Tutors
SOC 25-3041 · 2024-2034
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.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $46,362per year
- Projected openings
- 91,790
- Projected change
- +6.8%
- Usually needs
- Some college, no degree
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Instructing
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Learning Strategies
- Critical Thinking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $56,393 | 910 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $48,021 | 450 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $47,952 | 5,410 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $47,692 | 5,210 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $46,947 | 6,010 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $46,737 | 6,980 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $46,161 | 550 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $46,069 | 1,370 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $45,350 | 8,320 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $44,008 | 8,850 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $42,408 | 32,350 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $42,381 | 130 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $42,083 | 180 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $41,714 | 630 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $41,180 | 580 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $40,738 | 4,780 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $39,064 | 440 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $39,002 | 1,620 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $38,827 | 160 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $38,827 | 790 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $38,468 | 450 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $38,365 | 680 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $37,471 | 2,790 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $36,793 | 1,660 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $36,619 | 300 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $35,972 | 380 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $35,756 | 740 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $35,222 | 170 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $34,320 | 430 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $104,208 | 57,820 | -1.5% |
| Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $101,720 | 23,240 | -1.7% |
| Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors | $104,886 | 1,700 | -11.8% |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | $102,439 | 96,800 | -1.7% |
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | $50,516 | 28,690 | +2.6% |