No More Waiting: Jobs That Pay You Daily

Jobs that pay daily are relatively rare, but the chance to earn fast cash is tempting. The fastest most companies pay out earnings is weekly. 

However, a few companies offer the option of withdrawing the money earned on the same day, although there are usually fees for this service. Other platforms require a minimum dollar amount to withdraw funds.

We’ve outlined some of the best side hustles where you can opt for daily payments (for a fee) or at least get paid relatively quickly.

Do you have a green thumb? Many people don’t and would love to pay you to take care of their lawns and gardens. 

If you live in an area with four seasons, you could make extra money by pivoting your lawn care business to offer leaf raking in the fall and spring and snow shoveling in the winter.

You can set up a schedule with your clients for weekly lawn care and arrange for them to pay you at the time of service.

Shipt is a grocery delivery service that hires shoppers and delivery drivers. Shipt members can order from stores such as Target, Walgreens, HyVee, 7Eleven, and CVS. As a shopper, you get paid to shop for the items a Shipt member needs and then deliver them.

Shipt delivery drivers get paid to pick up orders and deliver them along an extended route. You could earn between $16 and $27 per hour as an independent contractor for Shipt.

Shipt pays its shoppers and drivers by direct deposit every Friday. You can get paid instantly once a day if you connect through Stripe’s Instant Payouts. However, you’ll have to pay Stripe’s 1% fee on each Instant Payout to get paid daily.

You can get paid daily as a babysitter or childcare provider, depending on your agreement with the parents you work with. Home daycare providers earn about $18 per hour on average. 

In addition to reaching out to your community for possible customers, you can list your services on websites such as Care.com and Nanny Lane.

As a Dasher for DoorDash, you are an independent contractor who picks up take-out orders from various restaurants and convenience stores and delivers them.

Delivering for DoorDash lets you choose when, where, and how often you work. Dashers earn a base pay for each delivery based on the time, distance, and other factors, plus they get to keep 100% of their tips.

DoorDash provides a mobile app for Dashers to track their earnings. Weekly payments are made automatically via direct deposit. 

If you need your money quicker, the company offers a Fast Pay option that enables you to get daily payments for a small fee of $1.99. To use Fast Pay, you’ll need to have a debit card.

Publishers, editors, and writers hire proofreaders to review their content with a fine-tooth comb to find and fix errors. The national average hourly income for proofreaders is about $27.65.

Ideally, as a proofreader, you’ll want to get contract work to ensure a consistent income, but you can also offer to do one-time projects. 

Sites such as Upwork and Fiverr are good places to find proofreading gigs, but these sites do take a percentage (20%) of your earnings. 

If you offer proofreading services on Fiverr, you can get paid via PayPal, bank transfer, Payoneer, or a Fiverr Revenue Card. However, you can usually withdraw Fiverr payments only after a 7- to 14-day clearing period.

Another task some people would gladly pay someone else to do is clean their house or business. 

An app such as AllBetter can provide leads to people looking for cleaning services, or you can contact businesses and homeowners on your own about possible work.

As an independent business owner, you can set your own guidelines on how you will be paid. You can schedule your payday to be monthly, weekly, or upon service.

Uber Eats is the food delivery service offered by the popular rideshare company Uber. It’s a great option for those who want to work for Uber but don’t have an eligible car. 

If you're already driving for Uber, you can deliver for Uber Eats when you don’t have rides booked.

Uber Eats pays for every pickup and dropoff you complete, plus a per-mile rate. In some cities, Uber Eats drivers also receive a per-minute rate.

The money you earn with Uber Eats is automatically transferred to your bank account each week. You can also opt to get paid daily through Instant Pay. 

With Instant Pay, you can cash out up to six times daily. The service costs $0.85 per cashout.

There are a plethora of websites online where you can sell pre-owned, brand-new, and homemade items. Each site pays out your earnings differently, and they usually take a cut of the sale price.

If you want to get paid immediately when your item sells, selling your items on Facebook Marketplace might be your best bet. It will also help you avoid any fees that sites such as eBay and Poshmark may charge.

On eBay, for example, you can schedule your payouts daily. However, the buyer’s payment needs to be confirmed, and then it usually takes about two days for the funds to be available for payout.

Virtual assistants work from home, helping business owners and corporate executives with various administrative tasks. 

The job can include managing social media accounts, scheduling appointments, responding to emails and phone calls, bookkeeping, and making travel arrangements.

The average hourly pay for a virtual assistant ranges is around $22. You can find VA gigs on sites such as Upwork, Fiverr, Remote.co, and FlexJobs.

If you love animals, walking dogs or pet sitting is a good way to make money, whether as a side hustle or a full-time gig. Pet sitters can earn about $16 per hour. 

You can use services such as Rover and Wag to find clients or market yourself to pet owners in your neighborhood. 

If you operate a dog-walking or pet-sitting service independently, you can arrange with your clients to be paid daily. 

With Rover, your earnings can be withdrawn two days after service completion. Wag! pays weekly every Friday via Stripe, but you can get the payments sooner through Instant Pay. There's a 3% fee (minimum $1.99) for each instant payment.

Instacart is a popular grocery delivery service. It operates in all 50 states and hires full-service and in-store shoppers. In-store shoppers are part-time Instacart employees who work at one store at a time.

The job of a full-service shopper enables you to work as much or as little as you want. How much you can make depends on how many orders you shop for. Every order you complete has an estimated payout, plus you get to keep 100% of your customer tips.

You can see how much you’ve earned through the Instacart app. The company offers an Instant Cashout feature that lets you get paid the same day you complete an order. There is a $0.50 transaction fee to use Instant Cashout.

Although completing online surveys won’t make you rich, you can use them to pick up some extra cash. However, you may not be able to access that money daily. Most of the best survey sites have a threshold dollar amount you must reach before you can cash out.  

For example, with Survey Junkie, you have to earn at least $10 to cash out the points you’ve made. InboxDollars requires you to have at least $15 in earnings to withdraw it.

Website testing is another way to make money online. Before many websites go live, they need to undergo rigorous testing, and companies will pay testers to ensure that their sites work properly. 

UserTesting is a platform that pays you to test its clients' websites. Payments vary depending on the type of test, and they are sent 14 days after the test is completed.

Medical professionals, video creators, podcasters, educational institutions, and lawyers hire transcriptionists to convert audio and video files into text. You can put in a few hours a week at a rate of about $21 per hour.

You can find transcription gigs on sites such as GoTranscript and TranscribeMe. On GoTranscript, you can earn up to $0.60 per audio or video minute. Payouts are made weekly via PayPal. 

The site TranscribeMe says that its freelancers make an average of $250 per month. Once the job you’ve transcribed is accepted, payments are available in the TranscribeMe payment system. 

If your balance is at least $10, you can request as many payments per week as you can earn.

They say patience is a virtue, and this might be a saying you should take to heart when it comes to your income. 

Jobs that pay daily are few and far between. At best, you’ll find a job that pays every week. So it might be a good idea to consider other ways to get ahead financially.

If you really need to access the money you earn as soon as possible, companies such as Shipt or Instacart offer instant pay options for a fee. You can choose to use them or have patience and wait for payday.