If I sell my house for 100,000 how much does realtor get?

Commissions are negotiable, not fixed by law.If your listing agent charges 3%, they would receive $3,000 in commission paid to their brokerage before any split with the individual agent. If you also agree to pay the buyer's agent 2.5%, that would be another $2,500, for a total of $5,500.

On a $100,000 sale, plan on roughly $5,000 to $6,000 in total commission, but "what the realtor gets" and "what you pay" are two different numbers, and almost nobody explains the gap. Start with the current benchmark, because the 6 percent shorthand in the answers above is a 2022 number. As of a February 2026 survey of 533 agents, the national average total commission is 5.70 percent, split roughly 2.88 percent to the listing side and 2.82 percent to the buyer side. On $100,000 that is about $5,700 total, or roughly $2,850 per side. Connor's math was the right shape. Keith is right that it is negotiable, and on a lower-priced listing that negotiation cuts both ways, which is why Steven mentioned agents sometimes going up rather than down under $100,000. Now the part nobody said. That $2,850 does not go to your agent. It goes to the brokerage. Out of it comes the agent's split with the brokerage, a franchise fee if the office is branded, a per-transaction fee, errors and omissions insurance, and then the agent's own costs: photography, sign, lockbox, mileage, MLS and association dues, and self-employment tax on whatever is left. On a $100,000 sale the individual agent frequently nets closer to half of the listing side before taxes and expenses. That is not a complaint, it is just why some agents decline low-priced listings or quote a minimum flat fee instead of a percentage. If you get a quote that sounds high as a percentage, ask for it as a dollar figure. A $3,500 flat listing fee on a $100,000 house is 3.5 percent, which looks worse as a percentage than it is in practice. There is also a structural change since 2022 that directly affects your question. As of August 17 2024, offers of compensation to buyer agents can no longer be published on the MLS anywhere in the country, and buyers must sign a written agreement with their agent before touring homes. So "the commission" is now two separate decisions for you as a seller. First, what you agree to pay your listing firm in the listing agreement. Second, and separately, whether you offer a concession toward the buyer's agent fee, and how much. You are allowed to offer nothing. Whether that is smart depends on how many buyers in your price band in Pike County are working with agents under written agreements, and your listing agent should be able to tell you what they are actually seeing in the last 90 days. Commission is also not your only cost, and this is the part that surprises Kentucky sellers. Kentucky charges a real estate transfer tax under KRS 142.050 at 50 cents for each $500 of value, and it is imposed on the grantor, which is you. The county clerk collects it when the deed is recorded. On a $100,000 sale that is $100. Small in isolation, but it belongs on the list with deed preparation, recording fees, whatever share of the owner's title policy is customary in your county, prorated property taxes, any survey, and your mortgage payoff including per-diem interest. So the real answer to your question is: ask for a seller net sheet before you sign a listing agreement. A net sheet takes the sale price, subtracts commission, transfer tax, title and closing costs, prorations and your payoff, and shows you the number you actually walk away with. Any competent agent will do one for free in about fifteen minutes. Get one from two or three local firms in Pikeville at their proposed fee, and ask each of them what specifically changes if the fee is a half point lower. The answers to that question will tell you more about the agent than the number will. One more option worth knowing about. There are flat-fee and limited-service listing models that will put your home in the MLS for a few hundred dollars. They are legitimate, and on a $100,000 house the savings are proportionally meaningful. Just be clear on what you are taking back: showings, disclosures, negotiation, inspection responses, appraisal problems and coordinating the closing. In eastern Kentucky, where appraisals and comparable sales can be thin, the appraisal piece is the one I would worry about most. I am a real estate professional, not an attorney or a CPA, so confirm the transfer tax and any capital gains question with your closing attorney and your tax advisor. Straight with you on one thing: I work the Los Angeles South Bay and the Palos Verdes Peninsula, so I am not your Pikeville agent and I am not going to pretend otherwise. But if you would like, I am glad to connect you with a strong local agent in the Pikeville area from my referral network so you can get that net sheet from someone who actually knows Pike County values. My name is Zoltan Peresztegi and the introduction costs you nothing. Zoltan

Commissions are negotiable so this would determine on what you and your realtor agree to. Keith Jean-Pierre Managing Principal The Dapper Agents Real Estate Operations in ALL 50 States

Here in Georgia it is typically 6% total paid by the Seller to be split in half with the buyers agent.

Usually 6%. Usually under 100k it would be 7%.

Generally it is 6%

A typical realtor commission is 6% (3% for the Listing Agent & 3% for the Buyer Agent) so $6,000 in total commission.