# Tutors

> 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.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/tutors
- SOC code: 25-3041.00
- Career family: Education
- Median annual pay: $43,350 (10th percentile $29,430, 90th percentile $75,990)
- Projected growth: Little or no change, -0.2%
- Openings a year: 34,200
- Typical entry education: Some college
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code SCA)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 21 |
| Investigative (I) | 31 |
| Artistic (A) | 35 |
| Social (S) | 96 |
| Enterprising (E) | 12 |
| Conventional (C) | 39 |

## What you'd do

- Training and Teaching Others (importance 93/100)
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships (importance 89/100)
- Coaching and Developing Others (importance 87/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 80/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 79/100)
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others (importance 78/100)
- Thinking Creatively (importance 76/100)
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge (importance 75/100)
- Getting Information (importance 72/100)
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work (importance 71/100)

## Skills

Instructing, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Learning Strategies, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Writing

## Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Education and Training, Mathematics, Computers and Electronics, Psychology, Administrative, Chemistry, Sociology and Anthropology, Biology

## Also called

Academic Coach, Academic Guidance Specialist, Academic Mentor, Academic Teacher, Academic Tutor, Accounting Tutor, ACT Instructor (American College Testing Instructor), ACT Tutor (American College Test Tutor), After School Tutor, Algebra Tutor

## Related careers

- [Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/secondary-school-teachers-except-special-and-career-technical-education): $72,040 median pay
- [Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/adult-basic-education-adult-secondary-education-and-english-as-a-second-language): $61,540 median pay
- [Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/elementary-school-teachers-except-special-education): $63,970 median pay
- [Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/middle-school-teachers-except-special-and-career-technical-education): $64,370 median pay
- [Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/teaching-assistants-postsecondary): $42,910 median pay
- [Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/special-education-teachers-kindergarten): $65,120 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.