Ask what a private tutor costs in Lebanon and you get anecdotes. A cousin paid $15. A neighbour in Achrafieh pays $40. Nobody has published the actual numbers. So we did. Below is every hourly rate listed by the 74 verified tutors on EduMatchLB, with the methodology stated in full so you can judge it yourself.
The headline number
The median Lebanese private tutor charges $20 per hour.
| USD per hour | |
|---|---|
| Lowest rate | $8 |
| 25th percentile | $20 |
| Median | $20 |
| Average | $22.42 |
| 75th percentile | $25 |
| Highest rate | $60 |
Fifty-eight percent of tutors charge between $20 and $25 an hour. The market is far tighter than the $8–$60 range suggests.
$20 is not a price. It's an anchor.
| Rate | Tutors |
|---|---|
| $8 | 1 |
| $10 | 4 |
| $12 | 1 |
| $15 | 10 |
| $20 | 25 |
| $21–$24 | 4 |
| $25 | 14 |
| $29–$30 | 11 |
| $40 | 3 |
| $60 | 1 |
One in three tutors charges exactly $20. Two in three charge exactly $15, $20 or $25. Almost nobody prices at $17 or $23 — the market has settled on five-dollar steps, and $20 is the gravitational centre.
For a parent, this is the single most useful fact here: if you are quoted $20, you are paying the going rate. If you are quoted $40, only four tutors in this entire sample charge that much or more.
By subject
Physics and French are the two subjects that carry a premium — both sit at a $25 median against $20 everywhere else. Physics because the supply of people who can teach it well is thin; French because the tutors offering it tend to teach at francophone schools where fees are already higher.
By level: the finding that surprised us
| Level | Tutors | Range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary | 46 | $8–$40 | $20 |
| Middle school | 57 | $8–$60 | $20 |
| Secondary | 47 | $8–$60 | $20 |
| University, year 1 | 43 | $10–$60 | $20 |
| University, year 4 | 22 | $12–$60 | $20 |
| Masters | 9 | $12–$60 | $20 |
Price does not rise with level. A tutor preparing a grade-12 student for the Lebanese Baccalaureate charges the same median rate as one helping a grade-3 student with reading.
That is unusual. In most tutoring markets, exam-year and university work commands a premium of 30–50%. In Lebanon it commands nothing. Either secondary tutors are underpricing their exam expertise, or the market simply hasn't learned to distinguish — and for parents of Bac and Brevet students, that is a bargain worth knowing about.
By area
Location data is self-reported free text, so treat this as directional rather than precise.
| Area | Tutors | Range | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beirut | 13 | $15–$40 | $25 |
| Jounieh | 4 | $15–$25 | $20 |
Those are the only two areas with enough tutors to report. The remaining profiles are spread across Matn, Saida, Tyre, Jbeil, Baabda, Bsalim, Aley, Keserwan and the Beqaa in ones and twos — too thin to publish a median for, and we are not going to invent one.
What the two we can report show: Beirut carries roughly a $5/hour premium, about 25% above Jounieh. That is consistent with what families tell us, but with 13 tutors it is a signal, not a proof.
Online vs in person
| Mode | Tutors | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Offers both | 53 | $20 |
| Online only | 13 | $20 |
| In person only | 8 | $21.50 |
There is no online discount in Lebanon. Tutors charge the same whether they travel to you or teach over video — which means that for a family outside Beirut, online tutoring is the cheaper option once you account for the travel time you are implicitly paying for.
Methodology
- Source: hourly rates listed by tutors on EduMatchLB, an online tutoring marketplace based in Lebanon.
- Sample: all 74 approved tutor profiles carrying a published rate, as of 17 September 2026. One approved tutor had not set a rate and is excluded. Rejected and pending applications are excluded.
- Collection window: applications submitted 29 March 2026 to 14 September 2026.
- Currency: US dollars. Lebanese tutors quote in USD almost universally; no LBP conversion was applied.
- Subject figures count distinct tutors. Subject names were normalised for case and spelling variants ("math", "Math", "Mathematics" → Maths). A tutor teaching three subjects appears in three subject rows, so subject counts sum to more than 74.
- Scope: the sample is every approved tutor, not only academic ones. A handful list non-academic skills (design software, drawing, graphic design). They are included in the overall rate figures and excluded from the subject tables, which cover school and university subjects only.
Full anonymised dataset: download the CSV. No names, no contact details — rate, subjects, levels, area and teaching mode only.
What this data is not
Three honest limitations, because a number without its caveats is worse than no number:
- These are asking rates, not transacted prices. They are what tutors say they charge. We do not process payments, so we cannot verify what families actually paid, and we make no claim that we can. Negotiated rates in Lebanon are frequently below list.
- The sample self-selects. These are tutors who chose to list on one online platform between March and September 2026. Tutors who work purely by word of mouth — still the majority in Lebanon — are not represented, and may price differently.
- 74 is small. It is large enough to establish the shape of the market and the $20 anchor. It is not large enough to support confident claims about any single area or minority subject. Where a cell has fewer than five tutors, we have said so rather than rounding it into a trend.
We will republish this with a larger sample in 2027. If you have pricing data from a tutoring centre, a school, or your own practice and want it included, write to us.
EduMatchLB is a Lebanese platform that connects students with verified private tutors. This data is published freely and may be cited or reproduced with attribution to EduMatchLB — edumatchlb.com.
If you are looking for a tutor rather than the numbers behind them, you can browse verified tutors and their rates directly.
FAQ
Common questions
How much does a private tutor cost in Lebanon?
The median private tutor in Lebanon charges $20 per hour. Rates run from $8 to $60, but 58% of tutors charge between $20 and $25, based on the published rates of 74 verified tutors on EduMatchLB in 2026.
What is the average hourly rate for a tutor in Beirut?
Tutors in Beirut charge a median of $25 per hour, roughly $5 above the Lebanese median of $20. That figure comes from 13 Beirut-based tutors, so it is a directional signal rather than a precise market rate.
Do Lebanese tutors charge more for Baccalaureate preparation?
No. Secondary-level tutoring in Lebanon has a median rate of $20 per hour, the same as elementary and university tutoring. Unlike most tutoring markets, Lebanese tutors do not charge a premium for exam-year work.
Is online tutoring cheaper than in-person tutoring in Lebanon?
No. Online-only tutors in Lebanon charge a median of $20 per hour and in-person-only tutors charge $21.50, so there is no meaningful online discount. Online tutoring can still cost a family less by removing travel time.