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The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.

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Updated Nov 2, 2026 · Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · O*NET 31.0
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Median percentile pay

Half of tutors earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$43,350
Hourly
$20.84
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Tutors instruct individual students or small groups of students in academic subjects to support formal class instruction or to prepare students for standardized or admissions tests. The median pay is $43,350 a year ($20.84 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a bachelor's degree (41% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$43,350
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
175,070
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 3 of 5
medium preparation
Most common education
Bachelor's Degree
41% of workers

Data Government data groups this job as Tutors (O*NET-SOC 25-3041.00). Figures on this page are for that occupation.

Key facts

Tutors at a glance

  • Tutors in the United States earned a median annual wage of $43,350 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025

  • In its 2025–35 employment projections, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists some college, no degree as the typical entry-level education for tutors in the United States.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS projects employment of tutors in the United States to decline 0.2% from 2025 to 2035, with about 34,200 openings a year on average, including replacement openings.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS estimated that 175,070 people were employed as tutors in the United States in May 2025, not counting the self-employed.

    Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025

Explore the role

Every page for Tutors

How to becomeTutor how to become

Education, training and the skills to build first.

Open →ResumeTutor resume

Keywords, bullet formulas and the skills to prove.

Open →Interview questionsTutor interview questions

Questions with what they test, plus practice mode.

Open →Career changeTutor career change

Where these skills transfer, with skill match and pay change.

Open →Free toolCheck your resume

Parsed text, evidence per bullet, fixes first.

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The work

What tutors do day to day

Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).

  1. Provide feedback to students, using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students.
  2. Review class material with students by discussing text, working solutions to problems, or reviewing worksheets or other assignments.
  3. Assess students' progress throughout tutoring sessions.
  4. Teach students study skills, note-taking skills, and test-taking strategies.
  5. Provide private instruction to individual or small groups of students to improve academic performance, improve occupational skills, or prepare for academic or occupational tests.
  6. Participate in training and development sessions to improve tutoring practices or learn new tutoring techniques.
  7. Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school administrators, or counselors to determine student needs, develop tutoring plans, or assess student progress.
  8. Monitor student performance or assist students in academic environments, such as classrooms, laboratories, or computing centers.
Where this career works

Industries that employ it

Data Share of all tutor jobs in each industry, 2025 (BLS Employment Matrix).

  1. Educational services; state, local, and private78.8% of all jobs in this occupation · +2.0% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $48,030
  2. Social assistance3.4% of all jobs in this occupation · +2.4% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $46,890
  3. Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations2.8% of all jobs in this occupation · +5.2% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $47,360
  4. Administrative and support services0.6% of all jobs in this occupation · -0.3% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $51,010
  5. Government, excluding state and local education and hospitals0.6% of all jobs in this occupation · +3.6% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $46,990
  6. Ambulatory healthcare services0.4% of all jobs in this occupation · +15.6% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $61,920

Sources: BLS 2025–35 National Employment Matrix (share of the occupation's jobs, projected change) and BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates (mean wage). Different industry estimates are not a pay forecast for any person.

Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.

InstructingcoreReading ComprehensioncoreActive ListeningcoreSpeakingLearning StrategiesSocial PerceptivenessCritical ThinkingComplex Problem SolvingWriting

Knowledge areas: Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Education and Training, Mathematics, Computers and Electronics, Psychology.

Tools and technology

Software tutors use

Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.

  • FacebookWeb page creation and editing softwareHot technology
  • Academic educational softwareComputer based training software
  • DesmosAnalytical or scientific software
  • EdpuzzleMulti-media educational software
  • FlipgridVideo creation and editing software
  • Google DriveCloud-based data access and sharing software
  • MoodleComputer based training software
  • NearpodMulti-media educational software
  • SchoologyComputer based training software
  • ScreencastifyVideo creation and editing software
  • SeesawMulti-media educational software
  • Microsoft ExcelSpreadsheet softwareHot technology

Also called: Academic Coach, Academic Guidance Specialist, Accounting Tutor, Finance Tutor, Grade School Tutor, Private Mathematics Tutor.

Method

How this page is built

Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the cosine similarity of the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level and subtract the average across all occupations, then compare the direction of the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 means unrelated or opposite (negative values are shown as 0). Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.

What this page can't tell you
  • How a specific employer defines the job.
  • Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
  • Your own chances: data describes the occupation, not you.
Sources
  1. O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).

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