9 Entry-Level Remote Jobs You Can Start Today
In a global online job market, just where do you begin?
With little or no experience, it is understandable why many people think finding work-from-home jobs is frustrating at first. On one hand, we all want to avoid those bogus websites and scam companies offering work that are too good to be true. On the other hand, legitimate ones always seem to require a proven track record or special expertise. Thankfully though, there are actual entry-level jobs for the remote work beginner offered online. You just have to know what to look for and where to look for remote gigs.
So without further ado, here are 9 entry-level remote jobs you can try to break into the world of remote working with. (New to the idea entirely? Our 7 remote career paths for beginners covers the skills side too.)
- Language Teacher
- Virtual Office Assistant
- Data Entry Specialist
- Call Center Rep
- Translator
- Content Writer
- Fitness and Health Coach
- AI Data Annotation
- Social Media Manager
Language Teacher
If you like talking with people and have the patience to teach others your language, then this job is for you. Whether you are a native speaker or a fluent foreigner, there are various websites that are always on the lookout for language teachers, and all you typically need is a laptop or phone and a stable connection.
The most stable entry point today is teaching conversational English to adults. Sites such as Cambly and iTalki hire people who can engage their students in simple conversation practice, no teaching credential required. Teaching young learners in China, once the largest slice of this market, has shrunk considerably since regulatory changes there restricted for-profit tutoring of school-age children. 51Talk is still hiring and has diversified well beyond China as a result, but it’s no longer the reliable high-volume option it was a few years ago. English is always in the highest demand, but there’s also steady work teaching other widely-spoken and minority languages. Rates for this job vary from $10-$26 per hour, depending on your experience, mother tongue and education.
Virtual Office Assistant
This job does not require you to make coffee, but it often involves the most menial tasks. The work varies depending on your employer. More often than not, the job requires you to organize documents, book flights, update schedules, and answer emails. It’s pretty much basic stuff, but often in large volumes.
Companies value remote workers with experience, but there are those who accept newbies willing to work for entry level rates. Find virtual assistant jobs at websites such as Byron and AssistantMatch. Expect to earn from $16-$26 per hour doing this kind of work.
If you want to sharpen your skills and be prepared, take the Work From Home as a Virtual Assistant course.
Data Entry Specialist
Plain transcription and simple manual entry have declined as automation tools have improved, but the job hasn’t gone away, it’s shifted. Employers in healthcare, insurance, and legal processing still rely heavily on remote workers to verify and correct structured data, since OCR and AI extraction tools still struggle with handwritten documents, inconsistent formatting, and legacy systems, and regulatory liability keeps a human in the loop. Speed and accuracy are prized either way.
You should also make sure to have a number pad and that your typing speed is high enough.
Staffing agencies like Robert Half post remote data entry and verification roles regularly, and it’s worth specifically searching for openings in healthcare or insurance data processing, since those tend to be more stable long-term than general entry work. Pay for this kind of role typically runs $16-$28 per hour, higher than most other entry-level options on this list.
Call Center Representative
This job is taking up countries in Asia by storm, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t join the bandwagon if you live elsewhere. As a call center representative, you’ll have to interact with a company’s clients via email or call. Usually, your job is to confer with them regarding orders, requests, complaints and cancellations of a particular product or service.
Though at times you may have to deal with pushy or disgruntled customers, this job is great because it’s always in demand and there’s always an opening somewhere. Hiring clients are also mostly large corporations that offer benefit packages and career advancements.
Check out clients such as Nexrep and Foundever (formerly Sitel) for open positions. The rate for this job varies from $8-$32 per hour, depending on your experience and location. This is a great entry level job for remote workers.
Translator
Yes, you can make bucks out of your high school French or native Spanish. If you can handle the speech, grammar, slang and written word of a couple of languages, then this job might be for you. Knowing English is almost always required. Translation to European languages such as German or French is often in demand, but there will always be those requiring conversion to Japanese or Chinese.
A caveat worth taking seriously: this is the one job on this list where AI has genuinely changed the picture. Machine translation has gotten good enough that a lot of routine translation work has shifted to editing AI output rather than translating from scratch, and rates for that kind of work have generally fallen, with some translators reporting significantly less work than a couple of years ago. If you’re considering this path, specializing tends to hold up better than general-purpose translation, entertainment and game localization in particular is still growing.
If you want to try this job, clients such as Global Lingo have vacancies from time to time. Rates can fall anywhere between $7-$80 per hour, depending on your skill, education, experience, and how much of the work is original translation versus editing machine output.
Content Writer
Generic, pay-by-the-word blog writing has gotten a lot harder to break into since AI tools became widely used for first drafts, that end of the market has shrunk noticeably in the last couple of years. The opportunity that’s still genuinely there is specialized writing: technical, financial, medical, or legal content where real subject-matter expertise matters, work that clients still pay well for and increasingly want written without AI involvement at all.
If you have real knowledge in a specific field, lead with that rather than “I write anything.” Check out employers such as Textbroker or job brokers such as Freelance Writers Den as a starting point, but treat generic content-mill work as a stepping stone rather than a long-term plan. Specialized technical or financial writers can command $45-75+ per hour once they’ve built a track record in their niche, well above what generic content work pays today.
Fitness and Health Coach
If you have a degree in nutrition, sports science, or any health-related course, then this job is perfect for you. As a home-based health coach, you’ll often be tasked to help clients maintain their diet or exercise regimens, devise wellness programs, and pilot coaching techniques through the use of technology.
Beyond physical health, there are also abundant opportunities for behavioral specialists. Health platforms such as Noom or insurance companies such as Cigna hire home-based health coaches and pair them up with clients.
Or if you have an entrepreneurial mindset, you can start your own blog, video series or website to go freelance and score your personal clients. Pay ranges from $15-30 per hour, but may increase depending on your certifications and educational background.
Deepening your knowledge, and gaining certifications like through the Holisitic Coach Academy’s Health Coaching Certification on Udemy can help you feel more confident, attract new clients, and demand higher rates.
AI Data Annotation
This is one of the newest entry-level categories, and it barely existed a few years ago. Companies building AI products need humans to label data, rate AI outputs, and write training examples, and they hire continuously at real scale. No degree is required, and most platforms let you start with an online qualification test rather than a formal application process.
Companies like Scale AI, Appen, and DataAnnotation are actively hiring. Entry-level annotation and content-review work typically pays $25-40 per hour, and specialized domain expertise (coding, science, or additional languages) can command $70-100 per hour.
Social Media Manager
This one may not sound like a job at all, but you’ll be surprised how much some companies are willing to pay for someone to take charge of their Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.. This position rarely requires a degree, but a background in marketing or advertising will surely come in handy.
As a social media manager, you’ll be required to update social media pages, respond to customer comments or complaints, and drive user traffic to your client’s web page. You have to develop good grammar, excellent customer service, time management and a knack for sharing viral information. You can do this freelance and charge anywhere from $15-$80 per hour, depending on your track record. To get a grasp on the fundamentals, Hubspot Academy and Google Skillshop both offer free courses that cover social media marketing basics.
Landing Your First Remote Job Still Takes Real Effort
Overall, scoring an entry-level, home-based job is not as easy as it sounds. You will still have to put in the time, effort and energy to market yourself and look for opportunities everywhere. It is possible, however, to live comfortably and earn sufficiently without having to commute away from home. Openings abound everywhere on the net, but you have to make sure you look at legitimate and trustworthy websites to ensure you’re not being duped.
Once you do land an offer, remember that salary isn’t the only thing worth discussing. Our guide on remote work benefits worth negotiating covers what else to ask for, from home office stipends to flexible hours.
