how much commission is made in retail?

Answer 1

35% profit on each item. (regular market giving fair prices)

Answer 2

Commission? It's not anywhere near 35%; it varies from 1% to 9%; the average is probably about 6% if you consider that some pay salary plus 1%.

Answer 3

It depends on the job. More and more companies are going away from commission based pay. The reason for this is that consumers are more likely to think they are being pushed to buy more than they need or cheated on price when their sales person is paid by commission. So companies put their salespeople on salary pay plus consumer satistaction bonuses.