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What are the most profitable side hustles in Singapore?

The average yearly salary for side hustles is from $11,693 to $21,153. 

The search for the term 'side job' has ballooned by 414% over the past year in Singapore, according to a Preply analysis.

Preply analysed the job search platform Upwork and found that the average yearly salary for side hustles is from $11,693 to $21,153. 60% of the top 20 side hustles offer an hourly rate of $50 or higher.

Acting gigs come in first place, providing $21,153 extra cash on a yearly average, or $86.09 per hour.

Second place is photography with a potential $20,352 annually, or $82.83 per hour assuming a freelancer works five hours a week.

Coming in third is content creation with an average of $15,346 extra cash per year or $62.45 an hour.

Other profitable side jobs are video editing and search engine optimisation, bringing in an average of $13,860 and $12,838 of extra annual income respectively. 

As for language side hustles, Portuguese-speaking freelancers take the lead with an additional $22,210 to their annual salary or $90.39 an hour. 

Italian comes next, with an average daily rate of $75.22, followed by Spanish ($67.31), German ($61.50) and Indonesian ($59.66). 

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