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title: "Tutor"
description: "Instruct individual students or small groups of students in academic subjects to support formal class instruction or to prepare students for standardized…"
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# Tutor

**Category:** Educational Instruction and Library · **SOC code:** 25-3041 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 25-3041.00

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.

Also advertised as: Academic Coach; Academic Guidance Specialist; Accounting Tutor; Finance Tutor; Grade School Tutor; Private Mathematics Tutor; Private Tutor; Professional Tutor.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $43,350 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $20.84/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $29,430 to $75,990, with the middle half between $35,000 and $54,860
- **Total US employment:** 175,070
- **Typical entry education:** Some college
- **Preparation required:** Some preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +0.6% over 2024–2034 (BLS EP, 2024–2034)
- **Annual job openings:** 37,100 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 38/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 175,070 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $29,430 |
| 25th | $35,000 |
| 50th (median) | $43,350 |
| 75th | $54,860 |
| 90th | $75,990 |
| Mean (average) | $48,050 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WY | $82,290 | $88,779 | 200 |
| RI | $77,850 | $76,115 | 300 |
| MA | $60,900 | $57,585 | 4,610 |
| VT | $53,920 | $55,044 | 130 |
| NH | $53,790 | $51,639 | 700 |
| MD | $52,810 | $50,315 | 4,300 |
| CT | $50,350 | $48,596 | 3,230 |
| TN | $50,280 | $54,730 | 3,310 |
| ME | $49,880 | $51,396 | 340 |
| MS | $49,610 | $57,054 | 1,220 |
| OR | $48,280 | $46,710 | 1,130 |
| CO | $47,420 | $46,016 | 2,500 |
| GA | $47,380 | $49,204 | 5,690 |
| NY | $47,100 | $43,643 | 12,730 |
| ND | $46,190 | $51,923 | 110 |

37 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 52 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/tutor/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/tutor.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 215,500 in the 2024–2034 base year to 216,800 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 1,300 jobs, or +0.6%. Slower than average: 0.6% against 3.1% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 37,100 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2024–2034.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Some college, no degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Some preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Bachelor's Degree | 40.9% |
| Some College Courses | 36.4% |
| High School Diploma | 9.1% |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 9.1% |
| Master's Degree | 4.6% |

## What the work involves

- 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.
- Schedule tutoring appointments with students or their parents.
- Organize tutoring environment to promote productivity and learning.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Reading Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Instructing — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Education and Training — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Computers and Electronics — importance 3.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Psychology — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Clarity — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Recognition — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Social (S), Conventional (C), Artistic (A).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| S — Social | 6.75 |
| C — Conventional | 3.35 |
| A — Artistic | 3.07 |
| I — Investigative | 2.85 |
| R — Realistic | 2.28 |
| E — Enterprising | 1.74 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ENFJ | 71.5 |
| ESFJ | 70.5 |
| ESFP | 70.1 |
| ENFP | 64.4 |
| INFJ | 64.3 |

Best-fitting types: ENFJ, ESFJ, ESFP.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [High School Teacher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/high-school-teacher) — median $72,040
- [Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/adult-basic-education-adult-secondary-education-and-english-as-a-second-language-instructor) — median $61,540
- [Elementary School Teacher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/elementary-school-teacher) — median $63,970
- [Middle School Teacher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/middle-school-teacher) — median $64,370
- [Teaching Assistant, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/teaching-assistant-postsecondary) — median $42,910
- [Special Education Teacher, Kindergarten](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-education-teacher-kindergarten) — median $67,170
- [Special Education Teacher, Elementary School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-education-teacher-elementary-school) — median $67,170
- [Special Education Teacher, Secondary School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/special-education-teacher-secondary-school) — median $74,260
- [Teaching Assistant, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education](https://nuecareer.com/careers/teaching-assistant-preschool-elementary-middle-and-secondary-school) — median $37,010
- [Teaching Assistant, Special Education](https://nuecareer.com/careers/teaching-assistant-special-education) — median $37,010

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 30.3 Database, May 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2024–2034. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2024–2034 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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