Tutors
Instruct individual students or small groups of students in academic subjects to support formal class instruction or to prepare students for standardized or admissions tests.
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Instructing
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Learning Strategies
- Critical Thinking
- Social Perceptiveness
- Writing
Key knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Education and Training
- Mathematics
- Computers and Electronics
- Psychology
- Administrative
- Chemistry
What the work involves
- Schedule tutoring appointments with students or their parents.
- Prepare and facilitate tutoring workshops, collaborative projects, or academic support sessions for small groups of students.
- Participate in training and development sessions to improve tutoring practices or learn new tutoring techniques.
- Organize tutoring environment to promote productivity and learning.
- Monitor student performance or assist students in academic environments, such as classrooms, laboratories, or computing centers.
- Review class material with students by discussing text, working solutions to problems, or reviewing worksheets or other assignments.
- Provide feedback to students, using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students.
- Prepare lesson plans or learning modules for tutoring sessions according to students' needs and goals.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Social, Conventional, Artistic.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree (40.9% of respondents)
- Related experience
- None (36.4%)
- On-the-job training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month (54.6%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Tutors is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | High | Higher on contact with others than 68% of occupations compared | 77% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | High | Higher on dealing with the public than 64% of occupations compared | 43% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | Very low | Lower on teamwork than 89% of occupations compared | 33% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 64% of occupations compared | 45% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Low | Lower on time pressure than 76% of occupations compared | 36% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Conflict situations | Moderate | Lower on conflict situations than 51% of occupations compared | 50% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Moderate | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 50% of occupations compared | 57% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 99% of occupations compared | 71% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: low
- Conflict situations: moderate
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: moderate
- Consequence of error: very low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 9.09%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0%
- Contact with others most of the time: 13.64%
- Constant contact with others: 77.27%
n = 22, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 14.29%
- Fairly important: 9.52%
- Important: 4.76%
- Very important: 28.57%
- Extremely important: 42.86%
n = 21, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 9.52%
- Fairly important: 19.05%
- Important: 9.52%
- Very important: 28.57%
- Extremely important: 33.33%
n = 21, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 18.18%
- Some freedom: 36.36%
- A lot of freedom: 45.45%
n = 22, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Time pressure
- Never: 4.55%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 13.64%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 27.27%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 36.36%
- Every day: 18.18%
n = 22, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Conflict situations
- Never: 4.55%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 27.27%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 50%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 18.18%
- Every day: 0%
n = 22, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 33.33%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 57.14%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 9.52%
- Every day: 0%
n = 21, Occupational Expert 08/2022
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 71.43%
- Fairly serious: 23.81%
- Serious: 0%
- Very serious: 4.76%
- Extremely serious: 0%
n = 21, Occupational Expert 08/2022
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