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United States

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Median annual wage

$43,350

United States, 2025

Employment

175,070

United States, 2025

Typical education

Bachelor's Degree

Job Zone 3

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

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
Experience required
None

Typical tasks

  • Provide feedback to students, using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students.
  • 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.

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Salary analysis — United States

$29,430
10th
$35,000
25th
$43,350
Median
$54,860
75th
$75,990
90th

10th percentile

$29,430

25th percentile

$35,000

75th percentile

$54,860

90th percentile

$75,990

Most important skills

  • Reading Comprehension4.1
  • Instructing4.1
  • Active Listening4.0
  • Learning Strategies4.0
  • Speaking4.0
  • Critical Thinking3.8
  • Social Perceptiveness3.8
  • Active Learning3.6
  • Writing3.6
  • Complex Problem Solving3.6
  • Monitoring3.5
  • Service Orientation3.4

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Select the skills you already have

Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 17 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

17

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Reading Comprehension4.14.0Not selected4.0
Active Listening4.04.0Not selected4.0
Instructing4.13.9Not selected3.9
Learning Strategies4.03.9Not selected3.9
Speaking4.03.9Not selected3.9
Critical Thinking3.83.8Not selected3.8
Writing3.63.8Not selected3.8
Active Learning3.63.5Not selected3.5
Monitoring3.53.5Not selected3.5
Social Perceptiveness3.83.1Not selected3.1
Complex Problem Solving3.63.1Not selected3.1
Judgment and Decision Making3.33.3Not selected3.3
Service Orientation3.43.1Not selected3.1
Time Management3.13.4Not selected3.4
Persuasion3.03.1Not selected3.1
Coordination3.03.0Not selected3.0
Negotiation3.02.9Not selected2.9

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Casper, WY$103,4201002025
WY$82,2902002025
RI$77,8503002025
Midland, MI$76,680402025
Amherst Town, MA$68,220702025
Barnstable Town, MA$68,080602025
Providence, RI$67,9104202025
Waco, TX$64,750502025
Boston, MA$64,7103,5502025
Lexington Park, MD$63,090902025
Nashville, TN$62,9501,3702025
Lawton, OK$62,700902025
Santa Fe, NM$62,4001102025
Binghamton, NY$62,200502025
Rapid City, SD$62,040302025
MA$60,9004,6102025
Gulfport, MS$59,1501702025
Morristown, TN$58,6002025
Manchester, NH$58,5802502025
Pittsfield, MA$58,030402025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.