Compensation Plan

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Coach Compensation Plan — Summary

JCole Golf Academy / X-Golf Frisco · Effective October 1, 2026

Base Salary

$50,000/yr

$3,484/mo net

Revenue Floor

$5,500/mo

Breakeven before bonus

Bonus Rate

100%

Of revenue above floor

Payout Cadence

Quarterly true-up

Monthly + quarterly

1. Base Salary

A guaranteed annual base of $50,000, paid biweekly. After taxes and deductions, the coach's actual take-home is $3,484/mo net (~$4,167/mo gross). This covers the coach's foundational time regardless of monthly production.

2. Revenue Floor

No bonus is owed in any month where sales are at or below $5,500/mo. The floor covers the coach's base plus their share of overhead (bay time, simulators, rent, equipment), so the business never pays a bonus out of a month that didn't clear its costs.

3. Bonus

For every dollar of monthly sales above the floor, the coach earns 100% as a bonus.
Monthly Bonus = max(0, Monthly Sales − $5,500) × 100%

4. Split Payout

Each month's bonus is split into two halves:
  • 50% paid monthly — paid the month after it is earned, regardless of lesson volume.
  • 50% deferred — held in a quarterly pool, released by the lessons-taught tier below.

5. Quarterly True-Up — Lessons-Taught Tier

At the end of every quarter, the deferred pool pays out on a sliding scale keyed to how many lessons the coach taught that quarter. Teach more, unlock more of the pool — and at 150+ lessons the pool pays out at 120%.

Quarterly Lessons% of Pool PaidNote
150+ lessons120%Accelerator — 120% of pool
100–149 lessons100%Full pool
50–99 lessons50%Half pool
Below 500%Pool retained
Quarterly Payout = Deferred Pool × Tier Factor (lessons taught)

A lesson counts toward the quarter it was delivered (status = Completed). No-shows and cancellations do not count. If a quarter's tier is missed, that quarter's deferred pool is forfeited — it does not roll forward.

Worked Example — $30,000/mo sales · 120 lessons/qtr

Monthly bonus ($30,000 − $5,500)$24,500
Paid monthly (50%)$12,250
Deferred pool (per quarter)$36,750
Tier factor @ 120 lessons100%
Quarterly payout (pool × factor)$36,750
Quarterly payouts (×4/yr)$147,000
Total annual comp$344,000

The deferred half pays every quarter on a sliding scale — teach 50 lessons to unlock half the pool, 100 for the full pool, 150+ for a 20% accelerator.

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Quarterly payout: 50% of each month's bonus pays immediately; the other 50% defers into a quarterly pool. At quarter-end the pool pays out on a sliding scale keyed to lessons taught: 50 lessons unlocks 50%, 100 unlocks 100%, 150+ pays 120%.

Base Salary (annual)
$50,000/yr
$30,000$80,000
Monthly Sales
$30,000/mo
$3,000$40,000
Revenue Floor
$5,500/mo
$3,000$25,000
Lessons Taught (per quarter)
120 lessons
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Bonus Rate
100%
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Monthly Bonus (earned)

$24,500

Paid Monthly (50%)

$12,250

Deferred Pool (qtr)

$36,750

Tier Factor @ 120 lessons

100%

Quarterly Payout

$36,750

Total Annual Comp

$344,000

Lessons-Taught Tiers — at current sales

TierLessonsFactorQtr PayoutAnnual
150+ lessons150+120%$44,100$373,400
100–149 lessons100+100%$36,750$344,000
50–99 lessons50+50%$18,375$270,500
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