25 Jobs For Stay At Home Moms [With Good Pay]

I was a stay-at-home dad for 7 years raising our two kids. In fact, I still work from home now that our kids are in school so this is a topic that I can relate to. Stay at home moms and dads often get pitched MLM (multi-level marketing), paid surveys, and other shady ideas that aren’t really jobs.

Heck, there’s even several articles that suggest these types of things. This week, I went through my old notes (mostly when I was panicking about my future career and ability to make money) and compiled a list of jobs that I found viable for a SAHM situation.

Finding a Job For Stay at Home Moms

If you’re just starting to explore ways to make money and care for your kids as a stay at home, I think it’s important to talk to others about what you’re in store for. It’s no easy feat to juggle caring for young children and working.

Constant Interruptions

I had to get used to constant interruptions. When you’re in the workforce, you can control your work day a lot better. But when your primary job is being a stay at home parent, you have to get used to working with interruptions (sometimes every 10 minutes). It will take time to adapt, but it can be done and you can still produce quality work.

It’s easier when the kids are younger because they’ll nap more and you can work during those naps (unless you’re brutally exhausted from being up all night with them that is).

Blended Boundaries

You will need to get really good at multitasking. I can remember many times being on phone calls and meetings, typing notes, and baby-wearing my 1-year-old (bouncing side to side as I typed). In my experience, there was very little time dedicated to work or children. For me, they integrated together quite a bit.

Job Titles Don’t Mean Anything

As you search for jobs, you can’t rely on job titles indicating whether it would be a fit or not for your stay at home situation. A customer service job that requires you to take phone calls 8 hours a day probably isn’t going to work out. However, a customer service job that is all email or chat support might be doable.

Don’t Hide Your Stay at Home Status

You want a company that respects your stay at home status. Make sure they know that you are providing full-time care for your child while you work. It’s hard to juggle both a job and small kids. Your kids should take priority and you want a company that sees it the same way.

My first job as a stay at home dad was working for a start-up recruiting firm. My supervisor knew that I was a stay at home and respected it. I can even remember one time where I wore the baby in a sling to a local meeting with the management team. None of them cared and you wouldn’t even know that there was a baby in the room.

If you can find that kind of support and understanding, it’s more likely that the job will work out for you. So be upfront when people ask.

Leverage Previous Experience

If you had a career before becoming a stay at home, see if you can leverage those skills to do similar work remotely. Many jobs can be done from home and if you already have the skill sets, this will only help you find work sooner.

For example, if you worked in accounting, you could consider bookkeeping for small businesses.

25 Jobs for Stay-at-Home Moms

These are all jobs that either I considered or tried, or that I’ve known other stay at home moms and dads to do. Many of them can be done part-time or as a freelancer depending on what you are comfortable with. They all can be done remotely from home and have enough flexibility that you could make it work with kids.

Blogger

Average Pay: $50,000 to $60,000 per year

If you need immediate cash, I wouldn’t recommend starting your own blog as it often takes time to make money blogging. You’ll need some understanding of SEO to be successful as well. I know many moms who have ventured into blogging and make a decent income by managing their own blogs.

If you need money now, you can also write for other people’s blogs. Many times company’s will pay anywhere from $100 to $600 for an article.

Bookkeeper

Average Pay: $50,000 to $60,000 per year

If you had accounting experience in the past you could consider bookkeeping. I know many stay at home moms who work for small accounting firms as a bookkeeper part-time. You can also venture on your own and do this as a freelance consultant. I worked for a consulting start-up once and we had a freelance bookkeeper. She had about 3 clients and that provided a solid income for her.

Community Manager

Average Pay: $42,000 to $79,000 per year

Many companies hire community managers to oversee their forums, Facebook groups, Discord communities, and more. The job mostly entails answering queries, facilitating communication amongst members, and ensuring no one flouts the rules.

You do need some tech skills and knowledge about how online communities function to do this job, but it can be done while raising kids at home.

Contract Sales Representative

Average Pay: $37,000 to $60,000 per year

One mom mentioned to me that she was doing contact sales from home. This may be frustrating if you’re new to sales, but if you have previous sales experience and don’t mind cold calling and cold emailing, this can be a great gig. While I’ve never personally worked a contract sales rep role, my understanding is that you must be a skilled salesperson already because there typically isn’t much training.

Copywriter

Average Pay: $50,000 to $60,000 per year

This is a diverse field that includes everything from writing short content to help sell a product to longer-form text such as a technical write-up. I did this for a while as a stay at home dad writing content for websites. If you have previous copywriting, marketing, and SEO skills, there’s a lot you can do with this to find work. You can work as a W-2 employee or a freelancer.

Another perk about this type of job is that it can be done outside of normal business hours so it provides a great amount of flexibility.

Customer Service Representative

Average Pay: $42,000 to $55,000 per year

I know many stay at homes who work in customer support. The vast majority of them answer chats and emails. Many times you don’t need previous customer service experience to get one of these jobs.

I know one mom who works for a pharmacy call center and has no prior experience. Another does chat support for a bank and also has no previous experience with call centers.

This job may be hard to do if you have to answer phones all day, especially with screaming kids in the background. So be sure to know what type of customer support you’ll be doing.

Data Entry Specialist

Average Pay: $35,000 to $42,000 per year

This is another diverse field like customer support. There are data entry jobs in many different industries, but this job provides a lot of flexibility for stay at home parents. You can plan on spending your day or night entering data into databases, spreadsheets, order forms, and other sources. You might also be in charge of fact-checking or error-checking data.

For example, one mom with prior construction experience got a job with the county government processing building permits for 3 hours per day at home.

Graphic Designer

Average Pay: $48,000 to $60,000 per year

If you’re great at producing images that convey concepts, ideas, and aesthetics, this could be a good stay at home job for you. I know moms and dads who work for companies as a part-time employee and I know some that have opened their own Etsy shop selling Canva templates.

There are a lot of options with this one. You could be designing logos, product packaging, social media images, or even websites to name a few.

Interpreter

Average Pay: $33,000 to $61,000 per year

If you write in multiple languages, this can be a great fit for SAHMs. You could translate vocal files into written papers or edit translated data.

Loan Processor

Average Pay: $30,000 to $40,000 per year

One mom I know got a job working remotely as a loan processor. This seemed to be a bit more demanding than some of the other jobs, but she was making it work. She sent messages and worked on urgent tasks during the day and then caught up at night on the administrative work she had to do.

Loan processing is a volatile job however because it is impacted so greatly my interest rates and other monetary policy. If lending is good, many companies will train you, but if lending is down, it can be hard to find a job let alone stay employed in this field.

Marketing Specialist

Average Pay: $43,000 to $55,000 per year

Many companies rely on what I call marketing generalists. These are people who can do a little bit of everything from writing copy, creating social media content, and possibly routine website maintenance. Many of these tasks can be performed anytime during the day which makes this a great job for stay at home parents due to the flexibility.

Medical Coder

Average Pay: $40,000 to $55,000 per year

This job may require some extra work, but it offers enough flexibility to qualify for this list. You’ll need to take a training course and pass a certification exam to land one of these jobs, but if you’re willing to become certified, medical coders are usually in high demand.

Online Teacher

Average Pay: $50,000 to $60,000 per year

There is a lot of variety in online teaching. You can sign up to teach kids in China through programs like VIPKID which typically don’t make a lot of money. But. if you have previous teaching credentials, you can also teach at a virtual school.

While this may be a bit more demanding, I know one mom who made this work. She was a teacher before she had kids and when she decided to become a stay at home mom, she found a job with an online academy teaching virtually. The pay was less than what she was earning in the public school system, but it was something.

Personal Stylist

Average Pay: $35,000 to $42,000 per year

If you’ve got an eye for fashion and style, one mom mentioned that she worked for an online clothing retailer as a personal stylist. She made outfit combinations for their collections and was able to work on her own schedule.

Proofreader

Average Pay: $50,000 to $54,000 per year

Proofreaders check documents for grammatical or stylistic problems, improper formatting, and typos. They are often the last set of eyes to review a text before it is printed or published. If you have a strong grasp of the English language, you could do this job with minimal experience. There are even proofreading and copywriting websites out there that will match you to freelance jobs doing this.

I don’t know any W-2 Proofreaders who are stay at home parents, but I know many who do it as a freelancer.

Recruiter

Average Pay: $58,000 to $82,000 per year

Many recruiters work from home these days, especially for smaller or niche organizations. You probably won’t be able to find a job at a large recruiting agency that will allow you to work as a stay at home, but you can find them in smaller organizations. I know some people who have even started their own recruiting practice as a stay at home; although, you would want to be established and have a personal brand if you do that.

My first job as a stay at home dad was recruiting. I had several years of recruiting experience beforehand and went to work for a small startup. I sourced candidates and coordinated interviews and other communications during the day. Then I conducted interviews in the evening which was better for most of my candidates anyhow. I was making between $7,000 and $14,000 a month doing this.

Resume Writer

Average Pay: $42,000 to $60,000 per year

If you have previous recruiting or hiring experience, this could be a good fit for you. There are resume writing companies out there that don’t actually write resumes themselves. Instead, they farm the work out to independent writers. Many of them pay between $120 to $200 per resume written.

You will likely get a set of notes from the client and then be responsible for writing their resume. This job provides a lot of flexibility and is a good fit for stay at home moms.

Social Media Specialist

Average Pay: $43,000 to $55,000 per year

Depending on the requirements, this job could provide enough flexibility to be done from home as a parent. If you know how to build a brand and increase awareness using social media, this could be a good fit for you. Social Media Specialists often manage social profiles, plan and schedule content, and sometimes even write the content and create the graphics that are used in posts.

You may also be expected to respond to comments and manage messages on multiple platforms.

Software Engineer

Average Pay: $89,000 to $94,000 per year

If you know how to code, and create computer programs, websites, video games, or applications, this could be a job that you can do as a stay at home parent. Be sure you communicate expectations before accepting one of these jobs if working as a W-2 employee. Sometimes they can be quite demanding. Others work contract gigs where they do this work part-time. For stay at home moms and dads, that may be a better fit.

Technical Support Representative

Average Pay: $55,000 to $77,000 per year

Tech support representatives may be able to work from home if they are computer and Internet savvy and technically minded. These jobs will involve resolving issues with clients, guiding them through fixes, and demystifying complex technology.

Much of the time this is done via email and chat, making it possible to do from home while also raising kids. It may not be the easiest job for a stay at home parent, but it can be done.

Transcriptionist

Average Pay: $39,000 to $45,000 per year

One mom I know is a medical transcriptionist and works 3-5 hours per week. Doctors send her voice dictations and she types them into letters to send to other doctors and patients. She also mails them once she’s completed.

There are many different types of transcriptionist jobs available; however, with the release of AI, I have noticed fewer of them being advertised.

Travel Consultant

Average Pay: $55,000 to $70,000 per year

If you like travel and sales, there are many companies that you can work for as an independent travel advisor or consultant. You’ll help families plan getaways, tailor them to their interests, and smooth out any problems that might occur along the way. Companies like Dream Vacations will even put you through a complete training program.

Tutor

Average Pay: $40,000 to $50,000 per year

You could do this online through a tutoring agency or even freelancing in person as time allows. I know one stay at home mom who tutors for an hour after school every day.

Virtual Assistant

Average Pay: $42,000 to $60,000 per year

This job can involve all kinds of tasks from answering emails, organizing meetings, maintaining databases, and other executive support. Some of these jobs work out well for stay at home parents, others do not, so be sure your employer supports your stay at home status and that there is enough flexibility to do the job.

Web Designer

Average Pay: $55,000 to $90,000 per year

This job provides a lot of flexibility. I know web designers who work as W-2 employees and those who freelance. Both make good money and have the flexibility they need to stay at home with kids.

You will need knowledge of WordPress (most likely), other CMS, and programming languages to do this job. It’s not a hard job to learn if you want to. You can take a course and then build out a portfolio to put your knowledge in action. Almost every company will want to see a portfolio before hiring you for this job.

How to Find a Job as a Stay at Home Mom

Finding a job that provides the flexibility to work as a stay at home mom or dad is not easy, but here are some resources to find them.

Local Facebook Groups and Community Bulletin Boards

Many of these jobs can be found with solopreneurs or small businesses who may not pay big bucks to advertise needs on big career sites. They also may not want to read through hundreds of resume submissions. Sometimes they’ll post in local groups and bulletin boards. Do a quick search online and join ones that seem promising.

Hire My Mom

Hire My Mom is an online job board where companies post remote work job openings. They have a focus on getting parents hired, although anyone can apply for jobs on their site. They do require job seekers to pay to access their job boards, which I’m not a huge fan of but it does have a free trial period so you can try it out first. The paid subscription also includes resume writing but I’m not sure how good the quality is.

The Mom Project

The Mom Project is a digital platform that helps women by partnering with employers who have the flexibility and understanding of what it means to be a mom and in the workforce. You can sign up with them for free and they’ll try to connect you with potential jobs.

Belay

Belay is an agency that many small and mid-size businesses turn to for outsourced administrative, accounting, and marketing talent. One of the great things about Belay is that they require their clients (companies) to sign a minimum 1 year contract so if you work for them, you’ll have long-term contract work. They don’t accept everyone and it can be competitive to be hired by Belay, but it’s a great company that can help you stay busy as a stay at home with admin, accounting, or social media work.

Great Assistant

Great Assistant places administrative assistants with their clients. If you pass their vetting process, you could have a steady stream of work as an administrative assistant.

Remote Ok

Remote Ok is a popular job board that is free to use and has freelance and part-time jobs on it. They also have a freelance directory where others can search for you if that’s the route you decide is right for you. It’s more focused on professional job postings, but you can be sure to find work here. You can read my complete Remote Ok Job Board Review here if you want more information.

Grab Jobs

GrabJobs is a gem. It lists remote jobs and has a great interface with filter options including no experience and training provided. Simply head over to their remote job board and select the filter “no experience” and you’ll see a great variety of work from home jobs that can be a good fit for stay at home parents.

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Cole Sperry has been a recruiter and resume writer since 2015, working with tens of thousands of job seekers, and hundreds of employers. Today Cole runs a boutique advisory firm consulting with dozens of recruiting firms and is the Managing Editor at OptimCareers.com. He has also been a stay at home dad for the past 7 years.