15 Best Online Tutoring Jobs (Get Paid as much as $116 per hour!)

1. Chegg Tutors

Let’s start out with Chegg Tutors. It’s one of the top sites for those looking for legitimate work at home opportunities.

It’s a website where you can get flexible tutoring opportunities.

You just login to the site when it’s convenient for you to tutor.

According to Chegg, its top tutors can earn $1,000 plus a month. Pay starts at $20 an hour.

You can select your best subjects. You can tutor in lots of subjects, like:

• Calculus
• Biology
• Computer Science
• Antitrust Law
• Voice lessons
• Astrophysics
• Zoology
• And more!

You can tutor in 1000s of subjects.

You can work with all student levels too, such as:

• Middle and High School
• College
• Professionals

To tutor with Chegg, you’ll need to provide any two of the following:

• Photograph of your diploma
• Student identification card
• Scanned copies of your official or unofficial transcripts
• Screenshot of your college’s student portal homepage – make sure that your student ID and full name are visible.
• National Student Clearinghouse enrollment verification.
• Letter of college acceptance, or your enrollment verification from your university registrar.
• Teaching or tutoring certification
• Any other documents that confirm you have once been enrolled in a university for four years, or that are currently enrolled in a university.

If you sign up with your email, you can submit a photo of yourself holding a government-issued ID, like your passport or driver’s license.

Also, you may be asked to take a test to see how proficient you are in the subject you plan to teach.

You can also record and submit a short video introducing yourself and explaining why you’re qualified to teach your selected subject or subjects, along with your application. But this is optional.

Payments are weekly, which is awesome.

2. Aim-for-A Tutoring

Next up, we have Aim-For-A Tutoring.

While the company is advertising for part-time and full-time tutors to provide in center tutoring, it’s also looking for online tutors.

If you have a computer with a broadband internet connection, you can apply to teach online with Aim-For-A Tutoring.

Tutoring is done online using audio and data conferencing. If you want to tutor with the site, you’ll need to have access to the following:

• A computer with broadband internet access.
• Computer speakers and a microphone.
• Internet telephone software, like Skype.
• A digital tablet and pen mouse are also highly recommended for some subjects.

Tutoring also uses shared white board software, but this is made available for free.

Now, you can teach lots of different subjects, such as:

• Math
• Science
• English Language Arts

And you can teach the following levels:

• Elementary
• Middle school
• High school
• College level
• Homework help
• Preparation for standardized tests, such as GED, PSAT, SAT, GRE, and GMAT.

To tutor with Aim-For-A Tutoring, you need to have the following:

• At least a bachelor’s degree in the subjects you would like to teach.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Some teaching experience.
• The ability to work during times that suit the time zones of students in Europe, North America, or Australia
• A passion for teaching.

The site doesn’t say what it pays. But when you apply, it says you must send your compensation expectations with your application.

3. Tutor.com

Tutor.com is another awesome website that will pay you to tutor students online.

Its tutors are teachers, adjuncts, professors, PhD students, and industry professionals.

The site’s students range from kindergarten through college to adult learners.

You can login to the site when you’re available and tutor remotely from anywhere. You are paid on a regular schedule. It only accepts applications from the U.S, excluding New Mexico.

The site says that many types of professionals have found remote work with Tutor.com, including:

• Teachers and retired teachers
• College and graduate students
• Math professionals/experts
• Science professionals/experts
• Computer science experts

To teach on the site, you’ll need to meet the following criteria:

• Currently reside in the U.S.
• Have a valid Social Security Number.
• Be eligible to work in the U.S.
• Be available to tutor at least five hours per week
• Be an expert in the subject you plan to teach.
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills with fluency in the English language.
• Be a college sophomore or higher or have a degree from an accredited U.S. or Canadian University. (You need to have a college degree to tutor Accounting, College Essay Writing, Economics, Finance, and College Statistics.)

Tutors are paid a set hourly rate. Your hourly rate will depend on the subjects you teach. There are also incentives available for high-quality tutoring.

Tutor.com doesn’t list its hourly rate. It says that more information about its pay structure will be provided after you have successfully completed the initial application and subject exam phase of the process.

However, I did find some concrete numbers on Glassdoor.

On there, pay for tutors at Tutor.com is listed as $12 an hour.

4. TutaPoint.com

TutaPoint.com doesn’t really give many details about the jobs that it offers. It does have a short page though on its site about becoming a tutor.

It says that you can provide live, internet-based, one-on-one tutoring services for all grade levels. When you’re one of the site’s tutors, students can request instant homework help or schedule a tutoring session at a minimum of 60 minutes a session or up to two hours.

You work with students via a web camera in its virtual online platform. TutaPoint.com works with:

• Certified teachers
• Retired teachers
• Teaching assistants,
• Professors at colleges and universities
• And “others who meet our high standards.”

Like I said above, there aren’t many details on the site, regarding things like tutor requirements or pay.

The site says it works with tutors all over the United States, meaning gigs likely aren’t available to people outside of the U.S.

5. Smarthinking (Pearson)

You can find part-time work as an online tutor with Smarthinking.

You can teach in more than 150 subject areas.

It’s looking for:

• Faculty
• Graduate students
• Professionals
• Retirees

To teach with Smarthinking, you must have one of the following:

• A master’s
• PhD
• Or other advanced certification.

Also, you’ll need to have several years of teaching/tutoring experience.

Pay is not stated on the site.

6. Manhattan Prep

Manhattan Prep is a great place to tutor because its pay rate is so high.

You earn $106 to $116 an hour, and you get end of year bonuses.

The hours are also super flexible. You can set your own schedule and teach as few as three hours per week.

You can also use and modify the site’s curriculum as you see fit, which gives you a lot of freedom as an instructor.

You can browse openings on the site and view what the requirements are for becoming one of the company’s tutors.

7. TutorMe

Next, we have TutorMe. This is a site that provides you with flexible teaching opportunities.

You can decide when and how often you want to teach. And as long as you have a computer with internet access, you can tutor from anywhere.

The site covers more than 300 subjects, so you can easily find the one you want to teach.

You’ll need to offer basic information about yourself, like your education and work experience, when you apply.

If you’re approved as a tutor, TutorMe will start sending students your way. Students can message you directly, or the site can match them with you.

TutorMe pays $16 an hour, plus bonuses. You get paid each week, which is awesome.

8. Wyzant

Wyzant is another place to get work teaching online.

It connects experts with students who’re looking for one-to-one instruction. You can select your students and set a schedule that suits you.

What’s good about Wyzant is that you can set your rate. You can set up a direct deposit for quick and secure payment.

Wyzant works a little differently from the other places on the list. It’s not a place where you apply for jobs. Instead, it’s an online services marketplace in educational technology that matches tutors with students.

You can be one of the site’s private tutors in 250+ subjects and test prep. Students can schedule tutors in-person or online. Kështu që, if you want to tutor online, then you can.

You can list your tutoring services on Wyzant and build and manage your own tutoring business.