Best Tutoring Online Jobs for Evenings and Weekends

The short answer

If you can teach a school subject or test prep, start with Wyzant Wyzant, where you set your own rate and keep 75% of it, or Tutor.com, which pays a set hourly rate and lets you build a new schedule every week. If you speak a language well, Preply Preply and italki italki are the strongest marketplaces, and if you have a skill that would make a good small-group class for kids, look at Outschool Outschool. Cambly is the easiest one to get into for native English speakers, but it pays a fixed $10.20 to $12 an hour and is currently limiting new tutors.

Time cost: about 4 to 6 hours each weekend once you’re approved, plus two or three evenings at the start for applications and profiles. You don’t need weeknights, but one evening slot a week usually makes it easier to keep regular students.

The platforms side by side

Online tutoring jobs come in two shapes. On marketplaces (Wyzant, Preply, italki, Outschool, Superprof) you set your own price and the platform takes a cut. On company-rate platforms (Tutor.com, Cambly, Varsity Tutors) the company sets your pay. Marketplaces can pay more per hour once you’ve won students. Company-rate platforms bring the students to you, but you can’t negotiate.

For a sense of the wider market: the most recent federal figures we could confirm, from the BLS for May 2023, put the median tutor wage at $19.03 an hour. The bottom 10% earned under $13.32 and the top 10% earned over $38.67. Newer data has since come out, but this is still a fair yardstick for the numbers below.

Platform by platform, through an evening tutor’s eyes

Wyzant: best for school subjects and test prep

Wyzant charges tutors a flat 25% platform fee, so you keep 75% of your posted hourly rate. If you bring a new student to Wyzant and they create an account, you keep 100% of your rate for lessons with that student. Students pay a separate 9% service fee on top, so they see your rate plus 9%. Keep that in mind when you set your price.

To join, you need to be 18 or over, live in the US and have a valid Social Security Number. You don’t need a teaching certificate. Profiles are free, and Wyzant says it doesn’t sell premium listings or top placement. Wyzant doesn’t require a background check before you’re listed, but students can filter for tutors who have one, so it can help you get noticed.

Since July 1, 2025, Wyzant pays everyone twice a month, on the 1st and the 15th, by direct deposit. Lessons have to be submitted 5 days before a payment date to make that payment, and every lesson has to be entered within 14 days. If you tutor at weekends, Sunday evening is a natural time to log the weekend’s lessons. Some comparison sites still describe a sliding commission. Wyzant replaced it with the flat 25% in January 2019.

Tutor.com: best if you want set pay and a flexible week

Tutor.com’s applicant FAQ says the service runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and that you can set a new schedule each week. You can work in three ways: plan a schedule each week, log on unscheduled and pick up sessions, or set availability for booked appointments. You must be available for at least 5 hours a week, which a Saturday block and a Sunday block can cover.

The entry rules are stricter than on most sites. You need to live in the US, have an SSN and be authorized to work here (H-1B, F-1 and OPT holders aren’t eligible). You also need to be at least a college sophomore working toward a four-year degree, or already hold one. You’ll need a Windows 10 or 11 computer and internet of at least 15 Mbps down and 5 Mbps up. Pay is a set hourly rate that depends on your subjects, plus incentives, but it isn’t published before you apply. The application takes 1 to 3 weeks and includes a subject exam. Tutor.com is owned by The Princeton Review.

Preply: best for language tutors who can keep regular slots

Preply keeps the whole payment for every trial lesson with a new student, so that trial time is unpaid for you. After that, Preply’s commission drops as your total hours grow: 33% for your first 20 hours, 28% from 21 to 50, 25% from 51 to 200, 22% from 201 to 400 and 18% beyond 400. Trial lessons count toward those hours. Preply’s own example: on a $10 hourly rate, a new tutor gets $6.70 per regular lesson and a tutor with 400+ hours gets $8.20.

Preply’s scheduling suits people with fixed free time, with a few catches. Your availability repeats every week until you change it, and your calendar shows a demand heatmap (pink for high demand, blue for moderate, white for unpopular slots). Preply says being available at least 2 hours on 3 of the next 5 days improves your visibility. That’s a tip, not a rule, but a weekend-only tutor will probably need one weeknight to meet it. If you mark time off, any lessons already booked in that period are canceled, so plan holidays early.

Registration is desktop only, and Preply reviews applications within 5 business days. To get paid, US tutors can withdraw by bank transfer through Wise (minimum $10), PayPal (2%, capped at $20) and other options, up to $3,000 per withdrawal.

italki: lower cuts for language teachers

italki’s help centre lists commission by lesson type: 0% on trial and instant lessons, 21% on single lessons, 19% on 5-lesson packages, 17% on 10-lesson packages, 15% on 15- and 20-lesson packages, and 30% on group classes. Unlike on Preply, you’re paid for trials. Packages also suit a weekend rhythm, because one learner booking ten Saturdays is a lot less admin than ten separate bookings. Check the current rates on italki’s own pages before you sign up, as platforms change these from time to time.

Outschool: best for a fun class for kids, with a timing catch

Outschool teachers keep 70% of the class price, and parents pay a separate marketplace fee. You’re paid by PayPal only, in US dollars, usually 7 to 8 days after a class starts, and weekly classes pay out on Sundays. You must be 18 or over and live at least 6 months a year in the US or one of a few other listed countries. You also need to pass a free ID check and criminal background check. You don’t need a teaching credential, but class content must be “secular and objective.”

The catch for people with day jobs is that Outschool says most of its learners are US-based and available during the school day. It also says a growing number want afternoon, evening and weekend classes. So evening and weekend teaching is possible, but you won’t be teaching in the busiest hours. Outschool recommends listing at least two upcoming sections for each class.

Cambly: easiest to join, lowest ceiling

Cambly pays $0.17 a minute ($10.20 an hour) for adult sessions and $0.20 a minute ($12 an hour) for Cambly Kids. It doesn’t ask for a degree or experience, but you must be a native English speaker, and you have to apply on a laptop or desktop using Chrome. Cambly pays weekly once you’re owed at least $20. You’re an independent contractor, and Cambly doesn’t guarantee any minimum earnings. Its tutor page currently says it is temporarily limiting new tutors, so you may have to wait.

Superprof and Varsity Tutors

Superprof is free for tutors, with no subscription fee. Students pay for a $49 monthly Student Pass that lets them contact tutors. A Superprof representative has said that when a lesson is paid through its online payment system, the student covers a 10% commission. Superprof suggests offering a free 20 to 30 minute first lesson. That’s optional, but if you do it, count it as unpaid time.

Varsity Tutors (owned by Nerdy) works with tutors as contractors. A September 2026 posting said it doesn’t contract with tutors in Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia or Puerto Rico. Older lists leave out Colorado. The company closed its schools division at the end of July 2026, and its consumer marketplace wasn’t affected. We couldn’t confirm its pay rates on an official page, so ask about pay during the application.

What a weekend actually pays: a worked example

Here’s what four hours could look like on each platform. The rates are our assumptions, not recommendations, and the figures are before tax and payout fees.

The Outschool line looks best, but only if every class fills, which isn’t guaranteed, and you’ll spend unpaid time preparing a class before anyone has booked it. The Preply line shows why trials matter early on: a quarter of the weekend’s teaching earned you nothing. The commission does fall as your hours build up.

Before you start: your day job

Before you apply, read your employment contract or handbook for anything on outside work, second jobs or conflicts of interest. Rules vary a lot by employer, and only your own paperwork can tell you where you stand. In general terms:

• Don’t use work equipment. Tutor.com requires a Windows 10 or 11 computer. Use a personal machine for that and for every other platform.
• Watch for overlap. If you teach for a living, tutoring your own students or students from your school can raise conflict-of-interest questions. The same applies if your subject is closely tied to your employer’s business.
• Keep it off the clock. Fixed weekend slots make it easy to show the work never touches your day job.

Getting started in six steps

1. Pick by what you can teach. A school or test subject points to Wyzant or Tutor.com. A language points to Preply, italki or Cambly. A hobby that could become a kids’ class points to Outschool.
2. Check eligibility and equipment. Look at your state (Varsity Tutors), your work authorization (Tutor.com), your computer (Windows for Tutor.com, Chrome on a laptop or desktop for Cambly, desktop for Preply registration) and your internet speed.
3. Set aside an evening per application. Wyzant uses proficiency quizzes and a manual review. Tutor.com includes a subject exam. Outschool runs ID and background checks.
4. Price for what you keep. On marketplaces, work backward from the hourly amount you want after the platform’s cut.
5. Open only the slots you’ll protect. Two or three reliable weekend blocks are better than a full calendar you end up canceling.
6. Set up payouts and a tax pot. Link your bank or PayPal account, and open a separate savings account for tax.

A realistic weekend schedule

Saturday

• 8:30 to 9:00 a.m.: coffee, check bookings, quick prep.
• 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.: two one-hour lessons.
• 11:00 a.m. onward: off. Family, errands, rest.

Sunday

• Morning and early afternoon: completely free.
• 4:00 to 4:30 p.m.: admin. Log lessons (Wyzant needs them within 14 days), reply to messages, review next week’s calendar.
• 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.: two more lessons, then dinner.

That’s four teaching hours and about an hour of admin, with Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning left for you. On Tutor.com, the minimum is 5 available hours a week, so stretch one of the teaching blocks by an hour.

Will this wear you out?

Tutoring takes more energy than its hours suggest. You’re talking, listening and staying patient on a screen, often after a working week spent on screens. Most of the strain comes from time nobody pays for: prep creeping into Friday night, trial lessons that don’t turn into bookings, and quiet stretches on Cambly, which pays by the minute and promises no minimum earnings.

To keep it sustainable, cap prep at about 15 minutes per lesson, reuse materials, and keep one weekend a month completely free. Plan around the calendar too. School-subject demand follows the school year, so we’d expect busier stretches around exams and quieter ones in summer. Holidays are another pinch point. On Preply, blocking time off cancels lessons already booked, so set your holiday dates weeks ahead.

Taxes and payout costs most lists skip

This is general information, not tax advice. On these platforms you’re usually self-employed (Cambly calls its tutors independent contractors), and all of that income is taxable whether or not you get a form. Platforms only have to send a 1099-K when your payments go over $20,000 and there are more than 200 transactions. For tax years beginning after 2025, the 1099-NEC threshold is $2,000.

Self-employment tax is 15.3%, and you file Schedule SE once your net self-employment earnings reach $400. Half of it is deductible. If you expect to owe $1,000 or more, you may need to pay estimated tax by April 15, June 15, September 15 and January 15. Wyzant also needs your SSN before your total payments pass $50.

Payout fees add up quietly as well. PayPal withdrawals from Preply cost 2%, Outschool pays only through PayPal, and Cambly holds payment until you’re owed $20.

Scams and outdated advice to avoid

The FTC is clear that real employers never ask you to pay to get a job, so be wary of any “tutoring agency” that charges an application or placement fee. Watch for the fake-check pattern too: someone posing as a parent asks you to deposit a check and send part of the money back. The check bounces, and you owe the bank. Keep lessons and payments on the platform, and report scams at ReportFraud.ftc.gov.

Also skip any list that recommends Chegg Tutors. It stopped lessons on January 15, 2021 and shut down at the end of that month.

Who online tutoring is not for

It’s a poor fit if you need guaranteed income from your first weekend, if talking for hours after work drains you, or if your contract rules out outside work. If you’d rather earn without being on camera, a quieter option like delivery may suit you better, and we’ve worked through whether DoorDash is worth it on weekends. Your location or visa status may also rule out some tutoring platforms, so check eligibility before you put an evening into an application.

Scaling it gently

Doubling your income doesn’t have to mean doubling your hours:

• Raise your rate before your hours. Once you have reviews and regular students, a price increase pays more than a third lesson on Saturday.
• Bring your own students to Wyzant. You keep 100% of your rate with students you refer.
• Let Preply’s tiers do the work. Passing 50 hours cuts the commission from 33% to 25%.
• Run the same Outschool class again. A second section reuses all your prep.
• Add one weeknight, not a whole day. A single 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. slot can hold a regular student and keeps more of your weekend free.

If you only have one weekend

Saturday morning (2 hours): Choose one platform using the table above. Read your employment contract’s section on outside work. Check your state, work authorization, computer and internet speed against that platform’s rules.

Saturday afternoon (2 hours): Start the application on a laptop or desktop. Write a short, specific profile: what you teach, who you help and when you’re available. Work out your rate from what you want to keep after fees.

Sunday (1 to 2 hours): Set up payouts, open a separate savings account for tax, and pick two weekend slots you can keep for the next month. If a friend’s teenager or a colleague learning a language is willing, run a free 30-minute practice lesson so you know how it feels.

Approval takes time (Preply reviews within 5 business days, while Tutor.com takes 1 to 3 weeks), so paid lessons will come later. Even so, by Sunday evening you’ll know whether tutoring fits around your job and your family.