Base plus a slice of sales.
A worked example
Starting figures
- Base salary
- $48,000
- Yearly sales
- $750,000
- Commission rate
- 3.5%
- Sales before commission
- $200,000
What it returns
- Total earnings
- $67,250
- Commission
- $19,250
- Commissionable sales
- $550,000
- Monthly average
- $5,604
How to read the results
With the defaults above, total earnings works out at $67,250.