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NASA Engineer's Closet Voiceover Side Hustle Earns ₹30.5 Lakh Monthly
A woman named Eryn works as an engineer for NASA during the day.
At night, she does a different job: she reads words aloud for videos and phone messages.
She records her voice in a small closet that she made quiet with mattress foam.
She started this after her divorce because she wanted extra money to buy her daughter ice cream.
She spent only $200 to learn and buy a microphone.
Soon, her voice job started making more money than her NASA job.
Now she earns over two hundred thousand dollars a year from her voice work.
She uses the money to travel, buy a car, and save for her daughter's college.
She works only a few hours each week on her voice job.
Eryn Andrews, a NASA human performance engineer at Johnson Space Center, works as a voiceover artist from a closet sound booth.
She started the side hustle after a divorce left her struggling to spare $200 for her daughter.
Her 2026 voiceover earnings already exceed $227,000 (₹2.16 crore), surpassing her six-figure NASA salary.
She earns roughly $32,400 (₹30.5 lakh) per month, working 1-8 hours weekly for clients like Coca-Cola, PetSmart, and Apple.
She began with a $200 investment in a voiceover class, microphone, and mattress topper, finding gigs on Fiverr.
- Who
- Eryn Andrews, a NASA human performance engineer at Johnson Space Center in Houston
- What
- Built a voiceover side hustle from a closet that now earns six figures annually
- Where
- Houston, Texas (Johnson Space Center); recording from her guest bedroom closet
- When
- Started around 2022 after her divorce; earnings outpaced her NASA salary in summer 2025; 2026 earnings exceed $227,000
- Why
- She wanted extra money to treat her daughter to ice cream and museum visits without guilt
Side Hustle Advocates
Work-Life Balance Skeptics
Value of Side Hustles
Side Hustle Advocates
Side hustles provide financial freedom and breathing room as living costs soar.
Work-Life Balance Skeptics
Voiceover work can be 'feast or famine,' with weeks of silence followed by sudden client influxes.
Key facts
- Full Name
- Eryn Andrews
- Day Job
- NASA human performance engineer at Johnson Space Center
- Side Hustle
- Voiceover artist recording from a closet sound booth
- 2026 Earnings
- Over $227,000 (₹2.16 crore)
- Monthly Income
- Roughly $32,400 (₹30.5 lakh)
- Initial Investment
- $200 (voiceover class, microphone, mattress topper)
- Hours Per Week
- 1-8 hours
- Clients
- Coca-Cola, PetSmart, University of Mississippi, Apple
Quotes
Eryn Andrews
NASA human performance engineer and voiceover artist
“"For every minute of audio a client requests, it takes me three minutes to record it, then edit it and be just a little neurotic about it before sending it off."”
livemint.com
“"I’m a NASA engineer by day and a professional voiceover artist by passion."”
livemint.com
Sources
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