Real Estate Commission Calculator

Real estate commissions can be very high due to the high house prices. Use this tool to figure out how much an agent will be getting paid.

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What it is

What is Commission?

Create Date: September 28, 2024

Last Modified Date: December 16, 2024

Commission is a form of payment, it is a percentage typically that is earned of a certain total deal. In the real estate space, agents would get paid a certain percentage of the sale price of a house that they represent. This can be a lot of money as houses are very expensive, with sellers who represent massive houses getting huge paydays.

How to Calculate Real Estate Commission

Calculating how much a real estate agent will make in commission is rather simple to calculate. The variables required are:

  1. Sale price of the house or property

  2. Commission percent
Then you can use those values in this formula to find the amount of money they will be collecting in commission for a sale:
An image of the formula used to calculate how much money a real estate agent will get paid for selling a house.
Where:
  • TC = Total commission

  • HSP = House sale price

  • C = Commission percent

Understanding Your Results

Your results will clearly outline how much an agent will be getting paid based on the scenario provided. The results will also show the total amount of money that the seller will get after the agent's commission is take from that money.

How to Use the Real Estate Commission Tool

Calculating what a real estate agent will be making from selling a house can be an important piece of information. You can use this tool to easily and quickly calculate that value. The steps involved with using this tool include:

  1. Enter the sell price of a home.

  2. Enter the commission percent that the agent will be getting.

  3. Hit the calculate button and instantly get your results.

Calculation Example

We want to find a new career and think real estate is it. We first want to make sure that the money is there and it is something that will pay the bills. We can use this tool to help up find that out. We had an offer to work at an agency where we would make 1.5% of the sale price of a home. The average home price in our area is currently $430,000. If we plug these values into the tool and hit calculate we find that the commission paid out would be $6,450.

Real Estate Commission - Frequently Asked Questions

An average commission rate should be around 5 to 6 percent of the home sale price. If you sell a house for $100,000 you would be paid around $5,000-$6,000.

You may be lucky to find an agent who charges only 1.5% in certain markets.

According to certain sources in the housing space, West Virginia, Mississippi, Wyoming, Alaska, and Kentucky have some of the highest real estate commission rates.

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