13 Highest-Paying Part-Time Jobs for College Students

7. Translator

Average Hourly Rate: $20.28

With the rise of the translation market, the demand for translators is high at a 20% growth rate according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is due to the large increase in numbers of non-English speaking people in the U.S. If you can write, speak, and wholeheartedly understand a foreign language fluently and understand the translation process, you’re in! Translators are responsible for translating documents from a foreign language to another. Documents can vary from scripts, instructions, and even manuals.

Translator jobs pay a decent amount up to $29 per hour. Working part-time for college students who’s fluent in foreign language gets to benefit from translating documents. You may offer translating services on Upwork and Fiver.