So how much can I make doing this paid internet survey thing?

Your exact income will depend on your diligence and your demographics.
 
Diligence is basically how hard you work at it and how much you stay on top of it. If you apply to all survey makers you will make more than if you apply to just a few big ones. If you check your mail twice a day you will make more than if you check it twice a week. (Many surveys are simultaneously offered to more takers than they need and then cut off as soon as their target count is reached. If you come in too late, you miss out...)

Demographics is mainly where you live, your income bracket and the size of other groups you belong to/with. If you live in or close to major metropolitan centers like the megalopolis that extends from Boston to Washington by way of Hartford, New York, Philadelphia, Trenton and Baltimore, or if you live in Los Angeles County, you will get more survey offers than if you live in the Dakotas or Alaska.

If you are in a higher income bracket you will get more surveys than you will if you are in a lower income bracket, generally speaking.

It doesn't mean you won't get any, but look, surveys are about money, about predicting how prospective buyers will react.

There are more buyers (with more money) in the Los Angeles area than there are in the Dakotas. And, they are closer together.

People making $50-60,000 a year spend more than people making $14-16,000 a year!

Therefore, since the surveys follow the money, there are more surveys sent out in L.A. and other more densely populated and metropolitan, urban areas. And people with more money to spend are targeted for more surveys than people with no money to spend

The bottom line?
 
Most experienced takers of paid internet surveys report incomes of $200 to $600 a month. Some with good demographics and who work at it report incomes of $1,000 a month and more. Some who include "Get Paid to Shop", "Get Paid to Drive Your Car" etc., reportedly go over $3,000 a month.

It costs you $35-50 to sign up with a guide company. Takes a little effort to get started off. If you work at it at all you should get your out-of-pocket cost out fairly quickly. So it doesn't cost anything to put your foot in the water and find out...

Jorge Chavez is an experienced paid internet survey expert at: http://surveysentinel.com