Tutors
United States. Estimated employment 175,070, with pages for 14 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-3041
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$43,350 · 50th
$29,43010th
$35,00025th
$43,35050th
$54,86075th
$75,99090th
That is the median — half of tutors in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Tutors page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Modesto, CA | $50,650 | 490 |
| San Jose, CA | $50,350 | 2,270 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $49,170 | 380 |
| El Centro, CA | $49,000 | 240 |
| Vallejo, CA | $48,390 | 190 |
| San Francisco, CA | $48,340 | 5,240 |
| Syracuse, NY | $48,030 | 200 |
| Rochester, NY | $47,730 | 490 |
| San Diego, CA | $47,050 | 3,320 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $46,780 | 300 |
| New York, NY | $46,550 | 13,980 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $45,400 | 18,180 |
| Ithaca, NY | $44,900 | 100 |
| Buffalo, NY | $44,230 | 450 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 175,070 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-3041, Tutors. Mapped to our taxonomy as tutors.
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