Teaching · For Tutors · Business

Split, hourly or tiered?
Pay your tutors fairly.

Type a tutor’s month and three pay plans. The calculator shows what each pays the tutor per hour worked and what the center keeps.

Compare the plansWhat you get
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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Tutoring business kit, $69 for 80 items.

The tutor commission structure calculator

The worked example is a senior math tutor teaching 60 sessions a month at $75. Nothing you type leaves this browser.

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What you get

Teaching · For Tutors$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
Tutor pay and pay per hour worked under a revenue split, a flat hourly rate and a tiered split, the center’s cost and margin under each, and the session price where the split overtakes the hourly rate. It prints as a one-page comparison.
Who it is for
Tutoring center owners and managers setting or reviewing how tutors are paid, or explaining a pay plan to a tutor.
Format
Browser calculator for a phone, tablet or computer, by touch or keyboard. Prints a summary; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Tutoring business kit ($69) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The For Tutors space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions, a correction or a request: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Type the session price and length.
  2. Add a typical tutor’s sessions a month.
  3. Set the terms of each plan.
  4. Add the center’s cost per session.
  5. Compare pay per hour and margin.

Compare the plans

How the plans are compared

The same month of sessions, paid three ways.

The worked example: a senior math tutor’s monthRevenue$4,50060 sessions × $75Hours worked75 h60 × 75 minSplit pay$2,250$30.00 an hourCenter keeps$1,890after $6 a sessionThe worked example: a senior math tutor’s monthRevenue$4,50060 sessions × $75Hours worked75 h60 × 75 minSplit pay$2,250$30.00 an hourCenter keeps$1,890after $6 a session
The same month of sessions, paid as a split, an hourly rate or a tiered split; pay per hour counts preparation as work.

Per hour worked

A split looks generous as a percent but may pay less per hour than a modest hourly rate once preparation is counted. Comparing pay per hour worked, preparation included, puts the three plans on the same footing for the tutor.

Pay plan and worker status

Whether a tutor is an employee or an independent contractor depends on the working relationship (who controls the work, the schedule, the materials), not on whether pay is a split or an hourly rate. The IRS and the Department of Labor publish the tests; payroll overhead applies to employees.

Sources

  1. U.S. Small Business Administration. Calculate your startup costs; Manage your finances; Break-even point (sba.gov).
  2. Internal Revenue Service. Self-Employed Individuals Tax Center and Publication 334, Tax Guide for Small Business (irs.gov).
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Outlook Handbook: teachers, tutors and instructors, pay and work schedules (bls.gov/ooh).
  4. Internal Revenue Service. Independent contractor (self-employed) or employee? (irs.gov).
  5. U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division. Employee or independent contractor classification under the FLSA (dol.gov).

A pay comparison on your own terms, not legal or tax advice. Your entries stay in this browser. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.