Commission tracking for hair salons
Service tiers, retail, product charges — hair salon pay has more moving parts than most. CommissionBoard calculates all of it from your POS report and shows each stylist where they stand during the month, not after it.
What goes wrong by hand
Nobody knows where the tier line is
A stylist $300 short of the next level on the 25th will fill a gap in their book. If they only find out on payday, the tier never did its job.
Retail gets forgotten
Retail pays differently from services and is easy to leave out of a hand calculation. A separate product rate or product-mix bonus keeps it visible.
Pay disputes
One lump “commission” figure invites questions. A line-by-line breakdown — sales, rate, each bonus — answers them before they are asked.
A plan the board runs
A common stylist plan the board can run:
| Service commission | A per-stylist service rate |
|---|---|
| Retail commission | A separate per-stylist product rate |
| Goal | A monthly target, prorated for part months |
| Bonuses | Product bonus, new-client bonus, one-off bonuses |
How CommissionBoard helps
Works with any POS
Copy your sales report and paste it in. Service and product are split and every commission is calculated in seconds.
Per-stylist rates
Different service and product percentages for each stylist, set once.
A board they check
Every stylist sees their own pay building on their phone. Coworkers see earnings and rank, not sales.
Payroll-ready exports
PDF payroll reports and CSV exports, with each commission and bonus on its own line.
Guides for hair salons
- Hair salon commission structure — Flat and tiered service commission, product charges, retail, and booth rent compared — with a worked month.
- How to pay commission on retail product sales — Percentage of price, commission on margin, tiers or a product-mix bonus — what each one quietly rewards, with worked numbers.
- Commission statement template — What a statement should show so people can check their own pay — with a filled-in example, line by line.
- How to calculate commission — The formula, then every common variation with the arithmetic shown: flat, marginal and retroactive tiers, a minimum to earn, and a draw.
Questions
Can each stylist have a different rate?
Yes — service and product percentages are set per person.
Which POS systems work?
Any POS that can export or copy a sales report with each person’s name and sales. Helios salons can sync automatically.
What does it cost?
$20 a month per location, no contract.
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