Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified: how to get into this work

Also called: Literacy tutor (private tuition), Mathematics coach (private tuition), School counsellor, Student adviser

This unit group covers teaching professionals not classified elsewhere in Sub-major Group 23: Teaching Professionals. For instance, the group includes those who provide private tuition in subjects other than foreign languages and the arts, and those who provide educational counselling to students. In such cases tasks performed would include - (a) assessing students’ level of ability and determining learning needs; (b) planning, preparing and delivering programmes of study, lessons and workshops for individual students and groups; (c) preparing and presenting material on the theory of the subject area being studied; (d) instructing and demonstrating practical aspects of the subject area being studied; (e) assigning exercises and work relevant to students’ level of ability, interests and aptitude; (f) assessing students and offering advice, criticism and encouragement; (g) revising curricula, course content, course materials and methods of instruction; (h) preparing students for examinations and assessments; (i) counselling students regarding educational issues such as course and programme selection, class scheduling, school adjustment, truancy, study habits and career planning; (j) counselling students to help them understand and overcome personal, social or behavioural problems affecting their education; (k) preparing students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.

Ways in

• University: Education & Teaching degrees, Offered by 14 universities in Hong Kong

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified: how do I get into this work?

Ways in include: Education & Teaching degrees.

Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified: do you need a degree for this work?

Usually. 91% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified: will AI change this work?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026