A word of the wise before you dive in: There are a lot of scam companies out there who falsely claim their employees work from home. Before you take an offer with any remote company, make sure to check with the Better Business Bureau to make sure the company you’re considering is legit.
50 Best Work-at-Home Jobs
- Survey Taker
What It Pays: This job won’t make you a millionaire but you can be paid between $1-$50 each time you conduct a survey or an opinion poll.The Perfect Candidate: This job is perfect for the person who has a strong opinion and a lot of free time.Your Day-to-Day: You might take a survey, opinion poll, or asked to review a certain product. After you’re finished, payment will be sent to you either in cash, PayPal, or even gift cards.How to Get It: Search ‘surveys’ on realwaystoearnmoney.com and sign up for as many sites as you can. They’ll contact you when a survey that fits your demographic is ready to take (and be sure to finish it right away).Warning: DO NOT register anywhere that has a membership fee or asks you any personal information.
- Work-from-Home Baker/Catering Chef
What it Pays: On average, bakers and caterers make around $13.85 an hour. However, you can always quote your services depending on the size of the order, turnaround time and food costs.The Perfect Candidate: This job is perfect for the person who’s looking to turn their passion for the culinary arts into a full-time job.Your Day-to-Day: From your own kitchen, you’ll create wonderful custom food creations for customers.How to Get It: With social distancing in full swing, start by posting your sweet treats or ready-made dinners to-go on Instagram to get a following. If you have the time, you could offer to deliver them for free. When quarantining is no longer necessary, reach out to the people who had to cancel their big events and offer to cater the event to start booking more high-paying jobs and scale your businesses.
- Online Matchmaker
What it Pays: According to Ziprecruiter, the national average annual salary is $75,602.The Perfect Candidate: Someone who would excel as a matchmaker has great communication skills and a passion for strong love connections.Your Day-to-Day: With a bit of training, you can connect with clients, get to know them, and see what they’re looking for in their perfect match—all from the comfort of your own living room! Then, you’ll finish off the task by searching through a database for your client’s perfect match and set them up on a virtual date.How to Get it: Apply through sites like Indeed or apply directly with Tawkify.
4. Social Media Brand Ambassador
What it Pays: On average, a brand ambassador makes $17 an hour.The Perfect Candidate: Someone with retail or marketing experience and a passion for what the particular brand has to offer.Your Day-to-Day: You team up with known brands and build a client-based business by selling services or products on social media.How to Get it: Look on employment sites like Indeed or directly on the brand’s career portal.
- Virtual Translator
What it Pays: According to ZipRecruiter, translators can make $67,343 a year.The Perfect Candidate: Someone who speaks and is comfortable writing in multiple languages.Your Day-to-Day: Translate audio files or documents for remote clients. Assignments are usually posted with a fixed price with the range starting from $15 to $1,000 depending on the difficulty and the languages needed.How to Get it: Find individual assignments on UpWork.
- Virtual Customer Service Representative
What it Pays: On average, customer service representatives make $17 an hour.The Perfect Candidate: Someone who is patient, doesn’t mind talking with strangers and has very strong communication skills.Your Day-to-Day: You’ll team up with a company and work with their customers to keep them satisfied and answer all of their questions over the phone.How to Get it: Try searching Remote.com for any virtual customer service jobs.
- Copywriting
What it Pays: According to ZipRecruiter, a copywriter makes around $59,531.The Perfect Candidate: Someone with a marketing background, who is self-disciplined and enjoys sales.Your Day-to-Day: A copywriter creates a variety of text for marketing materials and promotional content. As a copywriter, your duties are to communicate with clients via phone or email to obtain the details of each project and create content based on those guidelines.How to Get it: Check for freelance copywriting jobs on employment sites like Indeed.com or ZipRecruiter.
- Editing and Proofreading
What it Pays: According to the national average, proofreaders make $32 an hour.The Perfect Candidate: If you consider yourself a word nerd and can use a semicolon with ease, then this job may be perfect for you.Your Day-to-Day: You’ll look over documents for big picture issues, see if arguments make sense and if all information needed to understand a topic is present. You’ll also edit smaller things such as sentence structure, word choice, and spelling.How to Get it: Look on career sites like LinkedIn, Indeed, or Remote.com
- Virtual Event Planner
What it Pays: According to ZipRecruiter, traditional event planners can make $54,000 a year, so now that everything’s virtual with quarantine in full effect, consider parlaying your real-world skills into an online-only business.The Perfect Candidate: If you’re someone who’s detailed, thorough and organized, you might excel as a virtual event planner. Or, if you have prior event planning experience, re-frame your services so that they translate to virtual events for the time being.Your Day-to-Day: Plan virtual events, from 50th birthday parties over Zoom to gender reveal parties on Google Hangouts, you can be in charge of sending everyone party packages before the event that include fun items, like a cupcake, confetti and a mini bottle of champagne. Plus, you can be on-hand during the virtual event to make sure everything goes according to plan.How to Get it: Build your own website with a photo gallery to show the kind of events you’ve produced in the past, like your child’s birthday party or a wedding you helped decorate. Update your website with a new “virtual event planning” section, where you gear your services toward online parties at a lower fee. Host a few virtual parties of your own to spread the word, and don’t forget to take photos and upload them to your website to help build your online presence, too.
- Online Tutor
What it Pays: The national average for a tutor is $20 an hour.The Perfect Candidate: This job is perfect for former teachers or education students who have experience teaching others in basic school subjects like math, writing, reading, or foreign language.Your Day-to-Day: If you’re tutoring virtually, you can teach kids basic skills by helping them with their homework, editing their essays, and giving them practice problems to prepare them before a test.How to Get it: Since many parents are forced to homeschool their kids for the remainder of the school year, many can’t handle working full-time and being a teacher to their children. Reach out within your network and see if there is a parent who needs a little help.
- Blogger
What it Pays: Once you’re up and running, blogging can pay big bucks in ad revenue. Successful bloggers can earn $1,000 or more a month, according to the blogger behind Making Sense of Cents.The Perfect Candidate: If you have good writing skills, knowledge of SEO and an eye for appealing content, blogging could be for you. It’s great for people who feel passionate about a certain topic or who feel comfortable sharing their thoughts and ideas with others.Your Day-to-Day: After coming up with your blog topic, you’ll write a post (they’re generally between 800 and 2,000-ish words long) and take/upload photos to go with it.How to Get it: Buy a domain name and watch a few Wordpress videos to learn how to use the publishing platform effectively. Then, start publishing regular content and embed an ad program, like Google Ad Words, so you can start earning revenue. You’ll have to go at it for about six months before you start seeing any real profits come in.
- Social Media Manager
What it Pays: According to ZipRecruiter, a social media manager makes $49,000 a year on average.The Perfect Candidate: Someone who knows social media inside and out.Your Day-to-Day: In your role as a social media manager, you’ll create, manage, and grow a brand’s marketing campaign through content creation and advertising campaigns on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, and more.How to Get It: WorkingNomads has a lengthy list of job openings in the social media world.
- Graphic Designer
What it Pays: According to the national average, a graphic designer can make $73,154 a year.The Perfect Candidate: As a graphic designer, creativity is an absolute must. This role is also perfect for anyone who has a background in graphic design and can navigate through programs like Adobe Illustrator.Your Day-to-Day: Research and pick up freelance graphic design assignments and create a roster of clients. If you have the software, you are good to go and you can get your work done any time throughout the day at home.How to Get it: Search “freelance graphic design” on job posting websites like LinkedIn and Indeed, and also on sites like remote.co. You could also post an ad on your Facebook page to attract new clients.
14. Self-Published eBook Writer 15. Dog Bakery
What it Pays: Potentially up to $1,000 a month.The Perfect Candidate: Someone who loves dogs and baking.Your Day-to-Day: You’ll spend a few hours a day in the kitchen baking homemade dog treats from scratch. When you’re not baking, you can spread the word about your services on Facebook and Instagram and offer to deliver orders to their front door for free!How to Get it: Bake miniature samples of your homemade dog bones to leave in your neighbors’ mailboxes (the ones you know have dogs!). Be sure to package them nicely and include a sticker or card with your contact info in case they want to place an order. Be sure to market your products on social media, too.
- Virtual Assistant
What it Pays: According to PayScale, virtual assistants can make up to $15 an hour.The Perfect Candidate: Someone who has the ability to multitask and whose planner is like their personal Bible.Your Day-to-Day: As a virtual assistant, you will perform typical office duties from home like replying to emails, managing calendars and appointments, entering data, and assisting with social media.How to Get it: Start with job posting websites like Upwork.com, FlexJobs.com, and PeoplePerHour.com to find freelance virtual assistant opportunities.
- Online Teacher
What it Pays: According to Glassdoor, the national average salary for an online teacher is $42,579.The Perfect Candidate: For teachers or people holding a teaching license who don’t want to stick to a typical school schedule.Your Day-to-Day: Instead of standing in a classroom, you’ll be able to teach school subjects from the comfort of your own home via Skype or a pre-recorded session.How to get it: Check out teaching job posting sites like K12.com or Connections Academy.
- Web Developer
What it Pays: According to Careerkarma, remote web developers can make up $70,000 to $100,000 a year, depending on years of experience.The Perfect Candidate: The tech-savvy person who likes seeing a project from start to finish.Your Day-to-Day: You’ll be building websites and maintaining them for various companies and businesses from scratch.How to Get it: To be a web developer, you will need to learn the basics of HTML, Javascript, and CSS. Many boot camps and courses are offered online. Visit this link to see all of your options and choose the course that’s right for you.
- Search Engine Evaluator
What it Pays: According to Glassdoor, search engine evaluators can make up to $13 an hour.The Perfect Candidate: People who are obsessed with music, movies, and all other things pop culture.Your Day-to-Day: Companies like Google, Yahoo, or Bing will give you information to search for, and you will report back and tell them how closely their results matched what you were looking for.How to Get it: Most search engine companies hire through firms like Appen Butler Hill and Leapforce At Home.
- Telephone Nurse
What it Pays: A registered telephone nurse can make up to $70,302 a year according to RegsiteredNurse.org.The Perfect Candidate: Someone with a registered nursing degreeYour Day-to-Day: Health insurance companies like UnitedHealth Group and Humana, hire remote nurses to perform duties like case management, treatment authorization, and patient education.How to Get it: Check out the listings at major medical-job placement firms like MedicalJobsOnline.com and Medzilla.com.
- Public Relations Representative
What it Pays: Entry level positions start at $31,541 per year while most experienced workers make up to $105,400 per year.The Perfect Candidate: To excel at this job you must have good communication skills, the ability to create captivating content and an understanding of social media.Your Day-to-Day: Some small- to medium-sized businesses don’t have the budget for a public relations firm. But they may have the funds to hire a virtual public relations representative to take care of duties like promoting the business or managing a crisis.How to get it: While in quarantine, see if you can build a website and promote yourself while supporting your favorite spots in your neighborhood. You can also use this time to start applying to virtual PR assistant jobs, so you start making money and get your foot in the door at the same time.
- Voice Acting
What it Pays: Your earnings as a voice actor are usually from a project to project basis. You can make $100 for a 15-second recording, $250 for a 30 or 60-second commercial to about $3000 per audiobook.The Perfect Candidate: The one who can always make people laugh with impressions at parties.Your Day-to-Day: You could spend your day from the comfort of your own home by recording radio and tv commercials to audiobooks to phone prompts.How to get it: The fastest way to get a paid voice-over job is by auditioning through one of the many online voice casting websites, like Voices, VoiceBunny, or Voice123.
- Virtual Stylist
What it Pays: According to ZipRecruiter, online stylists can make $41,821 a year.The Perfect Candidate: One who has the eye for piecing together stylish outfits.Your Day-to-Day: Whether it’s a complete closet makeover or an outfit for a specific event, an online stylist’s job is to help their clients achieve their desired style.How to get it: You can find job listings on employment websites like Indeed or Cabi. Or, consider selling your services on Facebook and Instagram to start spreading the word and build your own client base.
- Caption Writer
What it Pays: Caption writers can make up to $55,000 to $60,000 a year.The Perfect Candidate: Someone who wants to make money off their Netflix binges and can type at lightning speed.Your Day-to-Day: You will transcribe dialogue for television shows and movies, and create a verbal representation of sound effects. Many experienced caption writers transcribe dialogue and sound effects for live programmings, like sporting events or news programs. If you’re fluent in a different language, you may be able to transcribe and translate captions for foreign movies and television programs into English.How to get it: Check out job posting sites like Indeed or Rev.com for virtual caption writer employment opportunities.
- Computer Support Specialist
What it Pays: The national average for a computer support specialist is $22 an hour.The Perfect Candidate: Someone who is an expert in problem-solving and has skills in IT, electrical controls, and computer software and hardware.Your Day-to-Day: In this role, you’ll use problem-solving skills to diagnose technical problems and walk clients through solutions over the phone, by email or via instant messenger. In addition, the company may also want you to be a point of reference for new software or hardware installment.How to get it: Check employment sites like Indeed or LinkedIn for work-from-home computer support specialist opportunities.
- Virtual Inside Sales Representative
What it Pays: According to ZipRecruiter, inside sales representatives can make up to $40,664 a year.The Perfect Candidate: Someone who’s a “people” person and knows how to close a deal.Your Day-to-Day: Inside sales representatives work with a list of clients to build new business ventures, as well as look for new leads via internet research, cold calls, and email. Prepare to spend a lot of time on the phone or chatting with clients over email!How to get it: Check LinkedIn or Monster.com to see virtual inside sales job openings that compliment your past sales experience.
- Remote Call Center Agent
What it Pays: According to ZipRecruiter, call center agents make an average of $22,600 a year.The Perfect Candidate: The person who doesn’t mind making calls and being on the phone all day, helping people.Your Day-to-Day: Once hired, you will be required to take calls from customers from companies that range from travel and hospitality to roadside assistance.How to get it: There are no specific requirements for being a call center agent but having great communication and organizational skills will put you over the top. Search Indeed or LinkedIn for call center opportunities.
- Data Entry Clerk
What it Pays: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the pay range for a data entry clerk can be from $10.37 to $23 an hourThe Perfect Candidate: For this role, you’re going to need an excellent knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and strong interpersonal and communication skills.Your Day-to-Day: As a data entry clerk, you will be responsible for inputting a high volume of data from multiple sources into the company’s database, ensuring that all necessary data is being entered and maintained. In addition, data entry clerks must verify and edit the information as needed.How to Get it: You only need a high school diploma to be a data entry clerk. Check out job posting sites like LinkedIn or Indeed for data clerk entry-level positions.
- Food Delivery Driver
What it Pays: According to Grubhub, their delivery drivers make $12 an hour plus tips but people who live in a big city usually make more.The Perfect Candidate: Someone who has a car and a valid driver’s license for more than two years.Your Day-to-Day: After applying and getting approved, you will be able to set your own hours and be able to run food deliveries from restaurants to hungry, paying customers. And with contact-less delivery, you can simply drop orders off outside of people’s doors to avoid unnecessary interaction.How to Get it: Apply directly through the company’s career portal like UberEats, Grubhub or DoorDash.
- Virtual ESL Tutoring
What it Pays: Depending on the company, you can make as much as $23 an hour teaching English as a second language.The Perfect Candidate: A native English speaker with a Bachelor’s degree or higherYour Day-to-Day: Once hired, you will be either assigned a day shift or a night shift. Then, by using Skype or other video conference software, you will be connected to students in places like South Korea or Japan who are working on their English skills. After training, you’ll be able to teach them to speak English.How to get it: Apply directly with companies like Teach Away and VIPKID.
- Virtual Test Scorer
What it pays: According to the educational testing site, Pearson Assessments, you can make $13 to $16 an hour working with them, though there are opportunities to make much more.The Perfect Candidate: Scorers must have a Bachelor’s degree and be authorized to work in the US.Your Day-to-Day: You will spend your time evaluating student’s answers to subject-specific open-ended questions, according to a certain set of grading criteria.How to get it: Look at job posting sites like LinkedIn, Indeed for test scorer opportunities or apply directly at companies like Pearson Assessments and ETS.
- Remote Law Enforcement Transcriber
What it pays: According to ZipRecruiter, law enforcement transcribers make $30,361 a year.The Perfect Candidate: The true-crime junkie who has superb listening and writing skills.Your Day-to-Day: As a law enforcement transcriber, you will listen to the audio content of criminal investigations, internal affairs audits, and various law enforcement agencies’ verbal communications and type it out. Perfect for the person who can’t get enough of true-crime drama!How to get it: You can find law enforcement transcribing jobs through employment websites like Indeed or LinkedIn or by contacting your local courthouse.
- Remote Salesperson
- Virtual Coach
What it pays: The national average pay for a virtual coach is $28 an hour.The Perfect Candidate: Someone who is motivational and loves helping others succeed in lifeYour Day-to-Day: You will consult with clients and develop plans to help them reach their goals. This can be anything from fitness to taking steps forward in their personal or professional lives.How to get it: Though it’s not required, you can get certified to become a coach from organizations like the World Coach Institute. Other sites like ZipRecruiter lists jobs for companies looking to hire coaches.
- Online Juror
What it pays: Depending on the case, online jurors can make $10 to $60 per case.The perfect candidate: You must be 18 or older and complete an application.Your day-to-day: In a mock trial, you will hear from two opposing lawyers and you and 12 others will side with either of them. Most of these trials are so a lawyer can test the strength of their own case before stepping foot in an actual courtroom.How to get it: Visit sites like Online Verdict, complete an application, and keep an eye on your inbox.
- Website Tester
What it pays: According to UserTesting.com, websites that are available for testing usually start at $10 per test.The perfect candidate: A detail-orientated person who loves surfing the web.Your day-to-day: Many companies are testing their website’s user-friendliness and how easy it is to navigate. You will be given a set of instructions to follow while checking out the website. By registering with multiple sites and being one of the first 15 people to test their client’s sites they send out, you can easily make $200 a month.How to get it: Register with companies like UserTesting.com, YouEye.com, or Userlytics.com and keep an eye on your inbox.
- Virtual Creative Services Provider
What it pays: If you have a creative skill, you can make $5 per hour on sites like Fiverrr.The perfect candidate: If you can craft a perfect cover letter, have spot-on tarot reading skills, or are able to coach a person through a tough level of a video game, you can post your services on Fiverrr.Your day-to-day: Post what you’re offering and watch the emails roll in. Keep a list of clients that will want you back for more.How to get it: Come up with a creative service that you can provide and post on Fiverrr. To boost initial interest, advertise your listing on social media.
- Etsy Store Owner
What it pays: You’ll earn money from each sale, which can be more than $100/month in revenue depending on how popular your Etsy store is.The perfect candidate: The ideal fit for an artisan, maker or die-hard DIYer who’s itching to make products with their hands.Your day-to-day: Whatever your art form, you can make and photograph a few creations to list for sale on your site.How to get it: Create a seller’s account on Etsy. Start by making and photographing just one of each item to save materials and resources—you don’t need a whole inventory on hand until you see how well they’re going to sell first. And when you get new ideas for products, make and upload them to your site, too, to keep growing your online business.
- Transcriber
What it pays: According to ZipRecruiter, transcribers can make up to $59,243 a year.The perfect candidate: Someone who is detail-oriented and a fast typer. It’s also a good fit for someone who’s looking to make a career change with little to no prior experience.Your day-to-day: As a transcriber, you will listen to audio files and type out what you hear.How to get it: You can find entry-level transcription jobs at TranscribeAnywhere.com, TranscribeMe.com, and Quicktate.com.
- Music Reviewer
What it pays: With Slicethepie.com, you’ll be paid a minimum of $10 after you hit a certain number of music reviews.The perfect candidate: The opinionated music lover.Your day-to-day: You’ll listen to music and then leave a review. Sounds simple, right? However, you’ll make more by the quality of your review. So, if you’re more constructive and detailed, the better.How to get it: Head over to Slicethepie.com to sign up and get started.
- Dropshipper
What it pays: You can expect to make between $3 to $500 per product you sell, depending on your mark-up rates and the types of products you market.The perfect candidate: Someone who’s organized, good at planning logistics and interested in sales.Your day-to-day: You’ll spend the bulk of your time researching products and looking for sellers that offer the best deals, as well as the fastest shipping times, on the items you want to sell. You’ll also need to spend a few hours a week updating and promoting your website to attract new shoppers.How to get it: Create a website where you list goods you “sell” using a platform like Shopify. When a consumer orders something from your site, you’ll place the order on the supplier’s website, input the consumer’s address and pay for the transaction. You earn whatever the markup rate is, without having to put in any money upfront!
- Programmer
What it pays: Remote programmers can make $70,000-$100,000 a year.The perfect candidate: You’re a whiz at programming languages and have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a certificate in Software Development.Your day-to-day: You will help companies with QA testing, new feature launches, and content creation.How to get it: A lot of companies hire this position remotely, so scour job listing sites to see which companies offer this benefit.
- Virtual Corporate English Trainer
What it pays: According to ZipRecruiter, corporate English trainers can make up to $20 an hour.The perfect candidate: Native English speakers with basic computer skills and an interest in different cultures around the world who love chatting via video conferencing or over the phone and can commit 20-35 hours a week.Your day-to-day: Corporate executives and employees in countries like Korea, Japan, and Germany are looking to get formal English training and practice their English skills with someone. Your sessions will primarily focus on making professional small talk, such as teaching your students how to lead a meeting in English.How to get it: Apply directly at GoFluent.com. They are an English training company working with 12 of the world’s largest corporations.
- Freelance Writer
What it pays: According to ZipRecruiter, the average for a freelance writer is $74,500 a year.The perfect candidate: Someone who is creative, an experienced writer, and has internet access.Your day-to-day: Brands and companies are always looking for writers who can create engaging content for them. You’ll be assigned story ideas to research and write, as well as a deadline to submit it by.How to get it: Join Facebook groups for freelancers to learn about content marketing freelance opportunities or pitch story ideas to established sites.
- Virtual Interior Designer
What it pays: According to Indeed, virtual interior designers who work at online decorating sites make between $10-$20/hr, depending upon experience.The perfect candidate: Someone who has an eye for home decor and wants to help others decorate their dream home.Your day-to-day: Your client will send you a picture of a room through email and explain their goals. Then it’s your job to compile paint colors, furniture, and accessories and submit the plan to your client. Then, between the both of you, you’ll manage and coordinate the project to completion.How to get it: Apply at virtual decorating companies, like Modsy, Decorist and Havenly.
- Work-from-Home Laundry Queen
What it pays: By doing other people’s laundry you can make up to $2,800 a month.The perfect candidate: This job would be perfect for people who don’t mind doing and folding laundry.Your day-to-day: You’ll accept clients nearby and pick up their bags of dirty laundry. Then, you’ll do their laundry from your own home. After folding them, you’ll drop off the freshly laundered items just outside your clients’ front door.How to get it: By singing up with LaundryCare, you’ll get clients sent your way and a cut of the profit from each job.
- Digital Content Marketer
What it pays: According to ZipRecruiter, content marketers can make $50,892 a year.The perfect candidate: A creative genius who has experience growing brand awareness and can think about the bigger picture.Your day-to-day: You’ll create digital content like videos, blogs, and social media posts and distribute it online to a target audience.How to get it: Search content marketer job postings on employment websites like Indeed or LinkedIn or sell your services to local businesses.
- Virtual Bookkeeper
What it pays: On average, bookkeepers make around $18 an hour. The perfect candidate: Someone who is extremely organized, has impeccable attention to details and has a love for numbers. Your day-to-day: Bookkeepers record transactions, update bank statements, and review financial records for clients virtually. How to get it: Look for virtual bookkeeping gigs on employment sites like Indeed or LinkedIn.
49. Photographer
What it pays: Earn a percentage of each photo you sell and take come anywhere from $5-$100 a month, depending on how popular your shots are.The perfect candidate: Someone who has an eye for photographic composition with tons of great photos on their phone’s camera roll.Your day-to-day: Look for apps that’ll sell your photos for you and create accounts on each of them. Upload your best-looking photos and earn money on each one that sells.How to get it: Look for photo-buying apps, like EyeEm and Foap, to download. Some of them will even do a bulk of the work for you—like flagging which photos are the best ones on your camera roll to upload and sell.
- Peer-to-Peer Lender
What it pays: What you make really depends on how much you invest. Just be warned—this virtual money-making gig takes a few months to pay off.The perfect candidate: Someone who’s looking for a high-profit investment, but isn’t afraid of a little risk.Your day-to-day: Look on peer-to-peer lending sites for different loan options you can fund.How to get it: Create an account on a peer-to-peer lending site, like Lending Club, and start investing. , like EyeEm and Foap, to download. Some of them will even do a bulk of the work for you—like flagging which photos are the best ones on your camera roll to upload and sell.
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