Real Estate Commission Calculator

A commission calculator written from the agent's side of the closing rather than the seller's. Enter the sale price, the rate agreed on each side, who pays the buyer side, any referral fee, your brokerage split and your per-deal transaction fee, and it follows the money down step by step to what you actually bank. A second mode works backwards from an annual income goal to the number of sides and the sales volume it takes at your split. Every rate is a field, because commission is negotiable and no national average is assumed.

Calculator Type

Enter the sale price and the rate agreed on each side, then your brokerage arrangement. Every figure comes from your agreement, not from an assumed average.

Sale Price ($) *

Listing Side Rate (% of price) *

What the seller agreed to pay the listing brokerage.

Buyer Side Rate (% of price)

Compensation for the buyer's brokerage. Zero if the buyer is unrepresented.

Who Pays the Buyer Side

Since August 2024 this is negotiated in the buyer representation agreement and may be a seller concession, a buyer payment, or split.

Which Side You Are On

Referral Fee (% of your side)

Paid to the referring brokerage off the top, before your own split. Zero if there was no referral.

Your Share After the Brokerage Split (%) *

On a 70/30 arrangement where you keep 70, enter 70. Enter 100 if you are capped or on a flat fee model.

Transaction or Desk Fee ($ per deal)

A flat amount the brokerage takes after the split.

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