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Pet waste removal

You scoop and haul away pet waste from clients' yards on a regular schedule. It's simple, recurring work people happily pay to skip.

4.0Last review 2 weeks agoLow data
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Low data. These numbers come from just 1 review, so treat them as an early signal, not a reliable average — they'll sharpen as more people report.
Median monthly earnings
$750
Middle 50%: $750 – $750
Effective hourly
$15.00
Earnings over the hours people logged
Hours per week
12 hrs
Median across reviews
Startup cost
Under $100
To get up and running
Time to first $100
Same day
From starting out
Monthly expenses
$50–150
To keep it running
Schedule flexibility
Fully on my own terms
Most common answer
Would recommend it
100%
1 of 1 say yes or probably yes
What people make in a month
Gross earnings people entered themselves, before expenses and taxes. 1 review.
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Under $100
$100–250
$250–500
$500–1,000
$1,000–2,000
$2,000–3,500
$3,500–5,000
$5,000–10,000
$10,000+
By platform
How many reviewers use each platform. Many people work more than one.
Facebook Marketplace
1 reviewer
How it scores
Happiness8.0 / 10
Would do it again100%
Schedule flexibility5.0 / 5
Pay predictability5.0 / 5
What surprised people most
Every option reviewers could pick, most common first. 1 review.
How difficult it is to find customers or clients
1
How much I could earn
0
How little I could earn
0
How much time it takes
0
How difficult it is to get started
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Taxes — how much I owe
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Unexpected expenses
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How competitive the market is
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Reviews
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Facebook Marketplace· 1–2 years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $500–1,000Hours 40–60 hrs/moHourly $15.00

I love my side hustle. It's tiring sometimes. I love that I can start work anytime. It's not a set time every day, so I can do appointments. Take my son to work with me. Yeah, take my dog with me. It's a cool gig. It just, sometimes I wish I could be at my home with my family more. But I love it, and I can't wait to make it. My own official business.

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