Manager commission visualizer.
Music manager commissions are usually quoted as a single number, but the math under it depends on which revenue lines that number applies to. Set the revenue and rate per category to see where your income actually comes from — and what the blended rate looks like.
Where the manager's annual income comes from
- Touring$24,000 · 66%
- Streaming$2,700 · 7%
- Sync & licensing$5,000 · 14%
- Merch$900 · 2%
- Brand & sponsorship$4,000 · 11%
Roster gross
$225,000
All revenue lines, before commission
Manager commission
$36,600
Blended rate 16.3%
Artist take-home
$188,400
After commission, before tax & expenses
mgmtOS · Early access
Visualizing income is the easy part.
Tracking which artist contributed which line, what's been invoiced, and what's still outstanding across the whole roster — that's the work. mgmtOS keeps every revenue source attached to the artist that drove it.
Typical commission rates by line
- Touring — usually 15–20% of net (after show-day expenses) for established managers; 10–15% on gross is also common with developing artists.
- Recorded music / streaming — 15–20% of the artist's net royalty (after distributor and label cuts). Some deals exclude pre-existing recordings.
- Sync & licensing — 15–20%, sometimes higher if the manager sourced the placement.
- Merch — 10–15% of net merch revenue, lower because manufacturing and fulfilment eat margin.
- Brand & sponsorship — 15–20% of net, sometimes negotiated higher when the manager negotiates the deal directly.
Why "net" matters more than the headline rate
Two managers on "20%" can take home very different amounts depending on whether they commission gross or net, whether they include or exclude live expenses, and whether certain revenue streams (tour support, songwriting income, merch buy-out advances) are inside or outside the commissionable scope. The visualizer above keeps it simple — net per category, then the rate — but those scope details are where real-world deals diverge.
Knowing your blended rate is the easy part. Knowing which artist on your roster is moving it up — or down — is mgmtOS.
Join the waitlist