businesses and individuals using the internet. As a digital or Internet marketer, you will use content marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), social media marketing (SMM), and more Internet marketing mediums to help businesses and people grow their online presence and brand identity, and generate leads and sales. There are plenty of digital marketing jobs available online on sites like, Media Bistro, Upwork, PeoplePerHour, FlexJobs, etc.

Search Engine Evaluator Jobs

You can make good money every month working as a search engine evaluator. You will make a query entering a keyword, or keywords in the search box of a particular search engine and then find out if the search results returned by the search engine based on the query are accurate and relevant. You will rate the relevancy and accuracy of the search results as a search engine evaluator. Some companies that offer search engine evaluator jobs include Appen, Leapforce, iSoftStone and Lionbridge.

Data Entry

One of the simplest and sought-after work at home jobs online, data entry jobs do not require any experience. You can get paid to do data entry work if you are a fast and accurate typist. The pay is low, but it is also one of the easiest jobs to do. If you have fast typing skill, you can earn more. Some reputable companies offering data entry jobs include SigTrack, The Smart Crowd, etc.

Online Moderation Jobs

As an online moderator, you will be in charge of moderating, i.e. approving or deleting, questions, answers, comments, etc. posted by registered users or visitors to your client's chat room, forum, blog, or social media accounts, etc. online platforms or pages to protect the client's reputation and brand image. You will moderate or remove derogative messages, comments, questions, etc. content that is considered offensive to ensure that the users or guest visitors follow the rules and guidelines of the client's site. protect the client's reputation and brand image. You will issue warnings to users and visitors, reminding them to follow the rules of the site, and ban users or delete or ban their accounts if they are unwilling to follow the rules. There are some reputable companies that hire for online moderator jobs, including Modsquad (formerly Metaverse Mod Squad), Crisp Thinking, eModeration, and LiveWorld.

Transcription Jobs

Transcription jobs involve you listening up to audio files, clips, or recordings, and then type up what you hear. Transcription jobs come in three categories: general, legal and medical transcription jobs. General transcription jobs normally do not require you to have any experience to start working. You can become a become a transcriptionist and work as much or as little as you want. If you have good language, listening and typing skills, this could be a great work at home job for you. How much you can earn depends on your speed and skill level. As you gain some experience, you can expect to earn more per hour. Transcription companies or clients usually pay a rate per audio hour, or per page. TranscribeMe, Transcribe Anywhere, Rev, Tigerfish, etc. are some of the reputable transcription companies that offer transcription jobs for beginners.

Customer Service Jobs

If you have good communication skills and like talking to strangers on the phone, you can consider working as a customer service representative from home. More and more companies are hiring home-based workers to work as a customer service agent or virtual call center agent. LiveOps, NextRep and Sitel are some of the most reputable companies that hire people to work in customer service positions from home.  I've found that many of these companies offer entry level remote jobs — they will train you. And most offer paid training too.

Virtual Assistance

If you are an organized person and have good communication skills then working as a virtual assistant is a great way to make money from home online. Companies and individuals across the world hire freelance contractors such as virtual assistants to help them with certain tasks done as per their requirements. Generally, they do not need a full-time in-house staff to do certain jobs, or just cannot afford to keep one to do a few hours’ of work per day or per week. Hiring VAs make more sense to them while getting the necessary tasks done smoothly on time and budget. Virtual assistants can work for just one or multiple clients, depending on their availability and skills. Typically, a virtual assistant handles administrative or secretarial tasks, but today's VAs can do a variety of tasks in administrative, technical and creative fields.

Selling Services on Fiverr

Fiverr is a very popular online marketplace where you can list your skills and advertise your services that other people need. As a Fiverr Seller, you can advertise your service for just as little as $5, but you can add add-ons to earn more money by providing additional services. The site receives a large number of buying traffic daily. Whatever your skill set may be, you can use that to do tasks for others via Fiverr and make good money consistently.

Social Media Assistant

Social media assistant jobs pay up to $25 per hour. You will update Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites for companies and individuals. If you can work for a couple of clients, you can earn a good income on a part-time basis from home. There is a great course you can take created by successful bloggers Gina Horkey and Kristin Larsen, Become a Pinterest Virtual Assistant. If they aren't taking enrollments right now, you can get on a waiting list. I am actually signed up to take the course!

Freelancing Online

Freelancing online is one of the best ways to make money quickly. If you have a specific skill, you can work as a freelancer using that skill to complete tasks or offer services to others. Freelancing allows you to work from anywhere with internet access – your home, from a coffee shop or from a beach. Whether you have skills in writing, translating, photography, web designing, programming, social media management, marketing, or any other field, you can use your skills to find and land freelance jobs online. The best places to find jobs for freelancers are freelancing sites like Upwork, PeopleperHour, Freelancer, Outsourcely, etc., online marketplaces like Fiverr, or online jobs sites like FlexJobs. There are more places online that list freelancing jobs. (I actually created a Fiverr account awhile back to “test the waters” and I made decent money! It was easier than I thought!

Tutoring Online

You do not need any teaching background, certification or training to make money by teaching students online via Skype or some other online platforms. You can teach anything from academic subjects to languages to music and art that you might be good at. If you have a teaching background, and other qualifications, it will be easier to land more tutoring jobs online. You can also charge higher prices, especially if you offer your services as a freelance online tutor. Beginners, however, ideally should join an online tutoring site or agency online such as Gengo, Tutor.com, and others. Some sites require that you have teaching experience and other qualifications, but others do not. You can also find tutoring jobs on freelance sites like Upwork, Freelancer, etc. and on freelance marketplaces like Fiverr. You can also set up your own blog and advertise your service to find clients.

Mystery Shopping

If you are an outgoing person, you can become a mystery shopper to make money easily from home. You will make phone calls to a company, visit a shop in person, or experience a service online as a mystery shopper. Then you will be required to provide feedback on your experience as a customer. If you have to purchase any product or service, you may be reimbursed for the expenses. For example, you could get paid to eat and shop as a mystery shopper and then be reimbursed for the purchases you had to make for eating or hopping. Remember that even though some mystery shopping jobs require you to go outside of your home to do these jobs, your home is the base of your work.

Virtual Entry Level Jobs in Freelance Writing Online

What this basically means is that you will write for various clients online on the topic of your choice. You can write on various topics if you have good researching skills. You could write content for articles, blog posts and web pages, or something else. Often you may be given certain keywords to include in your writing. Typically, online freelance writers bid on jobs posted by clients to freelance sites, including a proposal and price quote for the job to be completed. The client then normally hires the freelance writer that has the most relevant skills and meets the client's other requirements such as a budget. Once you complete the work and get approved by the client, you will get paid. Upwork, PeoplePerHour, Guru, Freelancer, etc. are some great sites to find freelance jobs. You can also join some article writing jobs sites like Textbroker, HireWriters, Online Writing Jobs, iWriter, etc. Another way to find freelance writing gigs is to create a profile on Fiverr and offer writing services as a Fiverr seller.

Blogging Jobs

If you have a way with words, and good knowledge in a particular topic, you can start a blogging career by writing blog posts for other companies' or people's blogs. If you have good research skills, you can write on various topics. Blogging for others is also one of the quickest ways to make money online. At first, you may not find many blogging jobs since you will not be able to show much credentials to your potential clients. But as you take on a few jobs over time, and build your portfolio, you will be able to land more jobs. Upwork, PeoplePerHour, Freelancer, Guru, Fiverr, the ProBlogger Job Board, etc. are some of the best places online to find blogging jobs. Another great way to find blogging job is to send pitches to blog owners to find out if an opportunity exists.

Paid Surveys Online

You can earn a little pocket money consistently each month by completing online surveys from the comfort of your laptop, or desktop computer, or smartphone. There are some reputable survey sites or companies online that will pay you to share your opinions on a wide variety of topics. How much you can earn per survey depends on the length and complexity of the survey and the company or site that offers the survey. However, typically, most survey sites pay only a few cents per survey, but some will pay between $2-$5 per survey. It is important to join only the reputable survey sites that have been known for being legitimate sites and actually paying people for taking their surveys. If you join a few high-paying legitimate survey sites, it is possible to make a few hundred dollars every month doing surveys online. (You might check out my post, How I Make Over $325 a Month Doing Online Surveys to see which surveys I do!)

Final Thoughts on Finding Entry Level Work at Home

Whether you want to work part-time or full-time to make money from home, try one or more of these entry-level work at home jobs, listed above, based on your skill set.