Basics:
TutorMe connects skilled tutors with students needing help with 300 different subjects, from math to music
Expected pay: $19 an hour (est)
Husl$core: $$$
Commissions & fees: NA
Where: Nationwide (remote)
Requirements: 18 or older; subject mastery; teaching or tutoring experience; a Facebook account
What is TutorMe?
TutorMe enlists freelance subject matter experts to tutor kids online and in person, in more than 300 different subjects.
How it works
To sign up, prospective tutors fill out an online application, which requires that you upload a resume, a teaching credential (if you have one) and a background check.
Once the site has approved your application, you’ll set up a profile on the site. And TutorMe will start connecting you with students that need help in the subject areas (and geography) you’ve selected.
TutorMe Review:
Unlike Wyzant, where students set up appointments with their chosen tutors in advance, TutorMe does most of its tutoring on demand. When a client comes to the site and asks for help, TutorMe shoots out a message to appropriate tutors in that subject area and, if the client wants an in-person tutor, in an appropriate geographic range.
All the details of the tutoring session are included in the notification, including the subject, the student’s particulars and timing.
Accepting work
If you want the job, you reply back stating what makes you qualified and when you could schedule a session. If there are multiple tutors attempting to claim the job, the site says the job often goes to the first person who answers. But if the parent/student want to consider the panoply of tutors who have responded, you can end up negotiating times and rates with the student.
The site recommends that you get online “certified” — a process to ensure your remote work set-up provides a seamless user experience — to get the most jobs.
Typically, tutoring sessions are scheduled in the same 24-hour period as the inquiry. So, you’re not likely to be booking your calendar out weeks in advance here. You will get a confirmation email saying when and where an accepted session is scheduled.
Rates
Theoretically, Tutors set their own rates here in the sign-up process. But the site apparently sends a “recommended rate” back in its welcome email, which may be less than the rate you wanted. Job-search site Indeed indicates that the bulk of TutorMe tutors get paid about $19 per hour.
Positive reviews
While we like sites like Wyzant more because they give tutors more flexibility, the tutor reviews of this site are largely positive. The biggest complaint: Low pay. But site appears to get plenty of work, which may make it attractive to tutors who have yet to establish a regular clientele.
Pay
Tutors are paid via direct deposit twice a month.
Recommendations:
This site appears to offer reasonable opportunities for tutors. You can sign up with TutorMe here.
However there are copious better options in the tutoring space, in our opinion. We recommend Wyzant, which lets tutors set their own rates; TutorOcean, which does too; and LessonFace, which is a great platform for music and dance instruction.
What their users say (from Indeed)
I love working for them. I highly recommend it to anyone that looking for part time work. pay on time, and good salary. But it would be great if they have a mobile version where you can chat with student and appointment base system.
The interface is nice, with support for screensharing, collaborative whiteboarding, coding, and writing, all within the tutorme lesson space. Just know what you’re signing up for. Tutorme mostly operates on an “on-demand” basis, so you have to be the first one to accept a student’s open request for a one-time tutor, or it’s gone.
The pay per hour could be more given how much work you do in helping the students. Some students just want to do assignments and don’t really focus on understanding the concepts behind questions. This could be frustrating sometimes.
from Glassdoor)
Good amount of students and reasonable pay
Flexible work, interesting, there is quite some demand usually. But the income is unpredictable, seasonal and low.
Incredibly flexible, set your own hours, get to review students as well as them reviewing you.
Fully remote, decent side hustle, great co-workers. But the pay is much lower than it should be.
Best part is the flexibility. You work whenever you want. But the salary is fixed and no bonus. Whether you are helping students from secondary level or university level, pay does not vary.
Updated 2/11/2025
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