Pay distribution $37,460 10th $38,670 25th $67,170 75th $84,980 90th
Half of Tutors in the Madison metro area earn more than $50,820 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $38,670 and $67,170.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $37,460 $38,670 $50,820 $67,170 $84,980 Hourly $18.01 $18.59 $24.43 $32.30 $40.86
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Madison metro areathis metro area
$50,820 median for Madison metro area; middle half earns $38,670 to $67,170
$41,340 median for Wisconsin; middle half earns $32,720 to $60,200
$43,350 median for United States; middle half earns $35,000 to $54,860
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +23% vs Wisconsin overall and +17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $20,980 $48,460 $75,940 $103,420 Williamsport, PA — $20,980 Laredo, TX — $23,000 Lawrence, KS — $23,630 Victoria, TX — $24,780 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $27,620 Corpus Christi, TX — $28,040 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $28,070 Twin Falls, ID — $28,360 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $28,540 Jefferson City, MO — $28,600 Eau Claire, WI — $28,640 College Station-Bryan, TX — $28,690 Tyler, TX — $28,870 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $29,140 El Paso, TX — $29,280 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $29,550 Johnstown, PA — $29,740 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $29,780 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $29,900 Killeen-Temple, TX — $29,970 Tulsa, OK — $30,230 Reno, NV — $30,420 State College, PA — $30,780 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $30,830 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,200 Dover, DE — $31,200 Rockford, IL — $31,200 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $31,230 Lafayette, LA — $31,470 Flint, MI — $31,560 Columbia, MO — $31,730 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $31,730 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $31,910 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $31,910 Spartanburg, SC — $32,270 Terre Haute, IN — $32,320 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $32,570 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $32,590 Huntsville, AL — $32,760 Utica-Rome, NY — $32,910 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $32,940 Idaho Falls, ID — $33,240 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $33,450 Yuma, AZ — $33,600 Columbus, GA-AL — $33,670 Tallahassee, FL — $33,730 Columbia, SC — $33,780 Rocky Mount, NC — $33,780 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $33,800 Baton Rouge, LA — $33,840 Great Falls, MT — $33,940 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $33,970 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $33,990 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $34,150 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $34,230 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $34,260 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $34,320 Warner Robins, GA — $34,320 Traverse City, MI — $34,510 Boise City, ID — $34,550 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $34,650 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $34,660 Vineland, NJ — $34,700 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $34,860 Greenville, NC — $34,910 Clarksville, TN-KY — $34,950 Gainesville, FL — $35,040 Rome, GA — $35,060 Bloomington, IL — $35,120 Lynchburg, VA — $35,150 Wichita, KS — $35,300 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $35,410 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $35,420 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $35,440 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $35,470 Bend, OR — $35,500 Valdosta, GA — $35,500 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $35,510 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $35,660 Pittsburgh, PA — $35,710 St. Louis, MO-IL — $35,730 Chico, CA — $35,780 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $35,950 Port St. Lucie, FL — $36,190 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $36,240 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $36,260 Tucson, AZ — $36,340 Urban Honolulu, HI — $36,360 Lubbock, TX — $36,650 Albuquerque, NM — $36,660 Appleton, WI — $36,770 Richmond, VA — $36,790 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,820 Evansville, IN — $36,850 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $36,850 Montgomery, AL — $36,860 Oklahoma City, OK — $36,870 Flagstaff, AZ — $36,910 Birmingham, AL — $37,010 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $37,010 Ogden, UT — $37,020 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $37,020 Johnson City, TN — $37,040 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $37,100 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $37,140 Cleveland, TN — $37,190 Winston-Salem, NC — $37,210 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $37,300 Charleston, WV — $37,320 Ann Arbor, MI — $37,380 Fargo, ND-MN — $37,380 Omaha, NE-IA — $37,390 Jackson, TN — $37,400 St. George, UT — $37,400 Jacksonville, FL — $37,440 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,640 Mobile, AL — $37,650 Kansas City, MO-KS — $37,660 Fresno, CA — $37,900 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $38,070 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,100 Lancaster, PA — $38,290 Cedar Rapids, IA — $38,410 Lincoln, NE — $38,420 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $38,500 Logan, UT-ID — $38,550 Fayetteville, NC — $38,600 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $38,700 Rochester, MN — $38,730 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $38,760 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $38,830 Springfield, IL — $39,070 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $39,130 Midland, TX — $39,160 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $39,330 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $39,470 Salinas, CA — $39,800 Columbus, OH — $39,820 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $39,900 Topeka, KS — $40,120 Jacksonville, NC — $40,290 Springfield, MO — $40,350 Anchorage, AK — $40,370 Burlington, NC — $40,540 Canton-Massillon, OH — $40,590 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $40,790 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $40,940 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $41,160 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $41,600 Erie, PA — $41,710 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $42,230 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $42,260 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $42,290 Salem, OR — $42,550 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $42,760 Mansfield, OH — $42,850 Saginaw, MI — $42,890 Cleveland, OH — $42,950 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $43,000 Peoria, IL — $43,030 Green Bay, WI — $43,060 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $43,090 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $43,140 Merced, CA — $43,360 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $43,380 Winchester, VA-WV — $43,590 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $43,770 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $43,880 Iowa City, IA — $43,920 Asheville, NC — $43,980 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,000 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $44,000 Kingston, NY — $44,020 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $44,210 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $44,230 Yuba City, CA — $44,280 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $44,320 Pueblo, CO — $44,580 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $44,650 Toledo, OH — $44,720 Knoxville, TN — $44,840 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $44,870 Ithaca, NY — $44,900 Springfield, MA — $45,030 Albany, GA — $45,100 Visalia, CA — $45,130 Helena, MT — $45,210 Bozeman, MT — $45,280 York-Hanover, PA — $45,300 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $45,350 Hattiesburg, MS — $45,360 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $45,400 Fairbanks-College, AK — $45,480 Billings, MT — $45,510 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $45,570 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $45,570 Napa, CA — $45,570 Akron, OH — $45,630 Roanoke, VA — $45,830 Monroe, MI — $45,860 Wilmington, NC — $46,030 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $46,110 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $46,230 Savannah, GA — $46,320 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $46,350 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $46,370 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $46,550 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $46,550 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,690 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $46,780 Worcester, MA — $46,860 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,050 Florence, SC — $47,120 Glens Falls, NY — $47,280 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $47,450 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,680 Rochester, NY — $47,730 Syracuse, NY — $48,030 Battle Creek, MI — $48,040 Fort Wayne, IN — $48,100 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,180 Colorado Springs, CO — $48,270 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $48,340 Vallejo, CA — $48,390 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $48,450 Bangor, ME — $48,490 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $48,660 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $48,730 El Centro, CA — $49,000 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $49,170 Gainesville, GA — $49,550 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $49,550 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $49,640 Boulder, CO — $50,070 Portland-South Portland, ME — $50,090 Jonesboro, AR — $50,100 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $50,350 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $50,350 Springfield, OH — $50,600 Modesto, CA — $50,650 Madison, WI — $50,820 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $51,080 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $51,430 Salisbury, MD — $51,480 Duluth, MN-WI — $51,830 Jackson, MS — $51,860 Charlottesville, VA — $52,000 Jackson, MI — $52,000 Joplin, MO-KS — $52,000 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $52,000 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $54,230 New Haven, CT — $54,550 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $54,960 Reading, PA — $55,270 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $56,200 Pittsfield, MA — $58,030 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $58,580 Morristown, TN — $58,600 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $59,150 Rapid City, SD — $62,040 Binghamton, NY — $62,200 Santa Fe, NM — $62,400 Lawton, OK — $62,700 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $62,950 Lexington Park, MD — $63,090 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $64,710 Waco, TX — $64,750 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $67,910 Barnstable Town, MA — $68,080 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $68,220 Midland, MI — $76,680 Casper, WY — $103,420 Madison metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Madison metro area has the 32nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 272 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Wisconsin Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for tutors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Madison metro areathis page
$50,820 median for Madison metro area; middle half earns $38,670 to $67,170
$43,060 median for Green Bay metro area; middle half earns $32,930 to $59,280
$36,770 median for Appleton metro area; middle half earns $23,010 to $60,910
$36,240 median for Milwaukee metro area; middle half earns $28,760 to $45,770
$34,230 median for La Crosse metro area; middle half earns $31,200 to $51,220
$31,910 median for Oshkosh metro area; middle half earns $30,740 to $46,460
$28,640 median for Eau Claire metro area; middle half earns $28,640 to $49,940
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education $63,690 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary $39,640 Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary $47,990 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary $85,510 Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education $38,090 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $64,080 Highest-paying metro areas for tutorss · Highest-paying occupations in Madison Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .