Forbes recently released a report into the best
companies for commission-based jobs, based on research carried out by
Glassdoor.com. The results below show the average annual sales commissions
professionals at these companies can receive, in addition to their base
salaries:
1. Oracle: $77,362
(£49,445)
2. Cisco Systems: $74,823
(£47,825)
3. Thomson Reuters:
$65,273 (£41,721)
4. EMC: $56,986(£36,424)
5. CareerBuilder:
$52,690 (£33,677)
6. IBM: $51,929
(£33,190)
7. Hewlett-Packard:
$51,689 (£33,036)
8. Edward Jones:
$45,781 (£29,260)
9. Microsoft: $44,883
(£28,692)
10. ADP: $41,128
(£41,128)
Unsurprisingly, a large number of the
companies are from the IT industry. The rapid innovations in the industry have
led to large rewards for salespeople who are able to quickly understand the new
technology and are effectively able to persuade clients of its value. As Forbes
points out, this commission is not guaranteed and there will be a number of
factors involved in this, including industry, position, company, location and
how good you are at your job. But for successful IT salespeople, there is the potential
for very large rewards.
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