Community Assistant
Service-Based (Solo)
Barrier to Entry
1/10
Short-term Potential
2/10
Long-term Potential
2/10
Risk
1/10
Big Audience or Ad Money Required
No
Income Potential
$
Salary Research
Monthly: $2,098 - $4,040 Average: $2,912 Hourly: $12.71 - $24.48 Average: $17.64
Pros
- • Fairly fun job, you get to help create engaging posts for a community, moderate posts and comments, and host events
- • Can be really fun working in groups where everyone is interested in the same thing
- • Feel like you're part of a community as you get to engage with people in the niche, communicate any changes/updates, upcoming events etc.
- • Awesome job if you're into gaming, so many opportunities to work for indie game studios or even your favorite gaming creator's Discord
Cons
- • Have to wear multiple hats and figure out everything yourself as a freelancer (invoices, contracts, taxes, the "professional" way to do things etc.) - can be overwhelming
- • Takes a bit of time to get going with it
- • Have to find clients - not easy in the beginning
- • No traditional safety nets like health insurance and pension
- • There may be income insecurity or instability at the start