In the world of work, there are more high-paying remote jobs now than ever before. With more and more organizations hiring remote teams located across the globe, there’s a pressing need for remote talent of all skill levels and backgrounds.
In Velocity Global’s Work in Progress Report for 2022, more than 72% of the companies we surveyed from the United States and the United Kingdom will maintain a distributed workforce after this year. That’s a huge advancement in where remote employment is headed.
Now, employers and employees everywhere benefit from the fact that remote jobs are plentiful, flexible, and high-paying.
How Much Should Remote Jobs Pay?
To stay competitive and maintain top talent, companies will pay market rates or well above them. According to a list of current salaries from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, these rates range between $55,000–160,000 per year depending on the job. But even if a job is remote, it doesn’t mean that there is less work or responsibility within the role.
According to our Work in Progress Report, 37% percent of companies with a distributed workforce say that allowing remote work, providing more flexibility, and offering the freedom to travel on a digital nomad visa helps retain top talent.
Here’s a rundown of popular remote jobs and their estimated salaries:
Can You Get High-Paying Remote Jobs With No Experience?
Absolutely. Despite remote work being top of mind for countless businesses, there’s a lack of remote employees who display the right soft skills like adaptability (the ability to adjust to new conditions) and open-mindedness (the willingness to innovate and grow within a role).
In place of clear-cut experience, professionals can showcase valuable remote work skills by highlighting expertise around: adaptability, agreeableness, time management, communication, project management, and teamwork.
Of all the companies we surveyed, Velocity Global found that most faced tremendous challenges when hiring remote professionals and used between 25–49% of productive hours trying to recruit, maintain, and retain remote talent. This means companies try to attract and keep employees who are ready to deliver results for the right compensation.
Discover These 5 Remote Job Titles for Any Skill Level
Whatever your background is, whether you have customer service experience from the hospitality, retail, or labor industries or retained writing skills from college, this list of several high-paying remote jobs could be the pathway to an entirely new career:
1. Copy Editor
Est. Annual Salary: $55,000–$65,000
Believe it or not, there are big differences between writers and editors. Typically editors have an eye for detail and are well-versed with grammar rules. In this job, the main goal is to help writers deliver error-free, well-organized material on deadline.
2. Graphic Designer
Est. Annual Salary: $55,000–$65,000
While Adobe Photoshop experience can be really useful in this role, having a sharp eye for photography, color, and artistic appeal is just as valuable. By using free, inexpensive design software, getting a start and a decent wage as a remote designer is more than possible.
3. Social Media Monitor
Est. Annual Salary: $60,000–$70,000
Think about how much time you’ve spent on social media, looking at comments. Well, that alone is a top qualification for being a monitor of social media platforms. In this position, you’ll be searching for and flagging content that goes well beyond community guidelines.
4. Researcher
Est. Annual Salary: $70,000–$80,000
If you ever enjoyed working on school projects late into the night, becoming a remote researcher is a smart idea. Typically, this role involves conducting market research to help find data and other facts to establish important studies, proposals, grants, journals, and educational content.
5. Virtual Assistant
Est. Annual Salary: $50,000–$60,000
Does managing tasks, organizing information, and fueling creative output sound like your ultimate remote role? As a virtual assistant, you’ll work to assist specific companies, executives, teams, or groups handle projects and deliver results on time.
How Should You Negotiate a Remote Job Salary?
Interviewing for any job, remote or otherwise, can be nerve-wracking. But it’s during an interview where you have the opportunity to talk about your skills and personal qualities, then dictate how your experience deserves a certain level of salary. Do this by following the simple rule of K.S.A. (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities).
K.S.A. is a way of talking openly about all of your past roles then summarizing the skills and abilities you gained from them. During an interview, you can make it clear how your skills and abilities will help you in the role you’re applying for. Then, you can easily refer back to your skillset when determining your starting salary.
Maximize Your Remote Role by Working From Anywhere
We’ve talked at length about finding the right remote salary, but there’s another perk that should be discussed when applying for a remote job: the ability to work from anywhere.
Part of Velocity Global’s research into distributed work tells us that, for employees, having the ability to work from anywhere is a huge job benefit. That’s why we’re giving talent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get outside of the office. Using our all-in-one Global Work Platform™, remote talent can partner with Velocity Global to keep their current job and work from anywhere in the world they want. We’ll provide all of the hiring, HR, payroll and tax support their employer needs.
If you have questions about proposing remote work initiatives to your manager or teammates, we’re here to help you get started.
