Price your lessons with confidence.

We’ve put together a handy guide on how much you could (and should) charge for music lessons based on national and international averages.

When you’re thinking about how to get started as a music teacher, the subject of how to price lessons will always come up. But before you just throw a random price out there you need to think about a few different aspects such as overheads, competitor pricing and market pricing.

In this blog, we’ll discuss the national averages on how much music teachers charge and how much music lessons cost and some of the key factors you need to consider when pricing your music lessons.

We’ll start with what you need to consider when building a price plan for music lessons and talk about the national averages further on down the page.

There are a few key considerations you need to take into account when pricing up your music lessons, which we’ll discuss here. Whether you want to become a full-time music teacher or just earn some money on the side, will depend on how much you charge too.

Before setting pricing you should consider

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Whether you’re self-employed or you’re just starting a side hustle teaching music, you’ll have overheads. You need to calculate these expenses. If you’re self-employed and full-time you need to charge based on what you need to survive.

You’ll also need to pay tax and insurance as a music teacher. We actually have a handy guide on how to claim expenses and reduce your tax as a music teacher, and whether or not you need insurance as a music teacher – worth reading as you’ll need to factor that into your prices.

Calculate your overall living expenses, then calculate how many hours you can teach. Divide that amount of hours into the cost of your living expenses and work backwards from there.

You also need to factor in expenses such as sheet music where applicable, or any other breakables should your students need them.

One thing to consider when pricing music lessons is your qualifications. If you are a qualified music teacher, you can command a higher price, just like any profession.

The more experienced you are and the higher qualified you are, the more you can charge for music lessons.

If you are teaching a specific Instrument that is particularly niche or hard to come by, then you can potentially charge more. We’re not at all suggesting you rip people off, but if your instrument is particularly niche, chances are you paid a lot more to learn your instrument than most.

It’s good to know what other music teachers are charging for music lessons if you want to stay competitive and avoid overcharging or pricing yourself out of the market.

When you’re coming up with how much to charge for music lessons, you need to take into account your location.

Small children will usually only need 20-30 minute lessons, whereas adults and more experienced or dedicated students might need an hour. SO factor timing into your price for music lessons.

If you’re providing group lessons, you’ll charge less than a private lesson. The general rule here is to charge around 50% of a private lesson.

We hope this blog helps you figure out how much you should charge for music lessons in your area!