If you are like many Americans, the income from your 9-to-5 is no longer cutting it. Amid rising costs due to inflation, not to mention steepening student loan payments and tariff-driven price hikes, many people are finding their paychecks stretched thinner than ever. Enter: the side hustle.

To try and cover expenses, “almost two-thirds of currently employed Americans are looking to get a second job in the next year, according to a survey of 2,000 adults conducted by the American Staffing Association,” said Investopedia . A second job can certainly help when it comes to supplementing income or working toward financial goals like boosting savings or paying down debt . But before you take one on, it is worth assessing the full range of possibilities, so your side gig feels like

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