what is a typical profit sharing amount 
employers typically use one of two methods to determine contribution amounts with a comp to comp method the total amount of compensation given to all employees is calculated next each employee s compensation is divided by the total compensation yielding a percentage that establishes each employee s portion of the profit the higher an employee s salary the greater the percentage of the profits that the person receives less commonly a company may give the same percentage of profits to every employee regardless of that employee s salary 