Pay rate for tutors???

[chody47]

Does anyone know what the going rate for tutors is these days?

I'm a primary school teacher with a masters in special ed. I am contemplating taking on some tutoring whilst on maternity leave but have no idea what to charge. When I was at Uni (almost 10 years ago), I was getting $20-25 an hour so I would assume rates have risen by now, just not sure how much.

EDIT - I don't want to overcharge by any means, but I don't want to sell myself short either.

[wysiwyg]

Have you tried searching on gumtree for other tutor adverts - that should give you a good idea of what people charge. I was on there the other day and saw lots of ads for various different types of tutor (the the free papers also seem to have lots of tutor adverts)

[shells79]

We have a tutor for 13yo ss in maths. She is fantastic- I think she does work for an agency but we have private arrangement of $40 per hour. I'm pretty sure most tutors charge $50 minimum per hour

[chody47]

Thanks for the advice.

I did check gumtree, most people seemed to be Uni students studying maths and science offering their services for high schiol maths and a science for around $20-25 an hour - they have no teaching qualifications or experience at all.

Shells - Thanks for sharing your experience. Just another question - do you go to the tutor or do they come to you?

[wysiwyg]

My friend is a high school French teacher she does French tutoring for $40 and all the students come to her. She has been doing it all through maternity leave and does a fair bit (several evenings and sat mornings) - has got all students from word of mouth from when she was teaching (over 3 years ago now).

[Indadhanu]

Uni students usually get away with $20-30/hr. As a qualified, experienced teacher with a masters degree, you could get around $40-50/hr. Sort of depends on how many tutors area available in your area, how much work you want, how much people are willing to pay in your area.

[shells79]

The tutor comes to us which is lucky because ss would probably refuse to get into the car. She is a uni student as well

[chody47]

Wow. So that's slightly more than I was expecting. We live in a fairly well off area, so I don't think money will be a huge issue for most people. I was wondering whether $35 would be too much, but it seems that would be very reasonable. I'm thinking of saying something around the $50ish mark if there are two students in the group for the hour and a bit more if there are three (if families or groups of families want their kids tutored together - obviously they won't get as much 1:1, but it is a cheaper option.

I'm excited. I think I'll give this a go. It's a good option for me whilst on leave.

[shells79]

Good luck! Our tutor saved my sanity and ss is unbelievably so much better at maths!! I love her!