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Tutors

SOC 25-3041

Help individual students master subjects they struggle with.

The job

Median pay

$43k

$35k to $55k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Declining

-0.2% projected

Openings a year

34k

BLS projection

Typical education

Some college

Our model

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

4/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

98th pct

More exposed than 98% of occupations · modeled estimate · 87th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

37/100

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Speaking
Learning Strategies
Critical Thinking
Writing

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	45,370	2.5	2.2×	$45k
New York	12,730	1.3	1.2×	$47k
Florida	12,220	1.2	1.1×	$37k
Texas	10,690	0.8	0.7×	$34k
Michigan	6,010	1.4	1.2×	$37k
Illinois	5,910	1.0	0.9×	$37k
North Carolina	5,780	1.2	1.0×	$42k
Ohio	5,760	1.0	0.9×	$44k
Georgia	5,690	1.2	1.0×	$47k
New Jersey	5,270	1.2	1.1×	$42k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Massachusetts	4,610	1.3	1.1×	$61k
Pennsylvania	4,540	0.7	0.7×	$36k
Maryland	4,300	1.6	1.4×	$53k
Virginia	4,090	1.0	0.9×	$41k
Tennessee	3,310	1.0	0.9×	$50k
Connecticut	3,230	1.9	1.7×	$50k
Utah	3,150	1.8	1.6×	$35k
Arizona	2,730	0.8	0.8×	$39k
Colorado	2,500	0.9	0.8×	$47k
Washington	2,460	0.7	0.6×	$45k
Indiana	1,770	0.6	0.5×	$38k
Missouri	1,670	0.6	0.5×	$32k
Wisconsin	1,530	0.5	0.5×	$41k
South Carolina	1,510	0.7	0.6×	$33k
Minnesota	1,370	0.5	0.4×	$45k
Kansas	1,290	0.9	0.8×	$34k
Mississippi	1,220	1.0	0.9×	$50k
Oklahoma	1,220	0.7	0.6×	$35k
Hawaii	1,130	1.8	1.6×	$37k
Oregon	1,130	0.6	0.5×	$48k
Nevada	1,070	0.7	0.6×	$30k
Nebraska	950	0.9	0.8×	$38k
Alabama	890	0.4	0.4×	$36k
Kentucky	780	0.4	0.3×	$34k
Idaho	760	0.9	0.8×	$35k
Arkansas	720	0.6	0.5×	$31k
New Hampshire	700	1.0	0.9×	$54k
Washington DC	631	0.9	0.8×	$57k~
Iowa	610	0.4	0.3×	$37k
Delaware	590	1.2	1.1×	$33k
Alaska	550	1.7	1.5×	$46k
Louisiana	540	0.3	0.3×	$34k
New Mexico	460	0.5	0.5×	$37k
Montana	450	0.9	0.8×	$41k
Maine	340	0.5	0.5×	$50k
Rhode Island	300	0.6	0.5×	$78k
West Virginia	280	0.4	0.3×	$44k
South Dakota	250	0.5	0.5×	$39k
Wyoming	200	0.7	0.6×	$82k
Vermont	130	0.4	0.4×	$54k
North Dakota	110	0.3	0.2×	$46k

Top metro areas

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA18,180 jobs · $45k median
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ13,980 jobs · $47k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA5,240 jobs · $48k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL4,940 jobs · $39k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN4,780 jobs · $38k median
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA4,270 jobs · $42k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA3,980 jobs · $48k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH3,550 jobs · $65k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.