All About Market Rates of Private Tutors

[weatherbee]

Now tuition is getting so expensive

[godzmight]

Tutors who can produce results and motivate their students are good regardless of their age, qualification or experience. It is difficult to be a tutor these days due to better socioe-conomic status of the child and his/herfamily.


Some parents cherish their tutors and show flexibility in their child’s education, as long as they improve. This could be the timing, pay or lessons that are taught to the child. There are other parents who are more demanding. They expect more out of the tutor’s time and want to dictate how their child should be taught. They also do not want to pay the tutor their worth. It is extremely sad when this happens.

If a tutor cannot perform or doesn’t meet their expectations, it is better to be candid and inform the tutor instead of giving excuses to get the tutor to work for a low pay. I believe each parent and tutor know what they are paying for and what they are worth.

[Wonderdad]

Agree that each tutor has their own price.

You pay peanuts and you get monkeys

And who set the market rate anyway.

[Holychild72]

Teachers and Ex Teacher for P5 is $50 to $60 per hour

By chance you may get $45 per hour

[godzmight]

$180/hr is atrocious. The tutor is really greedy and unethical. It exceeds the market rate by many times and there is no guarantee that the child will improve by leaps and bounds. I say we boycott such tutors no matter how good they are. And please don’t pay such a ridiculous amount. It will only spoil the market.

[alfretztay]

From the postings, I gather that one could easily get a tutor with qualifications and/or experience for sec 3 maths for S$50/h or slightly more.

[neowanz]

I have 4 years of teaching experience with proven result record but I only charge $30-35/h for upper secondary. I am currently an undergraduate but would convert to full time tutor upon graduation next year. So far, I have no intention of increasing my rate, even if I become full time tutor next year.

[karenmok]

Hi,

The cost of living is going up all the time and tutors are entitled to revise their rates but how frequently? Once in 6 months or annually? Are there any guidelines or suggestions?

[godzmight]

I don’t think there’re any hard and fast rules. You can ask the tutor before you employ him if his rate is stable or if it will change anytime soon. Nobody wants a surprise fee increment every few months.


You can call a few agencies or search the internet to find out the market rate and use it as a yardstick. The rate should not increase every few months or every year, unless the tuition industry on the whole increase the fees which I think is not likely.

If the tutor is really good, you can always give the tutor a raise later if you want. If the tutor sucks, then it’s best to ask the tutor to beat it. No point even paying peanuts to an ineffective tutor.

[karinchung]

I totally agree. My dd tutor teaches her both english and composition writing. for twice a week 1.5hr each i only pay her $240 per month and extra $20 for materials since i do not have to provide assessment books. however my dd attend lesson in her house.