6 Work From Home Jobs That Pay the Most

Finding a legitimate, well-paid opportunity to do from home can be tough when there are scams that are spread throughout the web. Rest assure that there are great job prospects available and will usually require a telephone, computer with high-speed internet connection and your skills for the job. You may even find work from home jobs that not only pay well, but may give you the work hours that will fit your schedule. Here is a list of 6 work from home jobs that pay the most.

Virtual Assistant

As a virtual assistant you provide assistance such as bookkeeping, administrative, scheduling and even planning from your home. You should have pleasant phone manner, excellent time management and organizational skills and administrative experience. A virtual assistant can earn between $10 to $30 an hour.

Companies that hire virtual assistants:

VIPdesk
Team Double-Click

Tutoring/Teacher

Advanced technology has given teachers more opportunities to work with student through distance learning. Teachers are able to help students in most grade levels from elementary schools to post-secondary education. Income does vary depending on the course of study that is being taught and the amount of hours that would be applied to the course.

Resource for online teaching jobs:

GetEducated.com
Tutor.com

Writer

There are many companies that are now outsourcing their jobs for freelancers when they are in need of content for their websites. Writers have become a large demand and there are a variety of websites that are looking for people that can fulfill the pages with their field of expertise. Experienced freelance writers can average an earning of around $35,000 a year and even if you are starting out as a freelance writer, you can start earning $4 an article up to $20 an article. Creating your own blog to write content on can bring in blogging opportunities for your to earn money from your blog.

Writing opportunities:

Problogger
BlogMutt

Transcription

This type of work requires listening skills and typing accurately with speed. Medical transcription is one particular job that is sought out by those who are looking into getting into transcription. Other transcription opportunities can be for transcribing interviews, for nonfiction writers or other general work. A transcriber can earn from $5 to $40 an hour and the work is usually sent through e-mail as a digital file.

Opportunities with transcription services:

Scribie
Quicktate

Data Entry

Many people look for data entry work because the work is inputting data that requires update information into records regularly. Typing accuracy, speed and a computer are the skills and neccessary equipment to complete the task. Data entry workers can earn from $6 to $20 an hour, however, this type of job is in high demand and usually has a low turnover rate.

Companies that hire data entry workers:

VirtualBee
CapitalTyping

Call Center Representative

The tradition call center with representatives taking orders over the phone have now become available to people to do from home. This is a virtual call center in which calls are routed to a home agent's phone for customer to place orders or make a complaint. The agent would recite a script to answer any questions that the customer may have on a service or product. The home agent can earn from $7 to $15 an hour along with any incentives or bonus if offered. A quiet work area, computer, headset and a pleasant, professional phone voice are what is needed for this position.

Available virtual call center companies:

LiveOps
Working Solutions
Alpine Access

Now these are only some of the high paying jobs that can be done at home, but there are other such as web designing, being an online reseller and even an online techie.