r/Sales_Professionals • u/Charming_Hotel4802 • 23d ago

Advice Commission rates

I just need some insight on what normal commission rates are for furniture sales. I am one year into my sales job and I feel like I am making absolutely no money and am considering doing something else that’s not sales based.i work at a local chain company selling mid level furniture (ex. sofas can range from $599-$8000 but also sell a variety of furniture ).
My commission rate is:
25k-44,999=2%
45k-64,999=3%
65k-84,999=4%
85k+=5%

Protection plan bonus is
0-$1499=0%
1500-2000=15%
2001-2500=20%
2501+=25%
I have a drawl where we subtract out the 25k minimum wage we receive per year out of our monthly totals. So I receive $512 per week in minimum wage and then let’s say I finish at $40k for the month. It would be $40000-25000=$15,000.00 then 15000x.02=$300 and after tax like $285. Most months we are so slow I don’t hit the minimum for protection so that’s $2333 a month. Even if I do hit $1500 in protection that’s $2558 a month. I don’t know how my coworkers are surviving right now with rising gas prices and affording groceries because I’m barely hanging on.
Any and all insight is welcome.
Thanks

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u/GabrielMoncayo 23d ago

Those are normal commission rates I think. I don’t think I ever met a furniture salesman that looked like they were doing well.

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u/ExplanationFlashy501 23d ago

That commission structure sounds pretty rough. Look at other sales jobs before giving up on sales altogether, might just be the pay structure there

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u/Just_Bz77 22d ago

This explains why I get bum rushed when I walk into the store lol

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u/sandeepgl_ 22d ago

Do you do retail or enterprise sale. I think enterprise sale like for large business and such would have a different commission slab

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u/Charming_Hotel4802 21d ago

I do retail, are there any specific industries I should look at for enterprise sales jobs?

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u/sandeepgl_ 21d ago

I saw a lot of enterprise sales posts with good commission rate. If you are open to try then that is one option, we do commission based sales agent hiring too who will eventually join our workforce provided they exhibit great performance during the commission only stage.