Teaching · For Tutors · Business

$42,000 take-home.
How many sessions is that?

Type the income you want and your price. The calculator works back through tax, costs, fees and cancellations to your week.

Plan my weekWhat you get
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The tutor income goal calculator

The worked example is a tutor planning next school year at $65 a session. 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
The paid sessions a year and booked sessions a week your goal takes, the hours of work a week, the gross revenue, and the price that would fit the goal inside your hour limit. It prints as a one-page plan.
Who it is for
Independent tutors and teachers tutoring on the side who want to know whether a goal is realistic at their price and in the hours they have.
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 take-home you want.
  2. Add your own tax set-aside and costs.
  3. Type your price and session length.
  4. Set your weeks and cancellations.
  5. Check the hours against your limit.

Plan my week

How the goal becomes a week

Work backward from what you want to keep.

The worked example: next school year at $65 a sessionTake-home$42,00025% set asideKept after fees$59,600+ $3,600 costsPaid sessions945at $63.05 keptA week22.944 weeks, 6% cancelledThe worked example: next school year at $65 a sessionTake-home$42,00025% set asideKept after fees$59,600+ $3,600 costsPaid sessions945at $63.05 keptA week22.944 weeks, 6% cancelled
Work backward from what you want to keep: add back tax and costs, divide by what one session keeps, spread over your weeks.

Tax is your estimate

Self-employed tutors usually pay income tax and self-employment tax on profit and often make quarterly estimated payments. The right share depends on your income, deductions and where you live, so the page asks for your own set-aside rather than guessing. IRS guidance for the self-employed is in the sources.

Weeks are fewer than you think

Most tutoring follows the school year, with quiet weeks at holidays, exams and summer. Planning on 40 to 46 working weeks, and on some unpaid cancellations, keeps the weekly target honest.

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. Estimated taxes and Form 1040-ES (irs.gov).

A planning estimate on your own figures, not tax advice. Your entries stay in this browser. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.