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Best High-Paying Part-Time Jobs for 2026

Updated July 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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    Manager, Freelance Recruiting

    Manager, Global Freelancer Recruitment Location: Remote in AMER About the job the company’s fully managed crowdsourced testing platform, powered by our proprietary intelligence technology - LeoAI…

    remoteFreelance$500K+/year
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    Psychiatrist - Adult and Child - Outpatient

    At the company, we believe in a truly healthy society where mental and physical healthcare are unified to make lives better. Our mission is to help people lead healthier, more fulfilling lives…

    hybridContractStatesville, NC$310K – $430K/yr
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    Hematologist Oncologist Part-time Palm Desert CA

    About The Oncology Institute ( www.theoncologyinstitute.com ): Founded in 2007, The Oncology Institute (NASDAQ: TOI) is advancing oncology by delivering highly specialized, value-based cancer care in…

    onsiteContractPalm Desert, California, United States$300,000 - $390,000/year
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    Adult Psychiatrist - Outpatient

    At the company, we believe in a truly healthy society where mental and physical healthcare are unified to make lives better. Our mission is to help people lead healthier, more fulfilling lives…

    hybridContractLehi, UT$303K – $390K/yr
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    Psychiatrist Adult or Child

    At the company, we believe in a truly healthy society where mental and physical healthcare are unified to make lives better. Our mission is to help people lead healthier, more fulfilling lives…

    hybridContractWheaton, IL$278K – $375K/yr
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    Part Time Radiologist

    The the company (AMC) is seeking a board‑certified or board‑eligible veterinary radiologists to join our expanding Department of Diagnostic Imaging part time. As a premier…

    onsiteContract510 East 62nd Street, New York, NY 10065$340,000 - $370,000/year
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    Senior Director, Contracts and Transactions Counsel

    About Us the company is a heart health company working to make cardiovascular disease preventable, curable and no longer the leading cause of death in the world. It is the company’s mission to develop…

    hybridContractPrinceton, New Jersey, United States, South San Francisco, California, United States$263,000 - $357,000/year
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    Emergency Veterinarian (Part Time) - Seattle, WA

    ABOUT VEG In 2014, VEG was born with a mission to help people and their pets when they need it most. This meant challenging the status quo and fixing everything that was wrong with the ER…

    onsiteContractSeattle, Washington, United States$140,000 - $350,000/year
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    Infectious Disease Physician - Brownwood, TX

    Infectious Disease Physician Position with National Wound Physician Group Clinical satisfaction, autonomy and flexibility, work-life balance No Nights, No Call, No Weekend Clinical…

    onsiteContractBrownwood, TX$200K – $350K/yr
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    Bariatric Surgeon - Brownwood, TX

    Bariatric Surgeon Position with National Wound Physician Group Clinical satisfaction, autonomy and flexibility, work-life balance No Nights, No Call, No Weekend Clinical Responsibilities …

    onsiteContractBrownwood, TX$200K – $350K/yr

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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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