Realtor Commission Calculator
Calculate total real estate agent commission, per-agent split, and net proceeds to the seller based on sale price, country, and commission rate.
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How to use this calculator
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Select the country where the property is being sold.
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Enter the property sale price.
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Choose who is responsible for paying the commission.
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Enter the commission rate you want to test.
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Review the total commission amount, per-agent split, and net proceeds to the seller.
Frequently asked questions
What formula does this tool use?
This tool uses total commission = sale price × rate ÷ 100, listing agent share = total ÷ 2 and buyer’s agent share = total ÷ 2. With the defaults of a 500,000 sale and a 5% rate, total commission is 25,000.00 and each side receives 12,500.00.
Who bears the cost in each “who pays” option?
Seller pays all subtracts the full commission from the seller’s proceeds and leaves the buyer’s cost at the sale price. Buyer pays all leaves the seller with the sale price and adds the commission to the buyer’s cost. Split 50/50 charges each of them half. On 500,000 at 5% the buyer cost is 500,000, 525,000 or 512,500 respectively.
Can the two agents have different rates?
No. The tool always splits the total 50/50 between the listing agent and the buyer’s agent, whichever party pays. If the actual split is different, take the total commission line and divide it yourself.
What happens with a 0% rate or a zero price?
A rate of 0 gives 0.00 commission and the seller keeps the full price. A price of 0 gives zero commission, zero proceeds and a buyer cost of 0. Negative entries are treated as 0.
What are the default rates used when the rate is empty?
The code holds fallback figures of 5% for the United States, 1.5% for the United Kingdom and India, 2.2% for Australia, and, for Canada, 5% on the first 100,000 of price plus 2.5% on the rest. They are placeholders in the tool, not typical or required rates. On this page a cleared box is read as 0, which gives 0.00 commission, so these figures are not applied from the page and your own entry always decides the result.
How is the Canadian tiered figure calculated?
When no rate is supplied, the tool takes 5% of the first 100,000 and 2.5% of the remainder. On a 450,000 sale that is 5,000.00 + 8,750.00 = 13,750.00, shown as an effective rate of 3.06%. If you enter a rate, such as 3%, a single flat percentage of the whole price is used instead, giving 13,500.00.
What else affects what a seller actually receives?
Several items the tool does not model: mortgage payoff, legal and closing costs, taxes on the sale, transfer fees, and any tax or levy on the commission itself. “Net Proceeds to Seller” here is the sale price less the seller’s share of commission and nothing more.
Realtor commission: total, split and who carries it
A percentage of the sale price, then a fixed split
The calculation takes a percentage of the price you enter and halves it between the listing agent and the buyer’s agent. A separate selector then decides whether the seller, the buyer or both carry the cost. The tool reports the total, each agent’s share, the seller’s net proceeds and the buyer’s total cost, so one set of inputs answers each party’s question.
Worked examples with different payers
A 500,000 sale at 5% gives 25,000.00 of commission. When the seller pays, proceeds are 475,000. If the buyer pays instead, the seller keeps 500,000 and the buyer’s cost is 525,000. A buyer-paid 800,000 sale at 2.5% gives 20,000.00, with a buyer cost of 820,000. In Canada, a 450,000 sale at 3% gives 13,500.00 and 436,500 to the seller. All were run through the calculator.
Three payer settings on the same sale
The sale price (500,000) and rate (5%) are held constant, so the commission stays at 25,000.00 and only the allocation changes. Seller proceeds and buyer cost always differ by the amount of commission that ends up with each side, and the 50/50 option places 12,500.00 on each.
| Who pays | Total commission | Net to seller | Total cost to buyer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seller pays all | 25,000.00 | 475,000 | 500,000 |
| Split 50/50 | 25,000.00 | 487,500 | 512,500 |
| Buyer pays all | 25,000.00 | 500,000 | 525,000 |
Flat rate versus the tiered Canadian figure
For Canada only, the code holds a two-band calculation, 5% on the first 100,000 and 2.5% on the remainder, for use when no rate is supplied, but this page cannot reach it: a cleared rate box is read as 0 and gives 0.00 commission. On 450,000 that two-band method would yield 13,750.00 and an effective rate of 3.06%, compared with 13,500.00 for a 3% flat entry. The shown effective rate is total commission divided by price, so it reflects whichever method ran.
What the net figure excludes
Net proceeds are the sale price less the seller’s share of commission. Mortgage balances, legal costs, taxes, transfer charges and any tax on the commission are outside the tool. Whether a rate is negotiable, shared or applied to a different base in your market is a question for the agreement you sign, not for this calculation. Re-running with another rate or payer setting is the quickest way to see how the same sale looks from each side of the table.
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