// RATES · CLIENT-SIDE
Hourly rate calculator.
Set a rate that reflects your language pair, experience, and country — and see what each platform actually pays you at that rate after their commission.
Your rate
Platform-net comparison
If you charged the same gross hourly rate on each platform, here's what you'd actually take home after commission.
Annual projection
// HOW IT WORKS
What this tool does.
Pricing is the part nobody trains you for. The platform tells you what the median is in your country — minus their cut — and you assume that's the going rate. It isn't. Off-platform, the same hour of your time is worth 25-40% more, because you're taking the lead-generation risk yourself. The trade is fair if you've got the network; punishing if you haven't.
Pick your country, the language pair you teach most, your experience tier, and (optionally) the rate you charge. The output is three numbers that matter: a defensible private range (low / median / high) for your country and pair; the platform-net for the same gross rate on italki, Preply, Wyzant, and Cambly; and an annual projection at your hours-per-week. The platform-net column is where the real argument lives — if you charge $40/hour gross on Preply, you actually keep $28 after their commission and currency conversion.
What it isn't. A regulatory floor. There's no body that sets a minimum hourly rate for private tutors. The ranges reflect what the market currently pays based on aggregated public listings, not what your work is legally worth. Niche expertise (DELE prep, IELTS band-7+, business English for legal professionals) defensibly charges above the high end. Inverse case: if you're new and competing on price, the low end is realistic for the first six months.
Use it when: a parent asks "what do you charge?" and you'd rather quote a number with a defensible range behind it than guess; or when you're deciding whether to leave a platform and want to see exactly how much commission you're paying for their pipeline.
// FAQ
Honest answers.
Where do the rate ranges come from?
Public listings on italki, Preply, Wyzant, and Cambly aggregated by language pair, country, and experience tier. Median, low, and high are recomputed when the underlying data file is updated.
The dates are in the country pack — check the bottom of the page for the version stamp.
Why is the platform-net so much lower than my rate?
Platform commissions are 15–30% on the gross, plus payout currency conversion. Cambly pays per-minute at a fixed rate that ignores your input.
The comparison shows what you actually take home — useful when deciding whether the platform's lead-generation is worth the haircut versus charging the same rate privately.
Is this a regulatory price floor?
No. There's no regulator that sets a minimum hourly rate for private tutors. The ranges reflect what the market currently pays, not what your work is legally worth.
If you have niche expertise (DELE preparation, IELTS band-7+, simultaneous-interpretation training) you can defensibly charge above the high end.
Does it see my rate?
No. Everything happens in your browser. The country, language pair, experience, and rate input never reach our servers.
You can verify by viewing source or watching the Network tab — there are no API calls on this page.