Real Estate Commission Calculator
Enter the sale price, rate or flat fee and the splits and get the total commission, each side's share, the agent's cut and the seller's net.
100 if the seller pays only their own agent.
Use the rate and splits in your own listing or buyer agreement. The result updates as you type.
Total commission
$20,000.00
5% of $400,000.00 · seller nets about $380,000.00
| Listing side | $10,000.00 |
| Buyer side | $10,000.00 |
| Listing agent (after brokerage split) | $7,000.00 |
| Listing brokerage | $3,000.00 |
| Seller net after commission, other costs and payoff | $380,000.00 |
What this page cannot tell you
What your agreement actually says. Commissions are set by the written agreement between the parties; there is no standard rate. The seller net leaves out taxes, prorations, credits and anything else on your settlement statement.
How to calculate a real estate commission
- Enter the sale price. The contract price of the home.
- Enter the rate or fee. The total percentage or flat fee from your agreement.
- Enter the splits. How the commission divides between listing and buyer sides, and the agent's split with the brokerage.
- Add costs and payoff. Optional, to estimate what the seller takes home.
10 situations where a commission calculator helps
Comparing listing offers
Put two agents' proposed rates side by side in dollars.
Flat fee or percentage
Switch modes to see which costs less at your expected price.
Seller net sheet
Subtract commission, closing costs and payoff for a rough take-home figure.
Seller paying only the listing side
Set the listing share to 100% to see that arrangement.
Agents checking a paycheck
Apply the brokerage split to see the agent's share of a side.
Negotiating a price reduction
See how much commission changes with the price.
Buyer agent compensation
See the buyer side in dollars when it's a percentage of the price.
For-sale-by-owner planning
Price out paying only a buyer's agent.
New agents
Learn how a headline rate becomes take-home after splits.
Investors
Include commission in the cost of selling a rental.
How the numbers are worked out
This is arithmetic only. Total commission is the sale price × the rate (or the flat fee). The listing side receives its percentage share and the buyer side the rest; the listing agent's share is that side × the agent's split, and the brokerage keeps the remainder. Seller net is the price minus commission, other closing costs and mortgage payoff.
No default rate is built in, because there is no standard one: commissions are whatever the written agreements say. Enter the figures from your own listing or buyer representation agreement.
Limits: the seller net is a rough figure. A real settlement statement also has taxes, prorations, title and escrow fees, credits and adjustments that this page does not know about. Rounding on the real statement can differ by a few cents.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you calculate real estate commission?
Multiply the sale price by the rate. $400,000 at 5% is $20,000; split 50/50, each side gets $10,000 before the agents' brokerage splits.
What is the standard commission rate?
There isn't one. The rate is set in the agreement between the client and the brokerage, so this page uses whatever you enter.
Who pays the buyer's agent?
Whoever the agreements say. Set the listing share to 100% if the seller pays only the listing side.
How much does the agent actually keep?
Their side's commission × their split with the brokerage. At 70% of a $10,000 side, $7,000 before any fees or taxes.
Is commission charged on the price before or after concessions?
That depends on your agreement's wording. Enter the price your agreement bases the commission on.
Is the seller net exact?
No. It leaves out taxes, prorations and other settlement items; use your settlement statement for the final number.
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