According to experts, sales agents can make serious bank selling solar to entities such as residential properties, schools, government agencies, hotels and resorts, data centers, manufacturers, large businesses and cities. Depending on project costs, and depending on contracts, solar sales commissions can range from a couple hundred dollars to the high six-figures off of huge commissions per sale. The amounts vary among contractors; it’s a safe bet to count on earning 3-5 percent of a deal’s overall capital expenditure.
But there are reasons in addition the financial benefits to sell solar power. Customers such as manufacturers or hotels, for instance, can create positive PR for themselves by switching to solar, because they’ll produce less pollution and lower their greenhouse gas emissions. And, in the long run, they stand to keep more money in their pockets for other uses because they’ll have hedged against volatile energy spikes by cutting dependence on a traditional power source.
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