Career
Tutors
Help students one-on-one with what they are learning.
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Provide feedback to students, using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students.
- Review class material with students by discussing text, working solutions to problems, or reviewing worksheets or other assignments.
- Assess students' progress throughout tutoring sessions.
- Teach students study skills, note-taking skills, and test-taking strategies.
- Provide private instruction to individual or small groups of students to improve academic performance, improve occupational skills, or prepare for academic or occupational tests.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
AI
BLS now cites artificial intelligence in this occupation's outlook: “share decreases as online tools and digital tutors utilizing generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities reduce demand for tutors.”
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on people & care, then information & systems?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Provide feedback to students, using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Reading Comprehension, Instructing, Active Listening, Learning Strategies.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
Varies of education after high school (some college, no degree), for a median of $43,350 a year and 34,200 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- NO MATCHCIP 99.9999
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$72,040 · -0.2%
- Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors$61,540 · -13.9%
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$63,970 · -0.4%
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$64,370 · -0.4%
- Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary$42,910 · +2.7%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.