How much would you pay a high school junior to tutor your kid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would pay $50 an hour. $15 an hour is insulting. Babysitters make over $20 an hour.

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My Blair magnet senior charges $50 an hour and has a waitlist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would pay $50 an hour. $15 an hour is insulting. Babysitters make over $20 an hour.

+1

My Blair magnet senior charges $50 an hour and has a waitlist.

lol. You’re funny!

[Anonymous]

AI said $15-25 for general tutoring, $20-30 for math or science.

Considering it’s her first paid gig, I’d start at $20.

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Anonymous wrote:$30/40/hour

Sounds like OP is sock puppeting to convince herself $35 is a reasonable price. Try it, but it will be hard. Let us know how it worked.

Don’t compare to babysitting, compare with jobs with more experience and skill like waitress, bike mechanic, beauty salon, landscaping workers charge about $15-20 an hour. Some of them require school, licensing and apprenticeship.

Your kid only taught a few kids as a volunteer. Do it for the experience, not for the money.

I was a new poster and I think tutors- teens or no, should earn a heck of a lot more than a babysitter! And those rates are so high nowadays. $30 is perfectly acceptable. $40 for physics or other high level math and if the kid is personable and actually a good teacher!

It doesn’t matter how much you think tutors should earn, tell us how much you paid for the ones you hired and what were their qualifications. When people do the comparison with babysitters they don’t realize that typical babysitting hours are late in the evening, and it’s a one time thing. That’s why it costs more per hour, just imagine making a plumber emergency call at 8 pm.

OPs kid wants to teach Algebra, not Physics or Calculus. At the low end of tutoring, parents, relatives and volunteer kids can teach for free. Khan Academy and YouTube videos are also free, so she’d have to offer something that’s competitive with those alternatives.

Typical babysitting for teens late at night involves watching TV and hanging out in someone else’s house. I loved doing it as a teen as I got peace and quiet from my siblings and a choice of food to eat. And I always got paid for at least 3 hours often much more. By contrast, tutoring is for an hour max, much more labor intensive and higher stakes. It’s worth MUCH more than babysitting. That said I doubt almost anyone would pay as much as $40 or 50 for a high schooler. But they certainly should get significantly more than a babysitter.

Again, babysitting happens at night, from a very limited pool of trusted and close circle acquaintances hence the premium rate.

Have you ever hired a tutor for your kid in Algebra or sent them to Khans Academy to figure it out on their own?

As other posters have said, it’s better to do it for volunteer hours for college applications.

Are you saying that people hire babysitters from a trusted and close circle of acquaintances, but randomly select tutors off the street? It's safe to assume that someone hiring OP's child to tutor would want to look at academic performance, perhaps get a reference from OP's child's teacher, and watch a trial session or two.

I’m saying the pool of potential babysitters is much smaller than the pool of available tutors. You strain yourself to find reasons on why she should be paid more. That’s not how economics works. How much better is she than the free Khan Academy or Organic Chemistry Tutor?

Go ahead and ask for $50 an hour and let us k ow how it goes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:$30/40/hour

Sounds like OP is sock puppeting to convince herself $35 is a reasonable price. Try it, but it will be hard. Let us know how it worked.

Don’t compare to babysitting, compare with jobs with more experience and skill like waitress, bike mechanic, beauty salon, landscaping workers charge about $15-20 an hour. Some of them require school, licensing and apprenticeship.

Your kid only taught a few kids as a volunteer. Do it for the experience, not for the money.

I was a new poster and I think tutors- teens or no, should earn a heck of a lot more than a babysitter! And those rates are so high nowadays. $30 is perfectly acceptable. $40 for physics or other high level math and if the kid is personable and actually a good teacher!

It doesn’t matter how much you think tutors should earn, tell us how much you paid for the ones you hired and what were their qualifications. When people do the comparison with babysitters they don’t realize that typical babysitting hours are late in the evening, and it’s a one time thing. That’s why it costs more per hour, just imagine making a plumber emergency call at 8 pm.

OPs kid wants to teach Algebra, not Physics or Calculus. At the low end of tutoring, parents, relatives and volunteer kids can teach for free. Khan Academy and YouTube videos are also free, so she’d have to offer something that’s competitive with those alternatives.

Typical babysitting for teens late at night involves watching TV and hanging out in someone else’s house. I loved doing it as a teen as I got peace and quiet from my siblings and a choice of food to eat. And I always got paid for at least 3 hours often much more. By contrast, tutoring is for an hour max, much more labor intensive and higher stakes. It’s worth MUCH more than babysitting. That said I doubt almost anyone would pay as much as $40 or 50 for a high schooler. But they certainly should get significantly more than a babysitter.

Again, babysitting happens at night, from a very limited pool of trusted and close circle acquaintances hence the premium rate.

Have you ever hired a tutor for your kid in Algebra or sent them to Khans Academy to figure it out on their own?

As other posters have said, it’s better to do it for volunteer hours for college applications.

Are you saying that people hire babysitters from a trusted and close circle of acquaintances, but randomly select tutors off the street? It's safe to assume that someone hiring OP's child to tutor would want to look at academic performance, perhaps get a reference from OP's child's teacher, and watch a trial session or two.

I’m saying the pool of potential babysitters is much smaller than the pool of available tutors. You strain yourself to find reasons on why she should be paid more. That’s not how economics works. How much better is she than the free Khan Academy or Organic Chemistry Tutor?

Go ahead and ask for $50 an hour and let us k ow how it goes.

And don’t forget, they can get a FREE tutor pretty easily without experience either as a volunteer, through those above here online or through the online services the schools offer (varsity tutors or whatever will be used this year).

Come back and let us know what happens. I really want to know because I have two teens always looking for money too.

[Anonymous]

I’m 19:05 and just thought of this. We are being hard on you but what I absolutely would pay for is if your kid was fluent in a language and to just speak with mine to help them when they were in levels 1-3. I would pay up to $30 per hour for a HS kid to do this.

It could even be casual conversation. Mine were pretty good but always wanted to get better and that is something that would happen with talking with someone fluent. Not watching videos or studying a book.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What should a rising junior who’s taken MVC and linear algebra and is a MOPr charge?

What teaching experience do they have? What degrees?

What is a MOPr?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:$30/40/hour

Sounds like OP is sock puppeting to convince herself $35 is a reasonable price. Try it, but it will be hard. Let us know how it worked.

Don’t compare to babysitting, compare with jobs with more experience and skill like waitress, bike mechanic, beauty salon, landscaping workers charge about $15-20 an hour. Some of them require school, licensing and apprenticeship.

Your kid only taught a few kids as a volunteer. Do it for the experience, not for the money.

I was a new poster and I think tutors- teens or no, should earn a heck of a lot more than a babysitter! And those rates are so high nowadays. $30 is perfectly acceptable. $40 for physics or other high level math and if the kid is personable and actually a good teacher!

It doesn’t matter how much you think tutors should earn, tell us how much you paid for the ones you hired and what were their qualifications. When people do the comparison with babysitters they don’t realize that typical babysitting hours are late in the evening, and it’s a one time thing. That’s why it costs more per hour, just imagine making a plumber emergency call at 8 pm.

OPs kid wants to teach Algebra, not Physics or Calculus. At the low end of tutoring, parents, relatives and volunteer kids can teach for free. Khan Academy and YouTube videos are also free, so she’d have to offer something that’s competitive with those alternatives.

Typical babysitting for teens late at night involves watching TV and hanging out in someone else’s house. I loved doing it as a teen as I got peace and quiet from my siblings and a choice of food to eat. And I always got paid for at least 3 hours often much more. By contrast, tutoring is for an hour max, much more labor intensive and higher stakes. It’s worth MUCH more than babysitting. That said I doubt almost anyone would pay as much as $40 or 50 for a high schooler. But they certainly should get significantly more than a babysitter.

Again, babysitting happens at night, from a very limited pool of trusted and close circle acquaintances hence the premium rate.

Have you ever hired a tutor for your kid in Algebra or sent them to Khans Academy to figure it out on their own?

As other posters have said, it’s better to do it for volunteer hours for college applications.

Not buying that argument at all. Night time is completely free time for teenagers. Babysitting is extremely easy money. Sitting in someone’s house doing your homework and eating their food and racking in the dough. Yes please. Not comparable in effort at all for tutoring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would pay $50 an hour. $15 an hour is insulting. Babysitters make over $20 an hour.

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My Blair magnet senior charges $50 an hour and has a waitlist.

That’s awesome. Another Blair magnet parent here (with a younger kid). What experience did your kid have when he/she started charging that much and what subjects does he/she teach?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 19:05 and just thought of this. We are being hard on you but what I absolutely would pay for is if your kid was fluent in a language and to just speak with mine to help them when they were in levels 1-3. I would pay up to $30 per hour for a HS kid to do this.

It could even be casual conversation. Mine were pretty good but always wanted to get better and that is something that would happen with talking with someone fluent. Not watching videos or studying a book.

There’s an app for that called italki, you can set the range for pricing, $10-20 an hour is common.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$30/40/hour

Sounds like OP is sock puppeting to convince herself $35 is a reasonable price. Try it, but it will be hard. Let us know how it worked.

Don’t compare to babysitting, compare with jobs with more experience and skill like waitress, bike mechanic, beauty salon, landscaping workers charge about $15-20 an hour. Some of them require school, licensing and apprenticeship.

Your kid only taught a few kids as a volunteer. Do it for the experience, not for the money.

I was a new poster and I think tutors- teens or no, should earn a heck of a lot more than a babysitter! And those rates are so high nowadays. $30 is perfectly acceptable. $40 for physics or other high level math and if the kid is personable and actually a good teacher!

It doesn’t matter how much you think tutors should earn, tell us how much you paid for the ones you hired and what were their qualifications. When people do the comparison with babysitters they don’t realize that typical babysitting hours are late in the evening, and it’s a one time thing. That’s why it costs more per hour, just imagine making a plumber emergency call at 8 pm.

OPs kid wants to teach Algebra, not Physics or Calculus. At the low end of tutoring, parents, relatives and volunteer kids can teach for free. Khan Academy and YouTube videos are also free, so she’d have to offer something that’s competitive with those alternatives.

Typical babysitting for teens late at night involves watching TV and hanging out in someone else’s house. I loved doing it as a teen as I got peace and quiet from my siblings and a choice of food to eat. And I always got paid for at least 3 hours often much more. By contrast, tutoring is for an hour max, much more labor intensive and higher stakes. It’s worth MUCH more than babysitting. That said I doubt almost anyone would pay as much as $40 or 50 for a high schooler. But they certainly should get significantly more than a babysitter.

Again, babysitting happens at night, from a very limited pool of trusted and close circle acquaintances hence the premium rate.

Have you ever hired a tutor for your kid in Algebra or sent them to Khans Academy to figure it out on their own?

As other posters have said, it’s better to do it for volunteer hours for college applications.

Are you saying that people hire babysitters from a trusted and close circle of acquaintances, but randomly select tutors off the street? It's safe to assume that someone hiring OP's child to tutor would want to look at academic performance, perhaps get a reference from OP's child's teacher, and watch a trial session or two.

I’m saying the pool of potential babysitters is much smaller than the pool of available tutors. You strain yourself to find reasons on why she should be paid more. That’s not how economics works. How much better is she than the free Khan Academy or Organic Chemistry Tutor?

Go ahead and ask for $50 an hour and let us k ow how it goes.

The person you are replying to is not the OP - which is me and I’ve said repeatedly that $20 is a reasonable starting point. However, I absolutely disagree with your bizarre premise. No the potential pool of babysitters is not much smaller than potential tutors. I’m not sure how you can make such a ludicrous claim. Just about anyone can babysit, not true for tutoring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$30/40/hour

Sounds like OP is sock puppeting to convince herself $35 is a reasonable price. Try it, but it will be hard. Let us know how it worked.

Don’t compare to babysitting, compare with jobs with more experience and skill like waitress, bike mechanic, beauty salon, landscaping workers charge about $15-20 an hour. Some of them require school, licensing and apprenticeship.

Your kid only taught a few kids as a volunteer. Do it for the experience, not for the money.

I was a new poster and I think tutors- teens or no, should earn a heck of a lot more than a babysitter! And those rates are so high nowadays. $30 is perfectly acceptable. $40 for physics or other high level math and if the kid is personable and actually a good teacher!

It doesn’t matter how much you think tutors should earn, tell us how much you paid for the ones you hired and what were their qualifications. When people do the comparison with babysitters they don’t realize that typical babysitting hours are late in the evening, and it’s a one time thing. That’s why it costs more per hour, just imagine making a plumber emergency call at 8 pm.

OPs kid wants to teach Algebra, not Physics or Calculus. At the low end of tutoring, parents, relatives and volunteer kids can teach for free. Khan Academy and YouTube videos are also free, so she’d have to offer something that’s competitive with those alternatives.

Typical babysitting for teens late at night involves watching TV and hanging out in someone else’s house. I loved doing it as a teen as I got peace and quiet from my siblings and a choice of food to eat. And I always got paid for at least 3 hours often much more. By contrast, tutoring is for an hour max, much more labor intensive and higher stakes. It’s worth MUCH more than babysitting. That said I doubt almost anyone would pay as much as $40 or 50 for a high schooler. But they certainly should get significantly more than a babysitter.

Again, babysitting happens at night, from a very limited pool of trusted and close circle acquaintances hence the premium rate.

Have you ever hired a tutor for your kid in Algebra or sent them to Khans Academy to figure it out on their own?

As other posters have said, it’s better to do it for volunteer hours for college applications.

Are you saying that people hire babysitters from a trusted and close circle of acquaintances, but randomly select tutors off the street? It's safe to assume that someone hiring OP's child to tutor would want to look at academic performance, perhaps get a reference from OP's child's teacher, and watch a trial session or two.

I’m saying the pool of potential babysitters is much smaller than the pool of available tutors. You strain yourself to find reasons on why she should be paid more. That’s not how economics works. How much better is she than the free Khan Academy or Organic Chemistry Tutor?

Go ahead and ask for $50 an hour and let us k ow how it goes.

And don’t forget, they can get a FREE tutor pretty easily without experience either as a volunteer, through those above here online or through the online services the schools offer (varsity tutors or whatever will be used this year).

Come back and let us know what happens. I really want to know because I have two teens always looking for money too.

Again, you are not speaking to OP and unclear if PP even has a kid seeking to tutor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$30/40/hour

Sounds like OP is sock puppeting to convince herself $35 is a reasonable price. Try it, but it will be hard. Let us know how it worked.

Don’t compare to babysitting, compare with jobs with more experience and skill like waitress, bike mechanic, beauty salon, landscaping workers charge about $15-20 an hour. Some of them require school, licensing and apprenticeship.

Your kid only taught a few kids as a volunteer. Do it for the experience, not for the money.

I was a new poster and I think tutors- teens or no, should earn a heck of a lot more than a babysitter! And those rates are so high nowadays. $30 is perfectly acceptable. $40 for physics or other high level math and if the kid is personable and actually a good teacher!

It doesn’t matter how much you think tutors should earn, tell us how much you paid for the ones you hired and what were their qualifications. When people do the comparison with babysitters they don’t realize that typical babysitting hours are late in the evening, and it’s a one time thing. That’s why it costs more per hour, just imagine making a plumber emergency call at 8 pm.

OPs kid wants to teach Algebra, not Physics or Calculus. At the low end of tutoring, parents, relatives and volunteer kids can teach for free. Khan Academy and YouTube videos are also free, so she’d have to offer something that’s competitive with those alternatives.

Typical babysitting for teens late at night involves watching TV and hanging out in someone else’s house. I loved doing it as a teen as I got peace and quiet from my siblings and a choice of food to eat. And I always got paid for at least 3 hours often much more. By contrast, tutoring is for an hour max, much more labor intensive and higher stakes. It’s worth MUCH more than babysitting. That said I doubt almost anyone would pay as much as $40 or 50 for a high schooler. But they certainly should get significantly more than a babysitter.

Again, babysitting happens at night, from a very limited pool of trusted and close circle acquaintances hence the premium rate.

Have you ever hired a tutor for your kid in Algebra or sent them to Khans Academy to figure it out on their own?

As other posters have said, it’s better to do it for volunteer hours for college applications.

Are you saying that people hire babysitters from a trusted and close circle of acquaintances, but randomly select tutors off the street? It's safe to assume that someone hiring OP's child to tutor would want to look at academic performance, perhaps get a reference from OP's child's teacher, and watch a trial session or two.

I’m saying the pool of potential babysitters is much smaller than the pool of available tutors. You strain yourself to find reasons on why she should be paid more. That’s not how economics works. How much better is she than the free Khan Academy or Organic Chemistry Tutor?

Go ahead and ask for $50 an hour and let us k ow how it goes.

The person you are replying to is not the OP - which is me and I’ve said repeatedly that $20 is a reasonable starting point. However, I absolutely disagree with your bizarre premise. No the potential pool of babysitters is not much smaller than potential tutors. I’m not sure how you can make such a ludicrous claim. Just about anyone can babysit, not true for tutoring.

Have you used babysitters before? You seem clueless.

You don’t hire anyone from the street to babysit, it has to be someone you know personally or someone that a trusted friend recommends you because they’ll be in your house with your children. That’s what limits the pool of babysitters, not their ability to babysit.

If you’re open to online tutoring the pool of tutors is far larger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$30/40/hour

Sounds like OP is sock puppeting to convince herself $35 is a reasonable price. Try it, but it will be hard. Let us know how it worked.

Don’t compare to babysitting, compare with jobs with more experience and skill like waitress, bike mechanic, beauty salon, landscaping workers charge about $15-20 an hour. Some of them require school, licensing and apprenticeship.

Your kid only taught a few kids as a volunteer. Do it for the experience, not for the money.

I was a new poster and I think tutors- teens or no, should earn a heck of a lot more than a babysitter! And those rates are so high nowadays. $30 is perfectly acceptable. $40 for physics or other high level math and if the kid is personable and actually a good teacher!

It doesn’t matter how much you think tutors should earn, tell us how much you paid for the ones you hired and what were their qualifications. When people do the comparison with babysitters they don’t realize that typical babysitting hours are late in the evening, and it’s a one time thing. That’s why it costs more per hour, just imagine making a plumber emergency call at 8 pm.

OPs kid wants to teach Algebra, not Physics or Calculus. At the low end of tutoring, parents, relatives and volunteer kids can teach for free. Khan Academy and YouTube videos are also free, so she’d have to offer something that’s competitive with those alternatives.

Typical babysitting for teens late at night involves watching TV and hanging out in someone else’s house. I loved doing it as a teen as I got peace and quiet from my siblings and a choice of food to eat. And I always got paid for at least 3 hours often much more. By contrast, tutoring is for an hour max, much more labor intensive and higher stakes. It’s worth MUCH more than babysitting. That said I doubt almost anyone would pay as much as $40 or 50 for a high schooler. But they certainly should get significantly more than a babysitter.

Again, babysitting happens at night, from a very limited pool of trusted and close circle acquaintances hence the premium rate.

Have you ever hired a tutor for your kid in Algebra or sent them to Khans Academy to figure it out on their own?

As other posters have said, it’s better to do it for volunteer hours for college applications.

Are you saying that people hire babysitters from a trusted and close circle of acquaintances, but randomly select tutors off the street? It's safe to assume that someone hiring OP's child to tutor would want to look at academic performance, perhaps get a reference from OP's child's teacher, and watch a trial session or two.

I’m saying the pool of potential babysitters is much smaller than the pool of available tutors. You strain yourself to find reasons on why she should be paid more. That’s not how economics works. How much better is she than the free Khan Academy or Organic Chemistry Tutor?

Go ahead and ask for $50 an hour and let us k ow how it goes.

The person you are replying to is not the OP - which is me and I’ve said repeatedly that $20 is a reasonable starting point. However, I absolutely disagree with your bizarre premise. No the potential pool of babysitters is not much smaller than potential tutors. I’m not sure how you can make such a ludicrous claim. Just about anyone can babysit, not true for tutoring.

Have you used babysitters before? You seem clueless.

You don’t hire anyone from the street to babysit, it has to be someone you know personally or someone that a trusted friend recommends you because they’ll be in your house with your children. That’s what limits the pool of babysitters, not their ability to babysit.

If you’re open to online tutoring the pool of tutors is far larger.

Yes, I have hired babysitters (and also babysat myself when I was a teen). And hired pet sitters and all manner of other individuals who have interacted with my children, pets or in my home. Like most people, I find your logic completely flawed and absolutely disagree with you. The pool of babysitters is much, much larger than that of potential tutors. I’d also look for a recommendation for a tutor btw (as with a babysitter, pet sitter, plumber or almost any provider), I wouldn’t just go with someone online overseas for $18 an hour like you. (And this post isn’t about online tutoring anyway but in person).

There’s no need for you to reply because you just keep saying the same thing and your logic doesn’t magically start to make sense the more times you say it.

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These seem very low when my 15 yo makes 20/hour for babysitting. We paid a HS senior $30/hour to tutor our sophomore in chemistry and algebra. Thats less than half what you’d pay a professional!