Verified on Oct 13, 2026
You talk to English learners by video. Cambly pays $0.17 a minute of lesson time, plus a few stated paid waits. No degree is needed. Three US states are barred.
You speak with students who are learning English, on video. Cambly asks tutors to keep their cameras on. It says to use Chrome on a computer, not a phone or tablet.
Students can reserve lessons lasting from 15 minutes to 2 hours.
Cambly Kids is for children ages 4-17. You apply from inside your tutor account.
Checked October 13, 2026. Cambly pays $0.17 a minute, which it puts at $10.20 an hour. The help centre repeats it. Cambly Kids pays $0.20 a minute, or $12 an hour. Some help pages call the adult side Cambly Private+.
Now the sentence that matters more than the rate. Cambly pays per minute of completed lesson time. Cambly’s pay page says a lesson’s pay combines three kinds of time. They are waiting for the student to arrive, chatting, and waiting for a disconnected student to reconnect.
On October 13, 2026 we pulled the text of all 112 articles in Cambly’s help centre, across 20 sections. We searched all of it by word. We read the pay, payout and sign-up parts line by line, not every article end to end. We read one more help article, on applying. We read Cambly’s home, tutor, press and careers pages, plus other public pages.
The tutor blog would not load. We did not open images inside help pages. We did not see the logged-in tutor dashboard. Where we say we found nothing, we mean in what we read.
We found no Cambly page that pays for waiting for a call to come in outside a Priority Hour. We found none that says it is unpaid. A 2022 press release says tutors are paid for time they spend speaking with students. It is silent on waiting.
Cambly does state some paid waiting:
A Priority Hour is an hour where Cambly guarantees a minimum of paid chat time. Cambly says you are paid at least 15 minutes. At $0.17 a minute, that is $2.55.
In a Priority Hour, a no-show’s 10 minutes of waiting count inside the 15 guaranteed minutes.
Cambly says it will occasionally have Priority Hours that guarantee 30 minutes. Then you are paid $5.10 or your actual paid chat time, whichever is higher.
We found no Cambly page that says how many paid minutes or how much work a tutor gets. We found no average, weekly or monthly earnings figure. So we print none.
Cambly Pro is a higher-paid tier. Pro tutors earn $0.25 a minute, or $15 an hour, for Pro lessons.
Cambly asks for 99% positive reviews, 98% attendance and 5 repeat learners (Cambly’s term). Those are minimums, measured over the 3 most recent complete calendar months.
Our reading is that these stats rule out Pro on day one. Your account must be in Good Standing, which is Cambly’s term. You then submit an interest form. Cambly says it may update these requirements.
Cambly’s referral page lists $20 per referral when your friend tutors for at least 10 hours. Its Group Lessons Beta page (Cambly’s term) lists $12.00 an hour.
The tutor page says weekly pay by direct deposit. The help centre says more. Plan on the help centre.
Cambly processes pay every Tuesday (UTC, a world time standard). A pay week runs Tuesday through Monday UTC. Tutors are paid every 1, 2 or 4 weeks. Your payment must be over $20 after fees.
Cambly lists three ways to get paid: Stripe Connect, Stripe Global Payouts or PayPal. Stripe is a service that moves money into bank accounts. Options may vary by where you live.
After Cambly sends it, allow up to 3 business days for US banks and up to 7 for others. Cambly says many tutors report much faster times. That is Cambly’s word, not our measure.
This fits you if you are a native English speaker. It helps to like talking with strangers. That part is our view.
You do not need a teaching certificate, a degree or teaching experience.
It fits if you want your own hours. Cambly says there are no minimum hours or quotas.
Skip this if you live in California, Massachusetts or New Jersey. Cambly says you cannot tutor from those states.
Skip it if you need a guaranteed hourly amount. A Priority Hour guarantees 15 minutes, which is $2.55.
Skip it if you need money quickly. Cambly pays out only when your balance is over $20 after fees. It processes pay on Tuesdays. After it sends the money, allow up to 3 business days for US banks.
Skip it if you are not a native English speaker, or are under 18.
Skip it if you only have a phone or tablet. Applications cannot be submitted that way.
Before you pay anyone: Cambly says you need no teaching certificate to apply. We think anyone asking you to pay for one before you can start is selling you something.
Day 1. Check the states and your age. Run the connection test.
Day 2. Submit your application. Read how Priority Hours work.
Day 3. Read the late-student rule. You must wait to the 10 minute mark to be paid. Compare payout fees.
Day 4. Still no reply? Cambly says you may get none. The days below start once you have an account.
Day 5. Open a few hours of availability at different times of day. Note which ones bring calls.
Day 6. Log your sessions. Write down minutes in call, not hours logged in.
Day 7. Do the arithmetic. Paid minutes times $0.17, divided by the hours you sat there. That is your real rate. Your pay week ends Monday UTC.
We think a headset with a boom microphone matters more here than any camera. Clear sound is the lesson.
You are paid for lesson time. Waiting past 5 minutes after a student drops out is unpaid.
Cambly says it is limiting new tutors. The notice is on the tutor page and two help pages. We found no Cambly page that gives a time for an application decision. The Pro interest form has no stated answer time either.
Getting paid can cost money. Fees can apply to PayPal and to Stripe.
Cambly calls tutors independent contractors. We do not cover tax rules here. Cambly’s tax page says it will provide a form if your earnings are $600 or more. The IRS lists $2,000 for payments made after December 31, 2025, for Form 1099-NEC. A 1099-NEC is a tax form for contractor pay. The two differ. A tax professional can tell you what applies to you.
Can I do this from anywhere? We found no list of supported tutor countries. Cambly pages differ. About Cambly says tutors live in 170+ countries. The ambassador page names the USA, Canada, UK and Australia. A guide names those plus South Africa, with the word “including”. Payment options vary by location.
Does Cambly run a background check? We do not know. Cambly names identity verification at approval. A text search of all 112 help articles found background check lines only about students. We found none about tutors.
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