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Best High-Paying Part-Time Jobs for 2026

Updated September 2026 · Top 10 · Ranked automatically from live listings

Part-time work doesn't have to mean minimum wage — specialized contract and freelance roles pay professional rates on flexible hours. This list ranks the highest-paying part-time, contract, and freelance roles live on CozyJobs, ordered by disclosed pay and refreshed automatically.

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    Request For Proposal (RFP) - Tribal Wood Markets Business Development and Investment

    Issued by the company, in partnership with the Intertribal Timber Council Issuing Organization the company (SNW) Program Partner Intertribal Timber Council (ITC) Engagement Type…

    hybridContractPortland, OR, US$873,000/year
  2. 2

    Independent journalist

    the company is seeking independent journalists with business and communications backgrounds to launch and manage local news operations using their platform, producing content and generating revenue through advertising…

    remoteContract$500,000/year
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    Staff Psychiatrist (MD or DO) — Remote | Telehealth | Full-Time or Part-Time | Rhode Island

    [We show compassion to heal minds.] 🧠 About the company is a technology-forward psychiatry company delivering world-class outpatient mental the company care while expanding access for…

    remoteFull-Time$300,000 – $500,000/year
  4. 4

    Staff Psychiatrist (MD or DO) — Remote | Telehealth | Full-Time or Part-Time | New Jersey

    [We show compassion to heal minds.] 🧠 About the company is a technology-forward psychiatry company delivering world-class outpatient mental the company care while expanding access for…

    remoteFull-Time$300,000 – $500,000/year
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    Staff Psychiatrist (MD or DO) — Remote | Telehealth | Full-Time or Part-Time | Tennessee

    [We show compassion to heal minds.] 🧠 About the company is a technology-forward psychiatry company delivering world-class outpatient mental the company care while expanding access for…

    remoteFull-Time$300,000 – $500,000/year
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    Staff Psychiatrist (MD or DO) — Remote | Telehealth | Full-Time or Part-Time | Puerto Rico

    [We show compassion to heal minds.] 🧠 About the company is a technology-forward psychiatry company delivering world-class outpatient mental the company care while expanding access for…

    remoteFull-Time$300,000 – $500,000/year
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    Staff Psychiatrist (MD or DO) — Remote | Telehealth | Full-Time or Part-Time | Kentucky

    [We show compassion to heal minds.] 🧠 About the company is a technology-forward psychiatry company delivering world-class outpatient mental the company care while expanding access for…

    remoteFull-Time$300,000 – $500,000/year
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    Staff Psychiatrist (MD or DO) — Remote | Telehealth | Full-Time or Part-Time | Pennsylvania

    [We show compassion to heal minds.] 🧠 About the company is a technology-forward psychiatry company delivering world-class outpatient mental the company care while expanding access for…

    remoteFull-Time$300,000 – $500,000/year
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    Staff Psychiatrist (MD or DO) — Remote | Telehealth | Full-Time or Part-Time | South Carolina

    [We show compassion to heal minds.] 🧠 About the company is a technology-forward psychiatry company delivering world-class outpatient mental the company care while expanding access for…

    remoteFull-Time$300,000 – $500,000/year
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    Staff Psychiatrist (MD or DO) — Remote | Telehealth | Full-Time or Part-Time | Maine

    [We show compassion to heal minds.] 🧠 About the company is a technology-forward psychiatry company delivering world-class outpatient mental the company care while expanding access for…

    remoteFull-Time$300,000 – $500,000/year

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How this list works

This ranking is recomputed automatically from CozyJobs' live listing data — no editorial picks, no pay-to-play. Roles with disclosed pay rank first (highest annualized pay at the top), followed by trending and most recently posted roles. Expired or filled listings drop off the moment our link-checking detects them.

Frequently asked questions

What part-time work pays the best?+

Specialized skills rent for the most per hour: fractional marketing and operations ($75–$200/hr), technical and content writing ($40–$150/hr), design ($50–$150/hr), bookkeeping ($25–$50/hr), and consulting in any field you have a track record in.

Why does this list include contract and freelance roles?+

Most genuinely flexible, well-paying reduced-hours work is structured as contract or freelance rather than part-time employment — employers rarely post 'part-time' salaried roles at professional rates. CozyJobs categorizes part-time and temporary roles as contract, so this list covers all three.

How is this list ranked and how often does it update?+

Rankings are recomputed automatically from live listing data — disclosed pay first, then trending status and freshness. The list refreshes throughout the day as new listings are ingested and expired ones drop off, so every entry links to a role that is actually open.

Where do CozyJobs listings come from?+

Listings are aggregated daily from employer career sites, major ATS platforms (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, and more), and direct submissions. Automated quality filters remove volunteer/unpaid roles and known aggregator spam, so what surfaces is paid, real work.

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