What is a good average price per hour for a personal tutor?

I just happen to be a Physics and Calc 2 tutor.

I get payed about $15/hr by the college, so I would expect to receive significantly more than that in order to make it worth my while. Of course, you have to take into account the education level of the tutor. I’m just an undergrad, so I would probably accept $20/hr, but someone with a BS or MS would probably expect more.

I did some tutoring a few years ago when I was in college. I got $11 per hour (this was probably about 5 years ago now). I was paid by the college though. You may want to check with your school to see if they have any tutoring programs set up so that you don’t actually have to pay for your tutoring. With the program my college had set up, it was considered to be one of the services available from the college, so the students didn’t have to pay for their tutoring.

In which country?

I had a tutor for my daughter in algebra. It was $40 usd an hour. I couldn’t afford it for very long

I really know nothing about the prices charged by tutors, but the prices I am seeing on here seem very low to me, except for the $40/hr price. I am comparing that to what I pay for a physical trainer which is $30/hr and that is about half what I have always paid in the past. The reason I get him so inexpensively is that he also manages the gym and cannot always give me his full attention. Plus I am his longest term and most regular client. His training skill has been very very beneficial to me, so I can see the results.

A tutor, it seems to me, ought to be making at least what a physical trainer makes, especially considering the fact that tutoring is almost always a short term project (or so I think). If the tutor gets measurable results, then there ought to be a bonus when that happens.

Also seems to me that if the student is goofing off or not applying himself, then the price goes up.

I guess I’m really talking here to the tutors. I think you are selling yourselves short.

@plethora When I did it, it was through my college. It was a program they had to give students tutoring without a cost to them. I also had another job and that time and the tutoring was just to help other students and pass time in between my classes and when I had extra time I could spend on campus. If I was going to do it privately, I would have wanted more money.

I used to get paid $9/hour when I worked as a tutor for my JC, more like a question/answer gal. And I paid a friend to tutor me in Physics $20/hour (private tutoring). Hope these numbers help you!

thanks evry1, im getting a 20 – 40 an hour price range for private tutoring varying on experience via your responses. thanks!

I am not sure but anything then 1 dollar per student per hour is good enough!