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Tutor earnings calculator

See what your tutoring really pays. Enter your hourly rate and weekly hours to project your income per week, month and year.

How to use the earnings calculator

  1. 1

    Enter your hourly rate

    Use what you actually charge per hour. Not sure yet? Our pricing guide and rate calculator help you set a sustainable number first.

  2. 2

    Add your weekly teaching hours

    Count only paid teaching hours, not prep or admin. Be honest about a typical week rather than your busiest one.

  3. 3

    Set your weeks off and any commission

    Subtract holidays and quiet weeks so the yearly figure is realistic. If you teach through a marketplace, enter its commission to see your real take-home.

  4. 4

    Read your week, month and year

    The calculator projects your income across all three. Use the yearly figure for planning, and the monthly one to compare against your costs.

How much can you earn as a tutor?

Tutoring income comes down to three numbers: your hourly rate, how many hours you teach, and how many weeks you teach across the year. Small changes to any of them move your annual total more than most tutors expect.

Gross vs. take-home

Your headline rate is not your income. Tax, unpaid preparation, and quiet weeks all sit between the rate you charge and the money you keep.

This calculator projects gross earnings after any platform commission, but before tax. Treat the yearly figure as the top of the range, then set aside what your local rules require for income tax and self-employment.

The cost of marketplace commission

Tutoring marketplaces are an easy way to find students, but their commission can take a meaningful slice of every lesson, sometimes 15 to 25 percent, for as long as the student stays.

Enter that percentage to see the gap. Many tutors use a marketplace to find a student, then move the ongoing relationship onto their own booking page so the lessons they have already earned are not taxed again every week.

Making the yearly number realistic

The biggest mistake is multiplying a good week by 52. Almost no tutor teaches every week of the year: holidays, exam-season lulls, and student churn all reduce the real total.

Set your weeks off honestly, and the yearly figure becomes a number you can plan around. Filling your week with recurring lessons and self-booking is the most reliable way to push it up without raising your rate.

Tutor earnings calculator FAQ

Quick answers on tutoring income and how the calculator works.

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