Here are the Best Paying Gigs to Make Money in Freelancing Economy

The gig economy is often misperceived as low paying work however it is not at all true. It is not the gig that is low paid it is the type of gig you go for. To explain the point, let’s take an example of the report from team entrepreneurial hub FitSmallBusiness who gathered and compared the data provided by freelancing platforms, Upwork and the Freelancers Union. They concluded that there were some fields for which clients paid more by 200 % from the previous year. The researcher also compiled the hourly rates of freelancers from all freelancing platforms. Here are the Best Paying Gigs to Make Money in Freelancing Economy.

Here is the list of Best Paying Gigs of 2018 compiled by researchers

• Artificial intelligence (deep learning)–

Skilled freelancers for artificial intelligence charge $115.06/hour. According to Graham, a researcher form FitSmallBusiness AI freelancers deal with technology to drive the ability of Artificial Intelligence. More specialized freelancers in this field can earn as much as $239,325 annually.

• Blockchain architecture –

The second one in the list is Blockchain architecture, whose freelancers can earn up to $87.05/hour. It is the vast field very famous due to the bloom of cryptocurrencies as it is the basic underlying technology cryptocurrencies are built on.

• Robotics–

Robotics is the ever blooming field and will remain tending as this world is transforming to digitization rather than relying on man power. Freelancers form robotics field earn approximately $77.46/hour. Freelancers from robotics design 3D models of mechanical elements, pieces, and mechanisms for robots and machines.

• Ethical hacking–

Ethical Hacking is the most demanded field whose freelancers get $66.33/hour for working on different projects. Freelancers from ethical hacking usually have software background and they assist companies to fill the gaps in their security that can be picked up by hackers. These freelancers also fix vulnerabilities.

• Cryptocurrency–

There are very less number of freelancers who deal with cryptocurrency projects. As it’s a news field, as expected it will grow much more in the upcoming days. These freelancers build tools for trading exchanges and develop market charts. They charge $65.37/hour but expectedly this amount will increase with the increasing trend of cryptocurrency.

• Virtual reality–

Freelancers who deal with virtual reality charge $50.18/hour. The Virtual reality engineers develop apps to merge digital content into real life. One has to make augmented reality algorithms and should have background in 3D modelling and 3D scanning are also common.
Above mentioned are the most payable gigs of 2018 however it doesn’t mean that if you are not master of any of these, you can’t earn via freelancing. There would be plenty of freelance work for your field, you just need to find one.
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