Real Estate Commission Calculator
Enter any sale price and see the gross commission before team splits, brokerage fees, marketing costs, and taxes ever enter the picture.
Commission math sounds simple until a million-dollar house makes the number feel enormous, and then it is very easy to confuse gross commission with what an agent actually takes home.
Here in LA, 2.5% on one side is a rate I see often, so I used it as the starting point below, but commission is always negotiable and you can adjust the rate to match the number you are actually working with. This calculator keeps the math intentionally simple: sale price times rate equals gross commission on one side of the transaction.
Calculate the gross commission
Change either number and the result updates immediately.
Sale price × rate = gross commission
Gross commission on one side
$1,000,000 × 2.5% = $25,000Please enter a sale price of zero or more and a commission rate between 0% and 100%.
This is an illustrative gross amount, not take-home pay. Commission is negotiable, transaction structures vary, and this result does not subtract team splits, brokerage fees, marketing costs, business expenses, or taxes.
What is the commission at common sale prices?
These examples use a 2.5% commission on one side of the transaction.
| Home sale price | Rate | Gross commission |
|---|---|---|
| $100,000 | 2.5% | $2,500 |
| $200,000 | 2.5% | $5,000 |
| $300,000 | 2.5% | $7,500 |
| $700,000 | 2.5% | $17,500 |
| $1,000,000 | 2.5% | $25,000 |
| $1,500,000 | 2.5% | $37,500 |
| $2,000,000 | 2.5% | $50,000 |
| $3,000,000 | 2.5% | $75,000 |
The $100,000 and $200,000 examples are here because people search for them, not because they represent typical Los Angeles home sale prices.
Gross commission is only the first number
If you want to know what happens after the calculator stops, I broke down how much commission a real estate agent actually makes after team splits, brokerage fees, marketing costs, and taxes. That is where a number like $25,000 or $75,000 starts looking much more like the revenue of a small business than a paycheck.
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