Sales & marketing
Progressive sales commission Calculator
Calculate commission across three marginal tiers and add gross base pay. This free progressive sales commission calculator shows the calculation and its assumptions so you can compare your own figures.
Your results
Calculate commission across three marginal tiers and add gross base pay.
Calculated outcomes
- Eligible Sales
- €135,000.00
- First Tier Commission
- €1,500.00
- Second Tier Commission
- €2,500.00
- Final Tier Commission
- €2,800.00
Assumptions and estimates
- Progressive marginal tiers: each rate applies only to sales within that tier. Enter the same period for sales, returns, thresholds and base pay. Payroll deductions and clawback contracts are separate.
- Method: Commission applies progressively to eligible sales within each tier, rather than retrospectively to all sales.
- Returns reduce eligible sales. Use consistent periods and check clawback and payment provisions in the commission agreement.
Useful next steps
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How the progressive sales commission calculation works
Commission applies progressively to eligible sales within each tier, rather than retrospectively to all sales.
Returns reduce eligible sales. Use consistent periods and check clawback and payment provisions in the commission agreement.
Using this calculator
- Enter your own figures in the labelled inputs. Keep the currencies, units and time periods consistent.
- Choose any applicable rate profile, pattern or assumption shown for this tool. Open additional inputs when relevant.
- Review commission and total gross pay and effective commission percent, then read the stated assumptions and eligibility conditions before using the result.
Worked example
This is a static example using illustrative inputs, not facts about you or today’s date. The displayed eligibility selections and assumptions apply only to this example.
See example inputs
- Sales revenue (€)
- 140000
- Returns and excluded sales (€)
- 5000
- First tier ceiling (€)
- 50000
- Second tier ceiling (€)
- 100000
- First tier commission (%)
- 3
- Second tier commission (%)
- 5
- Rate above second tier (%)
- 8
- Base pay for same period (€)
- 10000
- Commission
- €6,800.00
- Total Gross Pay
- €16,800.00
- Effective Commission Percent
- 5.04%