Method 1 – Calculate the Sales Commission with a Simple Formula in Excel
We will use a dataset that contains information about the sales amount of January and February of some salespeople. They sold different products in these two months and each product has a different commission rate. The base commission is 3%. So, with all these pieces of information, we will calculate the sales commissions for January and February.
STEPS:
- Select Cell G6 and copy the formula:
=E6*($D6+$C$12)
The general form of the formula can be written as:
=Sales Amount*(Commission Rate+Base Rate)
In the formula, we have locked Cell C12 using the dollar ($) sign in front of both column index and row index. Also, locked the column index of Cell D6.
- Press Enter and drag the Fill Handle down to get the sales commission for January.
- Drag the Fill Handle to the right to find the sales for February.
- You will find the sales commission for January and February together.
- If we have a Bonus Factor for each month, then, we need to multiply it with the previous formula.
- Apply the below formula in Cell G6:
=E6*($D6+$C$12)*G$12
Here, we have multiplied the bonus factor. In the formula, we have locked the row index of Cell G12 using the dollar ($) sign.
- Hit Enter and drag the Fill Handle right to copy the formula.
- Use the Fill Handle down.
- You will see the sales commission for the two months.
Method 2 – Combine IF and VLOOKUP Functions to Calculate Sales Commissions
We will use a dataset that contains information about the Sales and Target amount of some salespeople. If they achieve the Target, they get a commission. Each tier has a different commission rate.
Steps:
- Select Cell F5 and insert the formula:
=IF(D5>=E5,VLOOKUP(C5,$B$12:$C$14,2,FALSE)*D5,"Target Not Filled")
- The logic is D5>=E5. That means the Sales amount will have to be greater than or equal to the Target amount.
- The second argument of the formula is VLOOKUP(C5,$B$12:$C$14,2,FALSE)*D5. It means if the Sales amount is greater than or equal to the Target amount, then the formula will look for the Commission Rate of tier X in the Lookup Table and multiply it with the Sales amount.
- If a salesman fails to achieve the Target amount, the formula will show Target Not Filled.
- Press Enter and drag down the Fill Handle.
- You will see results like the picture below.
Method 3 – Apply a Nested Excel IF Function to Create a Formula for Determining Sales Commissions
In this dataset, we have the Sales amounts for Mike, John, and Tom. Each salesman receives a different commission rate. The Commission Rate table is used here just to show the commission rate. We will not use it inside the formula.
Steps:
- Copy the following formula in Cell E5:
=IF(B5="Mike",(D5*0.1),IF(B5="John",(D5*0.15),IF(B5="Tom",(D5*0.25))))
- If Cell B5 is Mike, then Cell D5 will be multiplied by 0.1 because the commission rate for Mike is 10 %.
- If it is John, then it will be multiplied by 0.15.
- Otherwise, it will be multiplied by 0.25.
- Drag the Fill Handle down.
- You will see the sales commission like in the picture below.
- Select the dataset.
- Go to the Insert tab and click on PivotTable.
- A message box will pop up. Click OK to proceed.
- A new sheet will appear. You will find the PivotTable Fields on the right side of the excel workbook.
- Select Salesman and Sales Commission.
- The Salesman will be in the ‘Rows’ section and the Sales Commission will be put in the ‘Values’ section.
- You will see the Sum of Sales Commission in the new sheet.
- You can add the Sales from the PivotTable Fields to get the sum of the total sales.
- You will see the sum of both the Sales Commission and Sales amount.
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You can modify the formula in Method 3 to reference specific table values.
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