Don't forget that the ML also qualify for "bonus" if they can hit a certain amount of sales per month. Total sales. Not just their cut or percentage. This is probably also linked to the amount of levy/ghost cpf topup the boss pays for them, as per the previous post above.
A certain veteran ML told me she's happy to get 3-4 customers daily, that is, $150-200 sales. With some luck she can hit $5k total sales a month that qualifies her to get her "bonus". This is why you see those ML always near end of the month ask you to come support them as they are close to this mark but still fall a little bit short.
Mind you, this is not yet counting their take from all the *ahem* extras. Even if they don't meet their "bonus" target for the month and don't get their cut of the sales, they still take 100% of the fees from extras.
But anyway we'll never get a real figure as most of them are coy about it. You don't discuss your salary with strangers, right? If want a real peek into the industry, the best is to talk to those older MLs that are now PR or new citizen and running their own business/OWO. Then they'll regale you with tales from their youth when they used to work for a boss in such shops
