To make money on the side, you’ll first want to figure out exactly how much money you want to make, and how much time you plan to spend doing it. You might also want to consider choosing a side job that uses the skills you have from your primary job, […]

Being smart about the opportunities you take to make money from home can make a big difference. Consider how much time you want to put into this job and where your skills would be most effective. Also be clear on whether the jobs you find are legitimate. It’s not uncommon […]

Ramit Sethi is the author of the New York Times bestseller, “I Will Teach You To Be Rich.” Sethi has been writing about money for 15 years and found his audiences are often resistant to one piece of advice: Earn more money. Most people don’t think they have the time […]

Mastering a skill could help you make more money, leverage your career, and reach financial independence sooner. On an episode of the Mad Fientist podcast, Cal Newport, an associate professor at Georgetown University, says skills are our “strongest weapon” for building wealth and career satisfaction. The more money you earn, […]

Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. We may receive a small commission from our partners, but our reporting and recommendations are always independent and objective. Job-search websites shouldn’t be the only way you perform salary research for a […]

Susie Moore has out-earned her husband since they first met in their early 20s. She’s found that this is a common pattern among her heterosexual couple friends: The woman earns more money. Here, she explains what people seem not to understand about the dynamics of her relationship. Until my husband […]

New York City is a popular destination for workers eager to join corporate life, but some of the highest-paid employees in the city have trade jobs. Merlin, a job-search site for hourly workers, conducted a survey among 8,822 users based in New York to determine the highest-paying hourly jobs. Nurse […]

What is a clawback? A clawback is a provision in which incentive-based pay, like a bonus, is taken back from an employee by an employer following misconduct or declining profits. Clawback clauses in contracts are on the rise among Fortune 100 companies, increasing by 79% from 2005 to 2010. Signing […]

Liz Gendreau, the Chief Mum Officer, is a 38-year-old MBA who works as an IT program manager at a large company, making a six-figure salary. Her husband, Todd, stays at home with their three boys, ages 14, 10, and 3. She’s been the primary breadwinner since shortly after they were […]

Women breadwinners appear to make both men and women uncomfortable, according to Claire Cain Miller in the New York Times. Miller cited findings from a new Census Bureau paper – husbands and wives are lying about who makes more money when the woman is the primary breadwinner in an opposite-sex […]

Older workers in the US tend to make more money than younger workers, but the extent of the income gap between generations varies among states. Using Census Bureau data, Business Insider found out how much more baby boomers earned than millennials in each state. The gap between baby boomer and […]

A $US100,000 salary sounds like enough money to afford a comfortable lifestyle, but that depends on where you live. MagnifyMoney recently found the top 10 most expensive metro areas in the US where a family of three can still be financially strapped on a six-figure salary. Based on the study, […]

Workers’ salaries vary by age, with older workers tending to make more than younger workers. Using data from the US Census Bureau’s 2017 American Community Survey, Business Insider estimated the median income for full-time, year-round workers at every age. Incomes tended to gradually increase with age among workers in their […]

Jobs with a six-figure salary are coveted by many, but the chance of landing one partly depends on where you live. Ladders recently revealed the 15 best cities with the most jobs that pay $US100,000 or more, from Chicago to San Francisco. In every city on Ladder’s list, the tech […]

Wage growth across the US averaged 3.1% in 2017. Idaho had the largest wage growth because of low unemployment and pay increases. But employees in North Dakota, Alaska, and Iowa actually had negative wage growth. Wages and salaries are going up, at least for most Americans. The Bureau of Economic […]

The highest-paid public employee in most states is a college football or basketball coach, according to a new report from ESPN. The University of Kentucky’s John Calipari is the highest-paid basketball coach – but his salary pales in comparison to football coaches for public colleges. The salaries for the highest-paid […]

Housing is so costly in San Francisco that the average teacher can only afford 0.7% of the homes on the market, according to a Trulia study. Most cities are becoming less affordable for teachers as housing prices rise faster than their salaries. Housing costs are also a problem – especially […]