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Tanning salon commission calculator
Tanning pay is built around three sales — memberships, lotion and upgrades. Enter a month for one person and see each part of their commission. It opens on an example; type over it.
Tanning & services
Lotion & product
Lotion carries the margin, so it usually pays a higher rate.
EFT memberships
Upgrades
Total pay this month
$198.00
On $2,100.00 of sales
How it was worked out
How it’s worked out
Each sale type is paid on its own line: a small rate on tanning sessions, a larger one on lotion, and a flat amount for every EFT membership and upgrade sold. The total is the sum of the four.
Many tanning salons also share a monthly membership pool by rank, or pay a bonus for passing a share of product sales. Those depend on the whole team’s month, so they are worked out in CommissionBoard rather than here.
Common questions
How much commission do tanning salon employees make?
It depends on the plan, but most pay on three things: a percentage of lotion and product sales, a flat amount or pool share for each EFT membership, and a small amount per upgrade. A month like the example pays $198 on top of hourly pay.
Should lotion pay a higher rate than tanning?
Usually, yes. Lotion is the highest-margin sale at the counter and the easiest to leave on the shelf, so most plans reward it more than sessions.
How do I pay commission on EFT memberships?
A flat amount per membership is simplest; a monthly pool split by rank caps your cost and adds competition. The EFT membership guide compares the options with numbers.
Read more
- Tanning salon commission structure — Most salon commission advice is written for hair. Tanning pays differently — memberships, lotion margins and upgrades change what you should reward.
- How to pay commission on EFT memberships — The most valuable and hardest sale on the counter, and the one most plans reward worst. Flat bonus, percentage, or a ranked pool.
- Selling tanning upgrades, lotion and memberships — A counter playbook: the opening question, offering the next level, explaining lotion, and showing the membership maths.
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Running this for a whole team every month? CommissionBoard for tanning salons calculates it from your POS report and shows each person where they stand before payday.
Free to use, nothing to sign up for, and nothing you type into the calculator is sent anywhere — it all runs in your browser.