Tutor rates by city

Tutor density and household income drive city premiums. Sydney sits at the top, regional at the bottom, with a ~25-point spread.

City / region	Vs national avg	Sample Tier 2 rate
Sydney	+12%	$90/hr
Melbourne	+8%	$85/hr
Brisbane	-3%	$80/hr
Perth	-5%	$75/hr
Adelaide	-8%	$75/hr
Canberra	+5%	$85/hr
Hobart	-10%	$70/hr
Regional	-15%	$70/hr

Why Sydney pays the most

Two reinforcing forces: (a) household income in Sydney's eastern + north shore + inner-west belts is materially above the national median, and (b) the supply pool of tutors is constrained by accommodation costs — being a working tutor in Sydney is harder than being one in Adelaide because the rent gap exceeds the rate gap.

The Sydney premium is concentrated at Tier 3 and Tier 4 (registered teachers and specialists) — for Tier 1 uni-student tutors, the city gap is smaller because uni students are everywhere.

Why regional pays less

Smaller tutor pool, lower household-income median, and historically more reliance on in-school tutoring than private. The 15% discount disappears for online-only tutors — if you live regional and book an online tutor based in Melbourne, you pay the Melbourne rate.

Where the city premiums come from

These percentages are inferred from (a) Tutorfinder's regional tutor counts (Sydney has roughly 1.0× tutor supply per capita; Adelaide has roughly 0.7×) and (b) household-income variance across AU capitals. They are indicative. We will replace these with directly-measured city distributions as our first-party survey dataset grows past 200 submissions per city.