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Tutors · SOC 25-3041

Tutors Salary in the Waterloo Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro area

Figures describe the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Waterloo city limits.

Median annual wage$32,940
Median hourly wage$15.84

Tutors in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA metro area earned a median of $32,940 per year ($15.84 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $22,910 at the 10th percentile to $56,580 at the 90th. BLS estimates 30 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Tutors in the Waterloo metro area earn more than $32,940 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,890 and $43,300.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$22,910$30,890$32,940$43,300$56,580
Hourly$11.01$14.85$15.84$20.82$27.20

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.

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How this area compares

  • Waterloo metro areathis metro area
    $32,940
  • Iowastate (IA)
    $36,790
  • United Statesnational
    $43,350

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −10% vs Iowa overall and −24% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$20,980$48,460$75,940$103,420Williamsport, PA — $20,980Laredo, TX — $23,000Lawrence, KS — $23,630Victoria, TX — $24,780Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $27,620Corpus Christi, TX — $28,040Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $28,070Twin Falls, ID — $28,360McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $28,540Jefferson City, MO — $28,600Eau Claire, WI — $28,640College Station-Bryan, TX — $28,690Tyler, TX — $28,870Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $29,140El Paso, TX — $29,280Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $29,550Johnstown, PA — $29,740Fort Smith, AR-OK — $29,780Auburn-Opelika, AL — $29,900Killeen-Temple, TX — $29,970Tulsa, OK — $30,230Reno, NV — $30,420State College, PA — $30,780Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $30,830Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,200Dover, DE — $31,200Rockford, IL — $31,200Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $31,230Lafayette, LA — $31,470Flint, MI — $31,560Columbia, MO — $31,730South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $31,730Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $31,910Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $31,910Spartanburg, SC — $32,270Terre Haute, IN — $32,320Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $32,570Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $32,590Huntsville, AL — $32,760Utica-Rome, NY — $32,910Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $32,940Idaho Falls, ID — $33,240Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $33,450Yuma, AZ — $33,600Columbus, GA-AL — $33,670Tallahassee, FL — $33,730Columbia, SC — $33,780Rocky Mount, NC — $33,780Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $33,800Baton Rouge, LA — $33,840Great Falls, MT — $33,940Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $33,970Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $33,990Lexington-Fayette, KY — $34,150La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $34,230Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $34,260Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $34,320Warner Robins, GA — $34,320Traverse City, MI — $34,510Boise City, ID — $34,550Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $34,650Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $34,660Vineland, NJ — $34,700New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $34,860Greenville, NC — $34,910Clarksville, TN-KY — $34,950Gainesville, FL — $35,040Rome, GA — $35,060Bloomington, IL — $35,120Lynchburg, VA — $35,150Wichita, KS — $35,300Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $35,410North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $35,420Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $35,440Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $35,470Bend, OR — $35,500Valdosta, GA — $35,500Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $35,510Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $35,660Pittsburgh, PA — $35,710St. Louis, MO-IL — $35,730Chico, CA — $35,780Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $35,950Port St. Lucie, FL — $36,190Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $36,240Raleigh-Cary, NC — $36,260Tucson, AZ — $36,340Urban Honolulu, HI — $36,360Lubbock, TX — $36,650Albuquerque, NM — $36,660Appleton, WI — $36,770Richmond, VA — $36,790Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,820Evansville, IN — $36,850Naples-Marco Island, FL — $36,850Montgomery, AL — $36,860Oklahoma City, OK — $36,870Flagstaff, AZ — $36,910Birmingham, AL — $37,010Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $37,010Ogden, UT — $37,020Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $37,020Johnson City, TN — $37,040Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $37,100Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $37,140Cleveland, TN — $37,190Winston-Salem, NC — $37,210Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $37,300Charleston, WV — $37,320Ann Arbor, MI — $37,380Fargo, ND-MN — $37,380Omaha, NE-IA — $37,390Jackson, TN — $37,400St. George, UT — $37,400Jacksonville, FL — $37,440San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,640Mobile, AL — $37,650Kansas City, MO-KS — $37,660Fresno, CA — $37,900Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $38,070Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,100Lancaster, PA — $38,290Cedar Rapids, IA — $38,410Lincoln, NE — $38,420Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $38,500Logan, UT-ID — $38,550Fayetteville, NC — $38,600Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $38,700Rochester, MN — $38,730Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $38,760Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $38,830Springfield, IL — $39,070Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $39,130Midland, TX — $39,160Macon-Bibb County, GA — $39,330Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $39,470Salinas, CA — $39,800Columbus, OH — $39,820Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $39,900Topeka, KS — $40,120Jacksonville, NC — $40,290Springfield, MO — $40,350Anchorage, AK — $40,370Burlington, NC — $40,540Canton-Massillon, OH — $40,590Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $40,790Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $40,940Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $41,160Youngstown-Warren, OH — $41,600Erie, PA — $41,710Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $42,230Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $42,260Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $42,290Salem, OR — $42,550Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $42,760Mansfield, OH — $42,850Saginaw, MI — $42,890Cleveland, OH — $42,950Stockton-Lodi, CA — $43,000Peoria, IL — $43,030Green Bay, WI — $43,060Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $43,090San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $43,140Merced, CA — $43,360Athens-Clarke County, GA — $43,380Winchester, VA-WV — $43,590Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $43,770Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $43,880Iowa City, IA — $43,920Asheville, NC — $43,980Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,000Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $44,000Kingston, NY — $44,020Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $44,210Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $44,230Yuba City, CA — $44,280Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $44,320Pueblo, CO — $44,580Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $44,650Toledo, OH — $44,720Knoxville, TN — $44,840Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $44,870Ithaca, NY — $44,900Springfield, MA — $45,030Albany, GA — $45,100Visalia, CA — $45,130Helena, MT — $45,210Bozeman, MT — $45,280York-Hanover, PA — $45,300Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $45,350Hattiesburg, MS — $45,360Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $45,400Fairbanks-College, AK — $45,480Billings, MT — $45,510Chattanooga, TN-GA — $45,570Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $45,570Napa, CA — $45,570Akron, OH — $45,630Roanoke, VA — $45,830Monroe, MI — $45,860Wilmington, NC — $46,030Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $46,110Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $46,230Savannah, GA — $46,320Eugene-Springfield, OR — $46,350Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $46,370New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $46,550Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $46,550Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,690Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $46,780Worcester, MA — $46,860San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,050Florence, SC — $47,120Glens Falls, NY — $47,280Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $47,450Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,680Rochester, NY — $47,730Syracuse, NY — $48,030Battle Creek, MI — $48,040Fort Wayne, IN — $48,100Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,180Colorado Springs, CO — $48,270San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $48,340Vallejo, CA — $48,390Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $48,450Bangor, ME — $48,490Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $48,660Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $48,730El Centro, CA — $49,000Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $49,170Gainesville, GA — $49,550Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $49,550Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $49,640Boulder, CO — $50,070Portland-South Portland, ME — $50,090Jonesboro, AR — $50,100Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $50,350San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $50,350Springfield, OH — $50,600Modesto, CA — $50,650Madison, WI — $50,820Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $51,080Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $51,430Salisbury, MD — $51,480Duluth, MN-WI — $51,830Jackson, MS — $51,860Charlottesville, VA — $52,000Jackson, MI — $52,000Joplin, MO-KS — $52,000Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $52,000Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $54,230New Haven, CT — $54,550Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $54,960Reading, PA — $55,270Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $56,200Pittsfield, MA — $58,030Manchester-Nashua, NH — $58,580Morristown, TN — $58,600Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $59,150Rapid City, SD — $62,040Binghamton, NY — $62,200Santa Fe, NM — $62,400Lawton, OK — $62,700Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $62,950Lexington Park, MD — $63,090Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $64,710Waco, TX — $64,750Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $67,910Barnstable Town, MA — $68,080Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $68,220Midland, MI — $76,680Casper, WY — $103,420

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 Waterloo metro area has the 232nd-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 Iowa

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for tutors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Waterloo metro areathis page
    $32,940
  • Iowa City metro area
    $43,920
  • Cedar Rapids metro area
    $38,410
  • Sioux City metro area
    $32,570
  • Davenport metro area
    $31,200

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$29,900Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$60,780Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,440Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$60,460Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$36,440Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$30,420

Highest-paying metro areas for tutorss · Highest-paying occupations in Waterloo 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.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.