What Would You Pay a Tutor?

We are in the Plano/Allen Texas area.... Northern burb of Dallas.

Academic tutors are $50+ per hour
I pay $40 for 1/2 hr of private violin lessons
I pay $30 for 1/2 hr private tumbling for cheer

Most academic tutors are referred by local teachers and/or guidance counselors at the schools. Word of mouth is the way most are known.

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Well, this past year we paid a professional tutor, to help my son pass his HS Algebra class, and we paid $55/per hour...2 hr a day, 2-3 days a week!

I thought that was extremely pricey...but we had no choice, he needed to pass that class to graduate! We did a lot of research and found that was the average going rate, in our area.

Good Luck!

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I used to pay my kids' tutor $40 per hour for help with middle and high school math and science, and thought that was a bargain!

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** ADDING THIS: I might add, that my Daughter's Tutor, although she could charge more... and per her credentials & Master's Degree, she does not, because... she feels that Tutoring is to help kids. Not just to profit from it, monetarily. And not everyone can afford it, even though their child may need it very much.
She does not rely only on Tutoring for her income. She has a day job, too.
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In my State... Tutors range in price from $30 to over $100 per hour.
To me, in the upper end of this pricing, this is overly priced... because Tutoring should be accessible to families/kids that need it.
Typically, they meet with the Tutor every week. This adds up cost wise.

My Daughter has a Tutor... she has a Master's Degree and is certified and has many years of experience teaching in schools. She charges $30/hour.

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My mom, who is a retired 3rd grade teacher of 35 years tutors for $50.00 an hour. She has more children than she wants to have in a week and a waiting list.

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I was talking with a colleague and she said her daughter (working on her master's degree) is tutoring and earning $30 per hour. She's not a certified teacher.

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I am a certified teacher with my MA and 12 years of classroom experience. I tutor for the same reasons you want to, and it's great! I charge $55/hour. The range around here seems to be $40-$60 per hour. The website sittercity.com has job listings for tutors and you can post an ad. Good luck!

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In our area it is $25 an hour but that includes 2 students to 1 teacher at a time.

Wow....I wish my husband had known how much he could be charging as a tutor when he was doing it a few years ago!! He was making $10 an hour...the students came to our home and studied here.
I would say that your best bet is to get the word out to your local schools, the teachers are the ones who are going to be suggesting that students need some extra help in certain subjects...and if they are anything like our teachers are...they have a list of tutors that they hand out to the students who need to take advantage of them. You might even consider putting some ads on Craigslist for your area...maybe signs at the local grocery stores.

I live in a rural area and the going rate here for certified teachers is $20-25 per hour.

I don't know the going rate for tutors, but I pay $30/ hr. for music lessons with a teacher who has a masters in oboe. So, I'd say that would be a good place to start as far as what to charge. I wouldn't go less than that. Our gymnastics team sells ad space in the meet sheets. There will be 150+ kids there in the west valley. Contact me if you'd be interested in advertising in it. Our meet is in March and will need to know soon if you are interested in doing that.

going rate around here is 60-100$ an hour but it depends on where you live.

$20 per hour.
khairete
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