I work part time as a professional tutor at local community college, a job I started in 2016. My initial hourly rate was $16.50, and in 2017 the tutoring got an across the board raise of 6%, which is exactly $17.49. That is still what I make today in 2023, for a job where the minimum requirement is a bachelor's degree.
A number of the other tutors have raised questions about getting another raise, but our supervisor has said he “has no control” over that and there seems to be no hope or appetite of us ever getting a raise. I also worked at another community college as a tutor; I was there off and on from 2014-2022 at a rate of $18.00 per hour, and never received a raise.
I know that full time employees at the college have received raises in the time since 2017, but part-time employees always seem to be forgotten about. And of course, we get no benefits, no PTO, etc. If my shift falls on a holiday where the college is closed, then I don't get paid. I've enjoyed this kind of work, and it allows me to do music and teach guitar lessons, which is how I piece together my living, but that is becoming harder and harder to do. $17.49 in 2017 is a lot different than $17.49 today, and it's like no one cares.