The typical American side hustler earns $885 (£669) a month. Rachel Jimenez earns $14,000 (£10,580). The gap between the two figures says a great deal about what separates casual earners from those who turn a side project into a primary livelihood.
Jimenez, 37, a former higher education administrator and mother of two, said she now generates that income passively across seven streams, including her Etsy digital products shop, her personal finance blog Money Hacking Mama, real estate holdings, and stock appreciation. She said she recently reached millionaire status, according to a first-person account published by CNBC.
