# Going rates for tutoring?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-rates-for-tutoring/372375>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 12, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-rates-for-tutoring/372375 "2006-09-12T04:39:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-rates-for-tutoring/372375/1 "2006-09-12T04:39:08Z")

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An acquaintance of mine has asked for help in biology, and would like me to tutor her (I have a Bachelor’s degree in physiology and I’ve done LOTS of bio courses of every kind). I’m not sure what the usual rates are for that sort of thing - all tutoring I’ve done in the past was organized as volunteer stuff through my school.

So how much do tutors go for these days? I’m thinking about charging $25/hr but is that too high? too low?

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**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-rates-for-tutoring/372375/2 "2006-09-12T12:50:42Z")

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Well, I make, oh, $5.75 an hour, but it’s through my college and I’m surprised I get any money at all. You should definitely ask for more than that.

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-rates-for-tutoring/372375/3 "2006-09-12T13:18:09Z")

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$25.00/hr sounds about right to me. That’s what I charge.

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**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-rates-for-tutoring/372375/4 "2006-09-12T18:24:14Z")

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Generally, between 25 and 35 if you have a degree, depending on experience and such. When I tutored, I used to charge more for the first hour of the session, I think 15 or 20 and then ten after that, but I was still in college at the time.