Earn Money in Your Own Neighborhood

For students

Earn Money in Your Own Neighborhood

PocketChange is a place where neighbors post small jobs and young workers like you can request them. You build real experience, collect reviews, and get paid for work you finish.

Who can sign up

  • You need to be at least 13 years old.
  • If you're under 18, a parent or guardian has to be linked to your account before you can work.
  • Your parent or guardian approves each job before you can be picked for it.
  • You'll verify your email, and your parent or guardian verifies their phone number.

The kind of work you'll see

  • Yard cleanup
  • Trash-bin help
  • Simple outdoor chores
  • Organizing
  • Basic cleanup
  • Neighborhood odd jobs

These are small, outdoor-or-indoor helper jobs close to home. Dangerous work isn't allowed on PocketChange — no roofing, construction, heights, driving, power machinery or chemicals — and we don't list childcare or babysitting jobs.

How it works

  1. 1Create your account and set up your profile.
  2. 2Get your parent or guardian linked and approved.
  3. 3Browse jobs posted in your own verified neighborhood.
  4. 4Request a job — your parent or guardian reviews it and approves or denies it.
  5. 5If the homeowner picks you, you show up, do the work, and mark it complete.
  6. 6The homeowner confirms, and your pay is sent through to your parent-verified payout account.

There's no guarantee of work. How many jobs you see depends on what neighbors post near you, and homeowners choose who they hire.

Staying safe

  • Talk to your parent or guardian about every job before and after it happens.
  • Only work jobs that went through PocketChange and got approved.
  • Never go inside a home if that makes you uncomfortable, and never agree to work outside the platform.
  • Keep your own address, school and personal details out of messages.
  • If something feels wrong, leave and tell your parent or guardian right away, then report it in the app.

Ready to start?

THIS ORGANIZATION AND ITS ACTIVITIES ARE NOT RELATED TO OR SPONSORED BY THE MANSFIELD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.