Tutors

Education and Training
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.

What a tutor does

Become a tutor

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good tutor

  • Reading work related information.
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Teaching people how to do something.
  • Understanding people's reactions.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $26 per hour with an average salary of $43,800 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $18 and $27 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $1,600 and $11,200 per year.
  • 27% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.

Part-time

  • The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $25 per hour with an average salary of $16,700 per year.

Tutor job outlook

  • There are 2,552 workers in this occupation in Washington.

Multiple Jobs

  • 4% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
  • 30% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.

Education needed

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Programs to get you there

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