Education
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.
Median salary (BLS)
$43,350
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$29k – $76k
Job outlook
+1% (about average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $85,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Tutors
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Tutors
Entry / Junior
$29,430
~2 yrs to advance
Tutors
Established
$43,350
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Tutors
Senior
$59,670
Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Education
Explore all- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
- University of Wisconsin–Madison49% admit · $72,000 grad pay
- Vanderbilt University7% admit · $88,000 grad pay
- University of Virginia19% admit · $85,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.