Published/estimated category rates as of 2026, with the representative pre-cut rate for comparison. Rates can change without notice — always verify against the official schedule.
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Rates shown are for the US program and are advisory. For the official schedule, see the Amazon Associates Commission Income Statement. To measure the real impact on your account, run the earnings audit — it stays entirely in your browser.
Amazon has cut commissions twice in the last six years: first in 2020 (furniture 8%→3%, grocery 5%→1%, and more), then again in 2026 with cuts reported up to 50% in some categories and the removal of milestone bonuses. The "pre-cut rate" column shows where each category used to sit. To see the dollar impact on your own account, run the full earnings audit.
What Amazon pays on orders settled today for this category. "CUT" means the rate is more than 2 percentage points below the pre-cut rate; "steady" means it's effectively unchanged.
The representative rate before the commission cuts (the 2020-era schedule). Comparing the two shows exactly which categories lost the most.
Take Pet Products, now at 3% after being 8%. If your pet store does 300 sales a month at an average $45 order, that's $13,500 of monthly revenue. At 8% you'd earn $1,080/month; at 3% you earn $405/month — a $675 monthly gap, or $8,100 a year.
Multiply that across every category you sell in and the rate cuts are real money. Use the commission calculator for your own category, price and volume, then run the audit on your actual report.
In the current schedule, Amazon Haul at 25% and Amazon Games at 20% lead the table. Most physical categories sit between 1% and 4.5%.
Several categories pay 1%: Electronics, Amazon Fresh & Grocery, Health & Personal Care, and Video Game Consoles. These were all cut from higher pre-cut levels.
Reported cuts in 2026 reduced many rates by up to 50% and removed milestone bonuses, on top of the earlier 2020 cuts. Our guide to the 2026 changes covers what we know.
Yes. Each marketplace publishes its own schedule. This page shows the US table; the calculator includes US, UK and Canada markets, and the audit works with reports from any of them.
The published rate is the starting point, but settlement depends on order-date rates, order volume tiers, returns, and shipping-only items. If your report seems off, run the earnings audit to find possible underpayments line by line.
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