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SaaS Sales Compensation Benchmarks: Trends and Best Practices

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The numbers you want when arguing about a plan: median commission around 11.5 percent of ACV, AE pay mix near 53:47, quota to OTE median 4.2x, and a median SaaS win rate of 19 percent. Use it to check whether your plan is normal.

  • Median AE OTE is 190,000 dollars on a 53:47 base to variable split (Bridge Group 2024).
  • Median commission at full quota is 11.5 percent of ACV, with most plans between 11 and 14 percent.
  • Median quota-to-OTE ratio is 4.2x, typically 3.2x to 4.8x.
  • Median SaaS win rate fell to 19 percent in 2024, down from 23 percent in 2022.
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It answers 6 questions

  1. I have been handed a comp plan. How do I work out what I will actually earn?
  2. What is a fair quota for my first rep when we have no history to go on?
  3. How do I set quotas that most of the team can actually hit?
  4. Do SPIFFs work, or do they just teach the team to wait for the next one?
  5. My comp plan is being gamed. How do I find it and fix it mid-year?
  6. What does best-in-class quota attainment actually look like, and what does the shape tell me?

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