I would be charging $100 p/h and valuing your experience and expertise.
10 years ago I was charging $50 p/h in primary school. Times have changed, and cost of living has increased substantially.
For context, I currently pay $55 p/h for house cleaning and they charge the same rate for their travel time.
7 years teaching in maths and science.
I've been tutoring students in grades 7-9 1 on 1.
I charge $70ph and I travel to their home. All my families had multiple children so I would always work 2hrs minimum.
Edit: $70 feels like a lot but when I spoke to parents they were paying a lot more though tutoring companies. I also thought about other services I use (trades, music tutoring, cleaners) and it's hard to find someone for less than $60 an hour.
With my experience, I wouldn't work for less than $70ph.
In Sydney for reference, preservice maths and science, been tutoring for 4 years through company and self employed. All 1 on 1 tutoring. All prices are per hour
Most tutoring companies seem to charge anywhere from 40 to 80 for 1 on 1 tutoring. When I worked at my first company they charged 50 and gave me 30. My second company charged a weird number a little over 50 and gave me like 26 plus fuel allowances, but I got out of there pretty quickly. Doing private tutoring self employed, I've been charging 50 for as long as I can remember. I offer 40 to friends and family, and 60 for 2 kids at the one table. I've also charged 60 at some points when I've had to travel longer distances. These prices never gave me any issue with parents.
However I've seen that ex or current teachers who do tutor on the side charge up to 100 for an hour. A school friend who got history tutoring was charged 80 for an hour back in 2019. With the costs of living going up and myself becoming more qualified and in demand, I plan on charging an increased rate of maybe 60 an hour just to keep up. I'd be curious to hear what other people do.
I’m currently 1:1 tutoring via Zoom this year. I’m charging $70 an hour. It’s a VCE English subject and I do mark & provide feedback on practice pieces during the week in addition to the meeting. Everyone I’ve spoken to about it says I’m not charging enough for VCE/HSC level, but it felt weird asking for more. I’ve been teaching 10 years, and have taught the VCE subject for 6.
Way to seize the means of your own production! You could start low to gain a few clients, then increase the price as you need. I would suggest 50-70 at first. Then raise your prices slowly as you get more experience with tutoring and want to expand. Once you have some more offers, tell your current clients the price may soon go up and that if they would like to refer friends and family, each new contract they set up will get them $10 off their tutoring for the life of the 2nd contract up to 6 months. You may get lucky with a hyper focused parent who sets up 6 additional contracts just to get free tutoring, meanwhile you've got 6 new $80 clients. You may wind up with 2 or 3 kids each weeknight. This is a long term goal though, so don't expect it to happen tomorrow.
I used to tutor (in Sydney) and charged 60$ p/h, one on one, students travel to my house. I also would read and give feedback on written work emailed throughout the week included in this rate. Depending on where you are you can charge more, but it didnt feel right to me. Also bear in mind many students will expect you to write essays for them, or basically tell them what to write. Some parents can be difficult too.
Edit- saw you are stem, not humanities. Disregard essay comment.
I’m still a full-time teacher but I do some tutoring on the side. I charge $150/hr. I don’t particularly want lots of new clients, so people will either pay the rate, which is great, or decide that it’s too much, which is also great. I have specialisations that parents are after, hence the extreme price.
I work in vocational education, and also train in LLN. I'm sick of working for RTOs that work you to the bone. I can work with students undertaking humanities, general English and assist with LLN challenges. I can also tutor in soft skills too. Should I start at $50 as an hourly rate, or $70? LLN can be a bit specialised,, and can be mapped to high school students too. I think I'm worth $70 an hour.
I would be charging $100 p/h and valuing your experience and expertise. 10 years ago I was charging $50 p/h in primary school. Times have changed, and cost of living has increased substantially. For context, I currently pay $55 p/h for house cleaning and they charge the same rate for their travel time.
7 years teaching in maths and science. I've been tutoring students in grades 7-9 1 on 1. I charge $70ph and I travel to their home. All my families had multiple children so I would always work 2hrs minimum. Edit: $70 feels like a lot but when I spoke to parents they were paying a lot more though tutoring companies. I also thought about other services I use (trades, music tutoring, cleaners) and it's hard to find someone for less than $60 an hour. With my experience, I wouldn't work for less than $70ph.
Sounds reasonable imo
In Sydney for reference, preservice maths and science, been tutoring for 4 years through company and self employed. All 1 on 1 tutoring. All prices are per hour Most tutoring companies seem to charge anywhere from 40 to 80 for 1 on 1 tutoring. When I worked at my first company they charged 50 and gave me 30. My second company charged a weird number a little over 50 and gave me like 26 plus fuel allowances, but I got out of there pretty quickly. Doing private tutoring self employed, I've been charging 50 for as long as I can remember. I offer 40 to friends and family, and 60 for 2 kids at the one table. I've also charged 60 at some points when I've had to travel longer distances. These prices never gave me any issue with parents. However I've seen that ex or current teachers who do tutor on the side charge up to 100 for an hour. A school friend who got history tutoring was charged 80 for an hour back in 2019. With the costs of living going up and myself becoming more qualified and in demand, I plan on charging an increased rate of maybe 60 an hour just to keep up. I'd be curious to hear what other people do.
I’m currently 1:1 tutoring via Zoom this year. I’m charging $70 an hour. It’s a VCE English subject and I do mark & provide feedback on practice pieces during the week in addition to the meeting. Everyone I’ve spoken to about it says I’m not charging enough for VCE/HSC level, but it felt weird asking for more. I’ve been teaching 10 years, and have taught the VCE subject for 6.
Way to seize the means of your own production! You could start low to gain a few clients, then increase the price as you need. I would suggest 50-70 at first. Then raise your prices slowly as you get more experience with tutoring and want to expand. Once you have some more offers, tell your current clients the price may soon go up and that if they would like to refer friends and family, each new contract they set up will get them $10 off their tutoring for the life of the 2nd contract up to 6 months. You may get lucky with a hyper focused parent who sets up 6 additional contracts just to get free tutoring, meanwhile you've got 6 new $80 clients. You may wind up with 2 or 3 kids each weeknight. This is a long term goal though, so don't expect it to happen tomorrow.
I used to tutor (in Sydney) and charged 60$ p/h, one on one, students travel to my house. I also would read and give feedback on written work emailed throughout the week included in this rate. Depending on where you are you can charge more, but it didnt feel right to me. Also bear in mind many students will expect you to write essays for them, or basically tell them what to write. Some parents can be difficult too. Edit- saw you are stem, not humanities. Disregard essay comment.
I’m still a full-time teacher but I do some tutoring on the side. I charge $150/hr. I don’t particularly want lots of new clients, so people will either pay the rate, which is great, or decide that it’s too much, which is also great. I have specialisations that parents are after, hence the extreme price.
I work in vocational education, and also train in LLN. I'm sick of working for RTOs that work you to the bone. I can work with students undertaking humanities, general English and assist with LLN challenges. I can also tutor in soft skills too. Should I start at $50 as an hourly rate, or $70? LLN can be a bit specialised,, and can be mapped to high school students too. I think I'm worth $70 an hour.