How much do piano lessons cost: Lesson Rate Index
The median published figure in the Lesson Rate Index is 181.50 USD across 8 sources' own pages in USD (range 117 to 380 USD; 9 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
Lessonvo sells its own paid plan in this category (our pricing). It is not counted here: every figure in this index is another provider's own published price, read from its own page.
- 2117 to 161
- 3161 to 205
- 1205 to 249
- 249 to 292
- 1292 to 336
- 1336 to 380
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 117 to 161 | 2 sources |
| 161 to 205 | 3 sources |
| 205 to 249 | 1 source |
| 249 to 292 | 0 sources |
| 292 to 336 | 1 source |
| 336 to 380 | 1 source |
9 of the 36 named sources read in full publish a figure; 27 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 181.50 USD across 8).
By lesson length
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| lesson length30 | 162.5USD | 117 to 180USD | 4 |
| lesson length30 | 188.29CAD | 188.29 to 188.29CAD | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan Piano Academy program and tuition | 380USD | 2026-10-12 | |
| Page Music (Boston) pricing | 308USD | 2026-10-12 | |
| Tiffany Music Academy (Los Angeles) prices | 235USD | 2026-10-12 | |
| ABC Academy (Toronto) tuition and payment | 188.29CAD | 30 | 2026-10-12 |
| Seattle Music and Dance private lessons | 183USD | 2026-10-12 | |
| STL Rock School costs | 180USD | 30 | 2026-10-12 |
| Community Music Center Atlanta studio lesson tuition | 180USD | 30 | 2026-10-12 |
| Austin School of Music pricing and policies | 145USD | 30 | 2026-10-12 |
| The Tuned In Academy (Seattle) tuition and fees | 117USD | 30 | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (9)
- Manhattan Piano Academy program and tuition, read 2026-10-12:
$380 per month
- Page Music (Boston) pricing, read 2026-10-12:
$308 per month*
- Tiffany Music Academy (Los Angeles) prices, read 2026-10-12:
lessons $235/month
- ABC Academy (Toronto) tuition and payment, read 2026-10-12:
Monthly Charges: $188.29-276.90
- Seattle Music and Dance private lessons, read 2026-10-12:
Weekly Private Lesson: $183 per month.
- STL Rock School costs, read 2026-10-12:
*ALL MONTHLY RATES 30-Minute Lessons – $180
- Community Music Center Atlanta studio lesson tuition, read 2026-10-12:
Tuition with 30-minute, private lessons: $900 per term or $180 monthly installments
- Austin School of Music pricing and policies, read 2026-10-12:
$145/month – 4 x 30-minute lessons
- The Tuned In Academy (Seattle) tuition and fees, read 2026-10-12:
Mission Partner $117 monthly for weekly private lessons.
Read in full, publishes no figure
27 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Riverside Music Studios (NYC) rates, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Musipire (NYC) lesson tuition chart, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- New York Guitar Academy private lessons, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- New York Piano Academy tuition and fees, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Music Institute of Chicago tuition rates, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Community Music School (CT) private lesson rates, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- The Chicago Academy for the Arts Saturday music, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Suzuki Institute of Seattle tuition, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Meter Music School (Seattle) tuition and fees, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Sound Music School (Seattle) music lessons, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Boston School of Music Arts pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Community Music Center of Boston tuition and fees, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Angeles Academy of Music (Los Angeles) tuition, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Music Place pricing (all private and group services), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Denver Music Institute prices, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- White House of Music lesson pricing FAQ, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Piano Forte Music School piano lesson pricing, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Anselmo Academy of Music and the Arts lesson cost page, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Lycaeum (London) piano lesson prices, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- All Age Music (Australia) pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Power of Music (Sydney) lesson pricing, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Haringey Music Service lesson fees, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Dudley Performing Arts music lesson fees, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Surrey County Council music lessons cost, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Lessons.com piano lesson cost, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Thumbtack piano lesson cost, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Ensemble Schools cost of private music lessons, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
9 of the 36 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 27 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 160 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the median, 25th and 75th percentile advertised price per lesson-minute across every school that publishes a rate card, cut by instrument, lesson length (30/45/60), delivery (studio, in-home, online), student age band and metro; the share of schools that publish a rate at all against those that quote only on enquiry; the registration, recital and materials fees that sit on top of the headline rate and how many schools charge them, which is the figure no aggregator computes because aggregators quote a single national range; repriced-since the previous read, by school and by metro
160 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (38)
- Riverside Music Studios (NYC) rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Musipire (NYC) lesson tuition chart(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- New York Guitar Academy private lessons(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Manhattan Piano Academy program and tuition(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- New York Piano Academy tuition and fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Music Institute of Chicago tuition rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Community Music School (CT) private lesson rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Chicago Academy for the Arts Saturday music(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Tuned In Academy (Seattle) tuition and fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Suzuki Institute of Seattle tuition(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Meter Music School (Seattle) tuition and fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sound Music School (Seattle) music lessons(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Seattle Music and Dance private lessons(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Boston School of Music Arts pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Community Music Center of Boston tuition and fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Page Music (Boston) pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Angeles Academy of Music (Los Angeles) tuition(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Tiffany Music Academy (Los Angeles) prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Music Place pricing (all private and group services)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Denver Music Institute prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- White House of Music lesson pricing FAQ(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Austin School of Music pricing and policies(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- STL Rock School costs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Community Music Center Atlanta studio lesson tuition(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Piano Forte Music School piano lesson pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Anselmo Academy of Music and the Arts lesson cost page(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ABC Academy (Toronto) tuition and payment(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Lycaeum (London) piano lesson prices(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- All Age Music (Australia) pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Power of Music (Sydney) lesson pricing(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Haringey Music Service lesson fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Dudley Performing Arts music lesson fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Surrey County Council music lessons cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- 92NY School of Music private lesson tuition rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Lessons.com piano lesson cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Thumbtack piano lesson cost(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ensemble Schools cost of private music lessons(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- google.com(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Lesson Rate Index is 181.50 USD across 8 sources' own pages in USD (range 117 to 380 USD; 9 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
9 of the 36 named sources read in full publish a figure; 27 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
Lesson Rate Index, lesson length 30: median 162.50 USD across 4 sources, read 12 October 2026.
Lesson Rate Index, lesson length 30: median 188.29 CAD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 181.50 USD across 8).
Cite as: "Lessonvo Lesson Rate Index", updated 2026-10-19, https://lessonvo.com/datasets/lesson-rate-index/.
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