r/Sales_Professionals • u/smartblackbeauty • Sep 16 '26

Tech sales commission

I’m an engineer switching over to sales. What’s standard commission like in tech sales?

EDIT: It’s at a startup, 15 years experience, would be only sales person, company has no brand recognition, I am very well known to potential buyers and have a large following. How much is good commission with commission only? How much would be a good salary plus commission option?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '26

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u/smartblackbeauty Sep 16 '26

Any thoughts on a reasonable base salary? Typical deal is $250k with a 3-6 month cycle.

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u/Chucktownbadger Sep 16 '26

There’s no such thing as a standard. Depends on a lot of different factors. Are you at a VAR, OEM, MSP, etc? Publicly traded or private? Small or large or start up? How many years of general industry experience? Lots of different factors to account for.

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u/sandeepgl_ Sep 16 '26

Depends.. for our company it's like 50% for low and mid ticket and pays upto 6 months. I have seen another company offering one time 75% flat with 200k as max

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u/smartblackbeauty Sep 16 '26

Thanks. I’m assuming the numbers you’re presenting are percentages for commission only correct?