Tutors salary

SOC 25-3041 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$43,350

per year, nationally

Middle half

$35,000–$54,860

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

175,070

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+0.6%

37,100 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$29,430$75,990

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

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Some college, no degree
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where tutors earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Wyoming	$82,290	92.7	200	0.64×
2	Rhode Island	$77,850	102.3	300	0.52×
3	Massachusetts	$60,900	105.8	4,610	1.13×
4	Vermont	$53,920	98.0	130	0.39×
5	New Hampshire	$53,790	104.2	700	0.91×
6	Maryland	$52,810	105.0	4,300	1.38×
7	Connecticut	$50,350	103.6	3,230	1.69×
8	Tennessee	$50,280	91.9	3,310	0.90×
9	Maine	$49,880	97.0	340	0.47×
10	Mississippi	$49,610	87.0	1,220	0.93×
11	Oregon	$48,280	103.4	1,130	0.51×
12	Colorado	$47,420	103.1	2,500	0.77×
13	Georgia	$47,380	96.3	5,690	1.03×
14	New York	$47,100	107.9	12,730	1.17×
15	North Dakota	$46,190	89.0	110	0.22×
16	Alaska	$45,990	102.4	550	1.50×
17	Washington	$45,360	107.0	2,460	0.62×
18	California	$45,100	110.7	45,370	2.21×
19	Minnesota	$44,800	98.6	1,370	0.41×
20	West Virginia	$44,070	89.5	280	0.36×
21	Ohio	$43,610	92.8	5,760	0.92×
22	North Carolina	$42,390	94.3	5,780	1.04×
23	New Jersey	$42,270	108.8	5,270	1.09×
24	Montana	$41,380	94.6	450	0.77×
25	Wisconsin	$41,340	94.1	1,530	0.46×
26	Virginia	$40,750	101.1	4,090	0.88×
27	Arizona	$38,940	100.7	2,730	0.75×
28	South Dakota	$38,760	88.6	250	0.48×
29	Nebraska	$38,470	90.1	950	0.83×
30	Indiana	$38,090	93.3	1,770	0.49×
31	Illinois	$37,400	100.0	5,910	0.86×
32	Michigan	$37,380	96.2	6,010	1.21×
33	Florida	$37,310	103.4	12,220	1.09×
34	Iowa	$36,790	87.8	610	0.35×
35	New Mexico	$36,660	92.2	460	0.47×
36	Hawaii	$36,590	110.0	1,130	1.59×
37	Pennsylvania	$36,270	97.6	4,540	0.66×
38	Alabama	$35,500	88.8	890	0.38×
39	Utah	$35,190	98.9	3,150	1.61×
40	Idaho	$34,990	95.5	760	0.79×
41	Oklahoma	$34,510	87.8	1,220	0.64×
42	Kentucky	$34,240	90.2	780	0.35×
43	Kansas	$34,170	90.1	1,290	0.80×
44	Louisiana	$33,780	88.2	540	0.25×
45	Texas	$33,620	97.1	10,690	0.67×
46	Delaware	$33,240	99.8	590	1.08×
47	South Carolina	$33,220	93.7	1,510	0.58×
48	Missouri	$32,270	90.8	1,670	0.50×
49	Arkansas	$30,830	86.9	720	0.49×
50	Nevada	$30,420	100.0	1,070	0.62×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where tutors wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for tutors

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Casper, WY	$103,420	93.8	100	2.21×
2	Midland, MI	$76,680	91.9	40	0.93×
3	Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	$68,220	100.2	70	0.96×
4	Barnstable Town, MA	$68,080	98.4	60	0.52×
5	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$67,910	101.8	420	0.52×
6	Waco, TX	$64,750	92.5	50	0.32×
7	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$64,710	108.3	3,550	1.17×
8	Lexington Park, MD	$63,090	100.8	90	1.18×
9	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$62,950	96.3	1,370	1.10×
10	Lawton, OK	$62,700	85.9	90	1.82×
11	Santa Fe, NM	$62,400	98.8	110	1.58×
12	Binghamton, NY	$62,200	92.9	50	0.50×
13	Rapid City, SD	$62,040	89.2	30	0.38×
14	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$59,150	90.0	170	0.96×
15	Morristown, TN	$58,600	86.4	—	—
16	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$58,580	105.7	250	1.10×
17	Pittsfield, MA	$58,030	95.1	40	0.58×
18	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$56,200	104.5	2,470	1.62×
19	Reading, PA	$55,270	97.1	80	0.42×
20	Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$54,960	94.7	40	0.81×
21	New Haven, CT	$54,550	104.6	400	1.27×
22	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$54,230	105.4	690	0.51×
23	Charlottesville, VA	$52,000	99.1	160	1.22×
24	Joplin, MO-KS	$52,000	85.7	30	0.32×
25	Jackson, MI	$52,000	91.8	60	0.98×
26	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$52,000	97.9	570	0.66×
27	Jackson, MS	$51,860	89.0	240	0.80×
28	Duluth, MN-WI	$51,830	88.8	40	0.27×
29	Salisbury, MD	$51,480	95.6	60	0.92×
30	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$51,430	102.7	1,440	2.13×
31	Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	$51,080	86.4	50	0.35×
32	Madison, WI	$50,820	97.3	230	0.51×
33	Modesto, CA	$50,650	104.1	490	2.22×
34	Springfield, OH	$50,600	90.5	60	1.24×
35	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$50,350	100.4	300	2.11×
36	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$50,350	110.4	2,270	1.78×
37	Jonesboro, AR	$50,100	85.9	50	0.73×
38	Portland-South Portland, ME	$50,090	101.9	150	0.47×
39	Boulder, CO	$50,070	105.2	360	1.66×
40	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$49,640	92.2	670	0.98×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where tutors wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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