See your true take-home after Wyzant's 25% platform fee — including prep time, cancellations, and what you need to advertise to hit your income goal.
Enter your income goal and session details to find the minimum advertised rate that gets you there.
Earnings Breakdown tab: Enter your Wyzant advertised hourly rate, how long your sessions are, how much time you spend preparing for each session (and traveling, if in-person), and your weekly schedule. The calculator instantly shows your true take-home in three ways: net per session, net per billed hour, and the more revealing "effective true hourly" — how much you actually earn per hour of time spent, including prep and travel.
Rate Goal Finder tab: Work backwards. Enter the hourly income you actually want to keep, and the calculator tells you the minimum advertised rate you need to set on your Wyzant profile — accounting for the 25% platform fee and your prep time overhead.
Most Wyzant tutors focus on the headline: "I charge $75/hour." But three things silently erode that number before it reaches your bank account:
The 0.75 factor reflects Wyzant's flat 25% platform fee (tutors keep 75%). The 1.09 factor reflects the 9% service fee charged to students. Source: Wyzant Tutor Payment Policies.
Suppose you advertise $80/hr, run 1-hour sessions, spend 20 minutes prepping, and have 12 sessions per week with a 10% cancellation rate over 46 weeks:
Wyzant deducts a flat 25% platform fee from every lesson submitted, so tutors keep 75% of their advertised hourly rate. This flat rate replaced the old tiered model on January 15, 2019. Separately, students pay a 9% service fee on top of the tutor's advertised rate — tutors do not absorb this fee, but it affects the price families see.
No. The tiered commission (where newer tutors paid a higher percentage that decreased with accumulated hours) was discontinued in January 2019. All tutors now pay the same flat 25% regardless of how many hours they have logged on the platform.
Take your net per session (advertised rate × session hours × 0.75) and divide it by the total hours you spend per session, including prep and travel. For example: $80/hr × 1 hr × 0.75 = $60 net. If you spend 20 minutes prepping, your total time is 1.333 hours, so your effective hourly is $60 ÷ 1.333 = $45/hr — significantly below the advertised rate.
Divide your target net hourly by 0.75. To net $60/hr of session time, advertise $60 ÷ 0.75 = $80/hr. If you also want to cover prep overhead, first gross up: target net effective hourly × (total time / session time) ÷ 0.75. Use the Rate Goal Finder tab to handle this automatically.
Yes. Students are charged your advertised hourly rate plus a 9% service fee. If you advertise $80/hr, a student pays $87.20 per session-hour. This doesn't affect your earnings but matters when students compare Wyzant to independent tutors or other platforms.
Yes. According to Wyzant's official payment policies, cancellation fees assessed to students are also subject to the 25% platform fee and the 9% student service fee. You must communicate your cancellation policy to students in advance via Wyzant messaging for it to be enforceable.
Disclaimer: This calculator is an estimate for planning purposes only, not financial or tax advice. Wyzant's fee structure is based on publicly published policies current as of the build date; always verify rates at Wyzant's official support site before making business decisions.