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AI for tutoring centers in New York

The New York metro area had 1,245 tutoring centers in 2022, the most of all 255 US metros and 12% of all in the country. They employed 12,518 people at an average of $28,008 a year. 73% have fewer than 10 staff, so the same few people answer the phone, book, follow up and do the paperwork. Those are the jobs AI tools take on today.

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Tutoring centers in New York vs the US

New York metroUnited States
Businesses1,24510,285
People employed12,518109,224
Average staff per business10.110.6
Average yearly pay per employee$28,008$28,035
Share with fewer than 10 staff73%68%

Pay here is about the same as the national average for tutoring centers, so an hour of admin costs about what it does elsewhere. The average tutoring center here has 10.1 people on payroll, 5% lower than the US figure of 10.6.

How big tutoring centers in New York are

Fewer than 5 staff694 (56%) US 49%
5 to 9218 (18%) US 20%
10 to 19197 (16%) US 20%
20 to 49110 (9%) US 10%
50 or more25 (2%) US 2%

Businesses with paid employees, by number of employees, March 2022.

Tutoring centers by county in the New York area

Kings County has the most, with 194 of the metro's 1,245 (16%). Among the 10 big metros on this page, New York ranks 3rd for average pay and 3rd for the share of small firms.

CountyBusinessesEmployeesAvg pay
Kings County1941,363$30,136
New York County1592,225$51,861
Queens County1471,059$16,212
Nassau County110964$24,581
Bergen County100737$19,858
Westchester County88667$27,211
Middlesex County71644$16,137
Suffolk County56398$15,724
Essex County52535$17,774
Morris County39449$13,735
Monmouth County34186$22,285
Somerset County32356$29,469

9 smaller counties not shown. Census withholds pay where few firms would make it identifiable.

Where AI helps a tutoring center first

Start where a tutoring center leaks students: the first inquiry, the free trial or assessment, and the weeks after. AI can reply to parents fast, schedule the first session, sort makeups and draft the progress notes tutors dread. It should help your tutors, not replace them, and it should never promise a grade or a score.

What your team's admin hours cost in New York

Change any number. The starting values are the New York averages above; the hours and the share are yours to set.

Those hours cost you$52,000 a year

The share you would hand off$15,600 a year

Hours your team gets back1,200 a year

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Guides for tutoring centers, one job each

Tutoring centers in other big metros

MetroBusinessesAvg payRank of 387
Los Angeles900$27,1302nd
Chicago334$19,8345th
Miami319$27,7367th
Dallas308$34,8748th
Houston278$15,6089th
Atlanta324$27,0596th
Washington337$25,9674th
Philadelphia207$22,90211th
Boston206$30,49212th

Where these numbers come from

From the U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 (released 2024), industry code NAICS 611691 (Exam preparation and tutoring), for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (22 counties). It counts businesses with paid employees in March 2022, so solo owners with no payroll are not in it. Average pay is total yearly payroll divided by employees. The calculator uses 50 working weeks and 2,080 hours a year. Page checked 2026-11-12.

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