diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 6e016badf..e754a66d5 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ def token_for_text?(a_token)
   validates :username,    presence: true, uniqueness: { case_sensitive: false }
   validates :email,       presence: true, uniqueness: { case_sensitive: false }, format: { with: /\A([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\z/i }
   validates :student_id,  uniqueness: true, allow_nil: true
+  validates :total_tutor_time, presence: true, numericality: { greater_than_or_equal_to: 0.0 }
   validate :can_change_to_role?, if: :will_save_change_to_role_id?
 
   # Queries
diff --git a/db/migrate/20250326085802_add_total_tutor_time_to_users.rb b/db/migrate/20250326085802_add_total_tutor_time_to_users.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66ac530fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20250326085802_add_total_tutor_time_to_users.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddTotalTutorTimeToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :users, :total_tutor_time, :decimal, precision: 10, scale: 2, null: false, default: 0.0
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 6daa71ebf..c099b8e69 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_05_28_223908) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2025_03_26_085802) do
   create_table "activity_types", charset: "utf8", collation: "utf8_unicode_ci", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name", null: false
     t.string "abbreviation", null: false
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@
     t.string "tii_eula_version"
     t.datetime "tii_eula_date"
     t.boolean "tii_eula_version_confirmed", default: false, null: false
+    t.decimal "total_tutor_time", precision: 10, scale: 2, default: "0.0", null: false
     t.index ["login_id"], name: "index_users_on_login_id", unique: true
     t.index ["role_id"], name: "index_users_on_role_id"
   end