Free tool

Tutor Income Calculator

Enter your hourly rate, number of students and lessons per week to estimate monthly and yearly income. It nets out transport, materials and exam-entry costs, and adds a tax estimate. Everything runs client-side — zero data uploaded.

Your setup

Hourly rate (HK$)Number of studentsLessons per student / weekHours per lessonTeaching weeks per month

Monthly expenses

Transport per lesson (HK$)Materials / software per month (HK$)Other monthly expenses (HK$)

Results

Lessons per week5 lessons

Lessons per month20 lessons

Teaching hours per month20 hrs

Monthly income (gross)HK$ 8,000

Monthly transport− HK$ 1,000

Monthly materials + other− HK$ 800

Monthly income (net of expenses)HK$ 6,200

Estimated annual salaries taxBased on 2026 HK progressive rates + single personal allowance of 132,000; ballpark only.HK$ 0 / yr

Monthly take-home (after tax)HK$ 6,200

Why new tutors should run this number

A common HK private-tuition trap: a new tutor charges HK$250/hour, does 60 lessons a month and thinks “HK$15k/month, not bad” — without accounting for transport (HK$80/lesson), exam-entry fees and materials. After those, real take-home is closer to HK$11,500.

Bump the rate by just HK$30/hour (to HK$280) and month-end take-home jumps to HK$13,300 — HK$22,000 a year. To parents, the perceived-value gap between HK$250 and HK$280 is close to zero.

The point of this calculator isn’t an exact number — it’s to expose the gap where you may be under-pricing.

Advanced: a multi-source income mix

A common piano-teacher mix: 8 weekly students + 1–2 monthly intensive students. A common maths-tutor mix: 4 DSE students + 1 group of 3. The advantage of mixing: weekly students give steady cash flow, while intensive / group lessons carry a higher price-per-hour and lift overall ROI.