Tutors Career, Salary and Skills
Tutors have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $43,350 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 175,070. Wage data is published for 324 locations.
Occupation description
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.
O*NET code
25-3041.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$43,350
Hourly median
$20.84
Employment
175,070
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 4.12 | 4.00 |
| Instructing | 4.12 | 3.88 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Speaking | 4.00 | 3.88 |
| Learning Strategies | 4.00 | 3.88 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.75 | 3.75 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.75 | 3.12 |
| Writing | 3.62 | 3.75 |
| Active Learning | 3.62 | 3.50 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.62 | 3.12 |
Typical tasks
- Review class material with students by discussing text, working solutions to problems, or reviewing worksheets or other assignments.
- Assess students' progress throughout tutoring sessions.
- Teach students study skills, note-taking skills, and test-taking strategies.
- Provide private instruction to individual or small groups of students to improve academic performance, improve occupational skills, or prepare for academic or occupational tests.
- Participate in training and development sessions to improve tutoring practices or learn new tutoring techniques.
- Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school administrators, or counselors to determine student needs, develop tutoring plans, or assess student progress.
- Monitor student performance or assist students in academic environments, such as classrooms, laboratories, or computing centers.
- Provide feedback to students, using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students.
Technology
- Academic educational software
- Appointment scheduling software
- Blackboard software
- Database software
- Desmos
- Edpuzzle
- Email software
- Flipgrid
- Google Classroom
- Google Drive
- Google Meet
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
Tutors salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Tutors Salary in CAMedian $45,100 · Employment 45,370
- Tutors Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $45,400 · Employment 18,180
- Tutors Salary in New York, NYMedian $46,550 · Employment 13,980
- Tutors Salary in NYMedian $47,100 · Employment 12,730
- Tutors Salary in FLMedian $37,310 · Employment 12,220
- Tutors Salary in TXMedian $33,620 · Employment 10,690
- Tutors Salary in MIMedian $37,380 · Employment 6,010
- Tutors Salary in ILMedian $37,400 · Employment 5,910
- Tutors Salary in NCMedian $42,390 · Employment 5,780
- Tutors Salary in OHMedian $43,610 · Employment 5,760
- Tutors Salary in GAMedian $47,380 · Employment 5,690
- Tutors Salary in NJMedian $42,270 · Employment 5,270
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- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolNational median $66,270
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- Education Teachers, PostsecondaryNational median $75,350
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle SchoolNational median $65,030
- Self-Enrichment TeachersNational median $46,800
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- Mathematical Science Teachers, PostsecondaryNational median $79,940
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.