As a freelance or private tutor, you are the one responsible for setting a price for your classes, and deciding exactly how much to charge can be complicated since there are a lot of factors to take into account.
However, you need to make this decision before you start offering your services on pages like Superprof.
Your rate per hour can change with time and over the years. Once you start gaining experience and have success stories with previous students (who can give you great reviews), you can up your price per hour.
Continue reading if you're interested in learning what factors can influence the higher or lower price of a Spanish lesson, if prices vary depending on your location, what people charge for Spanish lessons in the US, and more.
Keep in mind that there is not one single answer on how much to charge. It all depends on your years of experience, the level you teach at, methodologies, degrees or certifications, and more. Nonetheless, there is an average and a common rate that tutors usually charge per hour or hours of teaching.
How to become a Spanish tutor?
What to charge for Spanish lessons as a private tutor?
It is difficult to give one exact answer to this simple question. Many factors influence the price of a lesson or a class. Below you will find a list of some of the common rates for Spanish lessons in the United States per hour:
- 12.00 - 15.00 USD — Tutors who are starting usually charge these amounts or something similar.
- 20.00 - 25.00 USD — Tutors who have a couple of years of experience and some sort of preparation usually charge these amounts or something similar.
- 30.00 - 40.00 USD — Tutors who have many years of experience, have a bunch of certifications and school degrees, great reviews, and more, usually charge this or more.
Becoming a great tutor takes time and with each class that you offer, you'll gain valuable experience that you can use in the future to change your prices.
On Superprof, each tutor has the opportunity to set their rates and prices per hour or hours of teaching. Tutors have the freedom to set their prices because we want them to have the chance to choose, offer, and demand what they believe they deserve.
Tutors who are starting their career as tutors usually charge less and once they start gaining experience and good reviews, they can increase their rates per hour of work. Continue reading if you wish to find out what other factors can influence the price of a lesson.
How to prepare Spanish courses in the US depending on the education level?
What factors influence the price of Spanish lessons?
There are many things that students or parents of students take into account the moment they are searching for a private tutor.
The first thing anyone will pay attention to is the benefits of hiring a private tutor. Does your profile exemplify all the ways the student or parents will benefit from hiring you as their teacher? If your answer is no, then you should consider editing the information and adding stuff that shows future students how you will help them.
Tutors and teachers who offer a bunch of benefits tend to charge more for a lesson or a course.
Another important factor is your years of experience. Tutors who are just starting in the business of private teaching shouldn't charge as much as someone who has been a teacher and a tutor for many years. Experience translates to knowledge and good reviews, and that translates to more money.
The next factor people pay attention to is the level and quality of the lessons. If you are someone who didn't go to school or doesn't have any preparation (courses, certifications, experience, etc) in the field, then the cost of your lessons should be lower than the average.
Someone who went to school and has a degree in education, someone who has been a tutor for years, or someone who lived in Spain or got a degree in a Spanish-speaking country has the right to charge more for their lessons. Keep in mind that knowledge is power and it can translate into more money.
If you don't have any sort of preparation you should consider finding a language course or a teaching course that certifies your level and capacity to be a tutor. Certifications are a great tool you can show off to future students or clients.
People tend to forget but when it comes to teaching a language, native speakers tend to charge more, but it doesn't necessarily mean you can't charge as much as a native speaker.
A Spanish native speaker can know all the intricacies of the language but might not have the preparation or level of education as someone else. As we mentioned, having a degree in education or having a bunch of certifications on how to teach a foreign language can go a long way.
If you do speak Spanish you probably don't need to spend time and money on language teaching courses. However, if you do take those courses you can charge more per lesson or course you offer because it will give validity to your knowledge and capacities as a teacher.
Similar to the preparation, the material you offer should also be taken into account. If your classes consist of you talking and presenting no material or if you offer material that already exists —for instance, a YouTube video on how to study in Spanish— then the price should be lower.
However, if you create video material, exercise sheets, or activities that took time and effort to create at home, then you should charge more for your extra hours of work. Time working shouldn't be for free!
Finally, there is another factor that people usually don't take into account, and that is the location of the classes. Continue reading to learn more about how the location can change the cost of a lesson.
What are the qualifications needed to become a Spanish tutor in the US?
Do prices vary depending on location?
People often ask if the location can change the cost of a class, and the answer is yes. Unfortunately, there are some places where the cost of living is higher, therefore the cost of a class can be higher too.
For instance, if you live in a big city, like Los Angeles, New York, Washington, Houston, or Chicago; then you can charge more than a tutor who lives in a small town in Texas.
Although this can sound unfair, prices vary for everything depending on the location. Take public transportation as an example. Every city in the United States —and the world— has a different rate for the bus, metro, or subway. Teaching and private tutoring are not an exception!
Keep in mind that location not only refers to a city or a small town. It can also refer to the location where the lessons take place. Tutors who offer online lessons have different rates than tutors who offer in-person lessons.
An online lesson usually costs less because the tutor doesn't have to commute anywhere. If you are commuting to the student's house or a meeting point like a library, you should charge more for each lesson or hours you spend teaching.
In-person classes should cost more than online classes because even though the student is going to learn and study the same things, transportation isn't free and as a teacher, you have a right to charge for that.
Financing your life as a tutor
Tutoring can be an excellent source of income, however, you have to be clever about the prices if you wish to finance your life as a tutor. You can find ways to make special offers to gain more clients and also find ways you can charge more for lessons.
We already told you everything you need to make your classes more expensive and valuable.
However, there are many other things you can do to gain clients and money. You could offer group sessions where you teach to a small group of aspiring Spanish speakers (between 4 and 6 students) and give them a discount but charge more than one-on-one lessons.
This way the students in the group pay less but you win more for one hour of work!
You can have trial lessons online or in-person that are for free, and that way you can give people a chance to ask questions and analyze if they want to hire you; people value free lessons a lot!
Finding ways to make more money can be tricky but you have to get creative if you wish to prosper in the field as a teacher.
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Hi, I am a native Spanish teacher with no degree on education but very knowledgeable of grammar. I already have a couple students and prepare material ahead of time, even games, but my students pay me what they want. I would like to know what is the fastest and cheaper way to have a degree on Spanish teaching yo teach online if si want to move to another country. I appreciate your article and hope you answer me please
Hello, you can sign up to teach on our platform easily by just clicking on tutoring jobs and filling out the required information with no degree required. You can send a mail to hey@superprof.com if you need anymore help. However, there are probably many local or cheap online certifications that you can gain in a short amount of time to be able to teach with a qualification.