You sort, pack, and move boxes in a warehouse. Real 2026 listings show pay starting around €9.38 gross per hour, often through a staffing agency first. No experience needed for most listings. If you later get a forklift license (carnet de carretillero), you can earn more and get better shifts.

Cleaning offices, homes, or hotels. Real listings show pay like €928 gross per month for 20 hours a week (roughly €11.6/hour). No certificate required for most jobs — though a food-handling certificate (Section 2) helps if the cleaning job is in a kitchen or restaurant.

You deliver food or small packages using your own bike, e-bike, or scooter. You sign up directly through the app — no interview needed in most cases. Pay is per delivery, not a fixed hourly wage, so income depends on how much you work and the city's demand.

This is different from working inside an Amazon warehouse. With Amazon Flex, you use your own car or van to deliver packages in scheduled "blocks" of time (30 minutes to 6 hours). You sign up directly through the Amazon Flex app. Genuinely important: you do NOT need to register as autónomo (self-employed) anymore — this requirement was removed. You do need: a valid Spanish driving licence, your own car or van, valid insurance and ITV (roadworthiness test), and a smartphone. Amazon runs a background and driving-record check before approving you, which can take a few days.

Helping in a restaurant kitchen — washing dishes, basic prep work. Many listings want no experience at all. Some ask for a food-handling certificate (Section 2), which is quick and cheap to get.

Helping load and unload furniture and boxes for a moving company. Physical work, no certificate needed, though a driving licence helps if the job involves the company van.

Working in a shop — stocking shelves, helping customers, working the till. Basic Spanish genuinely helps here more than in warehouse or delivery work, since you're talking to customers directly.

Short-term work at concerts, fairs, and conferences — setup, entry checks, general support. Genuinely flexible and a good option if you want irregular, short shifts rather than a fixed weekly schedule.

Washing and cleaning cars at a car wash. No certificate needed, straightforward physical work.

Many food-related jobs (bakery production, kitchen work, food handling of any kind) ask for the carnet de manipulador de alimentos (food handler's certificate). This is genuinely easy to get — a short course, often done online in a few hours, at a low cost. Worth getting even before you apply, since it makes your application stronger for several job types on this list.

Helping on building sites — carrying materials, basic labour, assisting skilled workers. This genuinely requires a PRL course first (Prevención de Riesgos Laborales — workplace safety training), minimum 20 hours, officially approved under the Convenio General de la Construcción (the construction sector's labour agreement). This is a real legal requirement, not optional — sites can't legally let you work without it. The course itself is short and widely available.

Some restaurants and delivery companies provide their own moped or motorcycle (rather than you using your own bike). These jobs genuinely require a valid motorcycle licence (carnet, typically for 125cc) — confirm the exact licence category required for the specific vehicle before applying.