Teach english online for any of the 16 companies highlighted in this post. These are all home-based jobs, and the companies are almost always hiring.
When I research home-based jobs, I often come across a lot of companies that are looking for people to teach English online (English Second Language tutors).
If you want to work from home and are qualified to do this, it could be a great way to make some money! The requirements vary from company to company as does the pay (some pay $18 hourly and more!).
Some want a college degree, others don't mind if you have don't have one. You'll also find that some want language teaching certifications, like TEFL or TESOL (the TEFL Academy, offering some of the best online TEFL courses, is a great choice for this).
Note that some, but not all, of the companies below will let you take TEFL or TESOL for free through them prior to your starting work.
Also, sometimes the work will be done online while other times it's via phone and/or webcam. Below, we've listed out the online English teaching companies you may want to consider for earning money from home.
Teach English Online – 16 Companies To Consider
The following companies all offer legitimate online English teaching jobs you can do from the comfort of your own home. Certifications, educational requirements, and estimate pay vary. These are all independent contractor positions.
1 – Cambly – Read Cambly Review – Webcam tutoring. You can teach English online without a degree, and you can work anytime! Currently they need English & Spanish language tutors. This is informal tutoring — you're mostly doing social chatting.
2 – VIPKid – Earn between $14 and $22 hourly tutoring Chinese children in English. They partner with teachers from anywhere except for California at this time.
3. – EF – EF (Education First) — Now hiring online English teachers based in the US. You can earn up to $1900 a month teaching the English language to adults from many different countries. A bachelor's degree is required as long with a TEFL certificate.
4 – Magic Ears – Open to US except for California due to AB5 restrictions. Bachelor's degree or current university enrollment required. Pay is up to $26 hourly with a flexible schedule offered. They require a 120 hour ESL teaching certification, but they also make it possible to get that (TESOL) through them for just $20.
5 – QKIDS – Read QKIDS Review – Earn up to $16 hourly teaching English online to Chinese students. Must reside in the US or Canada and either have a bachelor's degree and a teaching license, or some type of ESL teaching certification.
6 – HAWO/51 Talk – Read 51Talk Review – This company pays up to $22 hourly. Bachelor's degree or higher required. Teaching or tutoring experience also required (US or Canadian education systems).
7 – Berlitz – According to Indeed, you can earn $18 or more hourly teaching for Berlitz. You must be a native English or French speaker to be considered. They will train you in their teaching method prior to your starting work.
8 – English Hunt – Often hires people to teach English online from home via video (independent contractors). Must have a four-year degree and have either teaching or substitute teaching certification. Regarding pay, compensation is determined on a case-by-case basis.
9 – GoFLUENT – Hires tutors in the U.S. and Canada (certain areas only). This is a company I have reviewed.
10 – TutorABC – Must have a bachelor's degree or higher. This can be in any field. You must also have a TEFL or TESOL English teaching certificate.
11 – Open English – Read Open English Review – Hires native English speakers to teach English online. Must be able to put in 15 hours per week.
12 – iTalki – Read iTalki Review – Work anywhere in the world teaching any language. You will qualify as long as you are a native fluency speaker for your lanuage.
13 – Learnlight – This company hires online ESL telephone teachers. Requires two years of language teaching experience and some sort of English language teaching certification.
14 – PandaTree – Read PandaTree Review – Usually looking for online tutors in English and Spanish. Part-time work. Must have a few years of teaching experience plus a four year degree or greater and a few years of teaching experience.
15 – Tutlo – Read Tutlo Review – Must be native speaker of English from: the US, the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and at least 18 years old. Also requires six months of English teaching experience.
16 – NiceTalk – Read NiceTalk Review – NiceTalk tutors get paid by the minute. For a full hour of tutoring, you'll make $10. They pay weekly via paypal, but you have to get your balance above $20 to meet the payout threshold. No special experience is required to teach for them.
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Looking For Even More Legit Remote Jobs?
FlexJobs is one of my favorite sites to use for finding remote jobs and learning about new companies that hire remotely.
Most of what I see there when I check the listings pays well above minimum wage and are known companies.
The great thing about FlexJobs is that they guarantee ALL listings are scam-free. They list hundreds of jobs — all of which are either remote or flexible in nature — five days per week.
There are also no ads on the site!
Because there are no ads, they do charge a membership fee since that is the only way they can see a return on their job-searching efforts.
But it's cheap — you can get access for a few weeks for just $2.95 for 14 full days!
If you sign up and don't like it, it's very easy to cancel right away so you are not billed again. You can do it any point during your 14 days of checking things out.
Go here to check out FlexJobs.
Good luck to you!
Anna Thurman is a work at home blogger and mom of two. She has been researching and reviewing remote jobs for over 14 years. Her findings are published weekly here at Real Ways to Earn.