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I am looking for a tutor for my son in geometry and perhaps some other math related subjects and was wondering how much others have paid per hour for tutors?

Last year DS took an Intro to Python course and he was having some problems with it and I found a college senior with math and computer science majors who came to our house for $40/hour. Unfortunately, this person is not available.

I live in NC which might make a difference on the rate. I was trying to get an idea of what is reasonable.

Thanks

Disclaimer: I'm not an attorney, not trying to impersonate one, not trying to give legal advice.

That said, there may be some restrictions on hiring of tutors, due to employment laws and income tax reporting.

Unable to find the link I was thinking of, here is something else entirely... it is a link from social security administration and does not apply to tutoring. http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/cfr20/404/404-1057.htm

Rates vary SO widely that you probably have to ask locally. It also really depends on the tutor's credentials.

I work for around $30-40/hr, but I have a PhD and a lot of teaching experience. The low end is secondary level, and the upper end is 200+ level post-secondary.



Rates here vary between 20 and nearly $60 per hour.

Have you considered the Mathnasium? We use them for my son. They're not too expensive and (in our area at least) have a maximum of two students to one tutor.

We have had pretty good luck with Wyzant.com. It's a service that connects tutors with students using an online database. There are usually several tutors to pick from (at least for common stuff like math) and they bill my credit card and handle paying the tutor and tax issues. The two I am using now both had current background checks but if they didn't I could buy one if I wanted. Other people post reviews so sometimes that is helpful. Most of the going rates seem to span $30 to $40 an hour and most are willing to come to your house.

You might want to look into the collective bargaining agreement rates the university TAs near you command if you're in a university town. These are usually publicly available. Here, a master's or doctoral student earns $35-$45/hour plus benefits, and an undergrad about $30/hour. I'm in a large city with a high cost of living. If I were hiring someone, I'd probably have to pay an extra 10% or so to approximate the benefits.

You could also contact the university department of the subject you're interested in and ask for going tutoring rates.

Thanks very much for the replies.

We found a local professor for my son to interact with a few times a month. He is charging more than I would like but my son seems to really enjoy having someone extremely qualified to speak with about his ideas and what he is working on.

If we were to do it again we would have actively tried to slow down my sons progress but "we are where we are" and he now has no one to discuss math with. I want to keep his excitement and motivation so hopefully the current arrangement will work.

Ruazkaz, if you want to save money, maybe the prof could recommend one of his students to cover the quotidian material. You could maintain a touch point with the prof less frequently on high interest, advanced material. Just one alternative.

Do you think it'd have worked? Sometimes, I feel like trying to slow down DD only fires her up even more.

We used a young man, a high school senior for math last year. He was suggested by the Principal. $20 per hour.