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Income disclosure reference

What MLMs pay, according to their own disclosures

Each entry keeps the company’s headline figure beside its reporting context, limitations, and official source.

Last reviewed: 2026-06-18

Short answer

Use this page as a starting index, not as a scoreboard. The figures below come from company disclosures and are easiest to understand after reading the linked company-specific guide.

These are each company's own disclosed figures, reported before expenses. Definitions differ by company (median vs. average, who is counted, what time period). This is a reference, not a ranking, and the figures are not directly comparable.

For context, read Gross Income Is Not Profit and Average vs. Median Income.

Amway

Disclosure headline: Amway's 2025 U.S. disclosure reports average annual earnings of $750 before expenses for IBOs at Founders Platinum level and below, including IBOs who did not report product sales.

Data year
2025
Average annual earnings
$750 before expenses for U.S. IBOs at Founders Platinum and below
No sales/no payment
38% had no reported product sales, sponsored no IBO, and received no payments
Reported as
Before expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • The disclosure does not by itself show each participant’s net income after product, travel, events, samples, training, websites, taxes, shipping, or other business costs.
  • A reader still needs to understand who is excluded from each table or percentage group.

Official source for this entry

Arbonne

Disclosure headline: Arbonne’s own figures, cited in a 2024 self-regulatory review: 85% of business-building U.S. consultants earned a median of $77 in 2023, before expenses.

Data year
2023 (via a 2024 self-regulatory review)
Median (business-building consultants)
$77 — for 85% of them
Reported as
Gross, before fees and other expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • Net income after expenses, since fees and business costs are excluded.
  • Whole-population results, because averages are computed over consultants who had earnings.

Official source for this entry

Color Street

Disclosure headline: Color Street's 2025 disclosure: weighted-average annual income was $965 excluding fees and $919 including starter-kit and monthly eSuite fees, while still leaving out other costs.

Data period
March 2025 through September 2025
Weighted-average income
$965 excluding fees; $919 including starter-kit and eSuite fees
Reported as
Still excludes other business expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • The income-including-fees figure still excludes expenses such as advertising, samples, training, rent, travel, and telecommunication.
  • The disclosure does not show full net income after all ordinary costs.

Official source for this entry

doTERRA

Disclosure headline: doTERRA's 2026 summary: in 2025, approximately 58% of U.S. active Wellness Advocates did not earn commissions from doTERRA.

Data year
2025
Received no commissions
Approximately 58% of U.S. active Wellness Advocates
Most participants
Join only for a product discount
Reported as
Commissions, before expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • Net income after expenses, since the figures are commissions and do not subtract product or business costs.
  • How much, if anything, advocates net from retail resale.

Official source for this entry

Herbalife

Disclosure headline: Herbalife's 2025 statement reports that the majority of distributors joined only for a product discount; in a typical month, about 47,000 U.S. distributors earned money before expenses.

Statement year
2025
Reported as
Typical-month earnings, before expenses
Most participants
Join only for the product discount
Typical month
About 47,000 U.S. distributors earned money
Regulator note
FTC (2016) alleged most pursuing the opportunity earned little or no money

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • The statement does not by itself show each distributor’s net income after all ordinary expenses.
  • A reader still needs to distinguish discount buyers, occasional sellers, active distributors, and people pursuing the business opportunity.

Official source for this entry

It Works!

Disclosure headline: It Works!’s own 2022 disclosure: average distributor income was $304 a month in commissions — reported gross before expenses, and not counting personal sales.

Data year
2022
Average distributor income
$304 a month in commissions
Note
A company-wide average; the disclosure does not publish a median. Excludes personal sales
Reported as
Gross, before expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • The disclosure does not show net income after expenses.
  • It does not show a current result if a newer disclosure exists outside the sources reviewed.

Official source for this entry

LuLaRoe

Disclosure headline: LuLaRoe’s own 2024 disclosure: a median gross profit of about $1,046 — far below the $11,915 average, and before inventory and other costs.

Data year
2024
Median gross profit
About $1,046
Average gross profit
About $11,915
Reported as
Gross profit, before inventory and other costs

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • Net income after expenses, which the statement does not provide.
  • What share of retailers earned zero or negative gross profit.

Official source for this entry

Mary Kay

Disclosure headline: We did not locate a standardized U.S. income disclosure for Mary Kay; its Canadian one reports that a typical participant earns no commissions, and 86.8% are not eligible to earn them.

U.S. disclosure
Not located in reviewed public sources
Canada (where required)
Typical participant earns no commissions; 86.8% not eligible
Commission-eligible average
About $214 (2025)
Reported as
Before expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • Typical U.S. net earnings after expenses, because we did not locate a standardized U.S. income disclosure in the public sources reviewed.
  • How much product consultants resell to customers versus buy themselves.

Official source for this entry

MONAT

Disclosure headline: MONAT's 2025 disclosure: at the rank that holds 91.69% of U.S. Market Partners, the median annual gross earnings figure is $8.

Data year
2025
Median at the most common rank
$8 for the year
All-rank average
$665 for all U.S. Market Partners
Inactive/no commissions
44% of U.S. Market Partners
Reported as
Gross, before expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • The disclosure does not show net income after product, samples, shipping, renewal fees, events, training, taxes, travel, or other costs.
  • It does not show the typical first-year net result for a new Market Partner.

Official source for this entry

Nu Skin

Disclosure headline: Nu Skin's 2025 U.S. summary: in an average month, 26.67% of Active Brand Affiliates earned a sales compensation payment; the average across all Active Brand Affiliates was $178.75 before expenses.

Data year
2025
Active earning payment
26.67% in an average month
Average sales compensation
$178.75 per month across U.S. Active Brand Affiliates
Active share of total
46.54% of total U.S. Brand Affiliates
Reported as
Monthly average sales compensation before expenses; retail markup not estimated

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • The summary states it does not represent profit, so it does not show net income after expenses.
  • Retail markup income from product resale is not estimated in the summary.

Official source for this entry

OPTAVIA

Disclosure headline: OPTAVIA’s own 2025 disclosure: about 23% of Coaches earned nothing, and the figures are gross, before the cost of the products Coaches buy.

Data year
2025
Earned nothing
About 23% of Coaches
Earned $1,000 or less
Roughly 7 in 10 Coaches
Reported as
Gross, before the cost of products Coaches buy

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • The disclosure does not show what Coaches keep after the cost of the products they purchase, fees, and other expenses.
  • It is not clear how inactive or personal-use-only Coaches are separated from people pursuing the opportunity.

Official source for this entry

Pampered Chef

Disclosure headline: We did not locate a standardized U.S. income disclosure for Pampered Chef; its Canadian statement reports that 32% of consultants received no compensation at all, before expenses.

U.S. disclosure
Not located in reviewed public sources (career plan located)
Canada (2025)
32% of consultants received no compensation
Reported as
Before expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • Typical U.S. net earnings after expenses, because we did not locate a standardized U.S. income disclosure.
  • How U.S. Consultant outcomes compare with the Canada figures.

Official sources for this entry

Plexus

Disclosure headline: Plexus's 2025 disclosure: an average of $771 for Brand Ambassadors, active and inactive, before expenses; it does not publish a median.

Data year
2025
Average (all ambassadors)
$771 for the year
Average (active ambassadors)
$2,923 for the year
Median
Not published
Reported as
Gross, before expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • Median earnings for all Brand Ambassadors are not provided in the disclosure.
  • The disclosure does not show net income after all expenses.

Official source for this entry

Primerica

Disclosure headline: Primerica's 2025 earnings statement reports an average of $8,199 paid to life-licensed sales force members, not all recruits and not a median.

Reported for
Life-licensed representatives only
Average paid
$8,199 in 2025
Not shown
Recruits who paid to start but never got licensed; the median
Reported as
Average payments, before personal expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • The earnings statement does not by itself show net income after licensing, exam preparation, travel, technology, marketing, taxes, or other costs.
  • The statement is for life-licensed sales force members, so it should not be assumed to describe everyone who pays to start, trains, or never becomes licensed.

Official source for this entry

Scentsy

Disclosure headline: Scentsy’s own 2024 disclosure: a median of $77.68 for consultants who joined within the year, and $466.56 even for those with Scentsy all year — before expenses.

Data year
2024
Median (joined within the year)
$77.68
Median (with Scentsy all year)
$466.56
Reported as
Gross, before expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • The disclosure does not show net income after expenses.
  • It does not isolate a first-year participant who actively tried to build the business.

Official source for this entry

USANA

Disclosure headline: USANA’s own 2023 disclosure: 72.6% of U.S. associates earned between $0 and $250 for the year, before expenses.

Data year
2023
Earned $0–$250
72.6% of U.S. associates
Reported as
Net of some costs, before discretionary business expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • The disclosure states it does not include expenses an Associate chooses to spend promoting the business, so it does not show each participant's net income after those costs.
  • It is not fully clear how enrollees who made no purchase, or who left mid-year, are counted in the totals.

Official source for this entry

Young Living

Disclosure headline: Young Living’s own U.S. disclosure (2025 data): the median Brand Partner earned $0 for the entire year, and the average was $778, before expenses.

Data year
2025
Median (all Brand Partners)
$0 for the year (average $778)
Lowest rank
73.9% of Brand Partners (median $0)
Reported as
Gross, before expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • The figures are earnings before expenses and do not show how many members net a profit after product, events, and travel costs.
  • It is not fully clear how members who enrolled but did not purchase are counted.

Official source for this entry

Younique

Disclosure headline: Younique’s own 2022 disclosure: at the entry Brand Ambassador title, annualized earnings average about $190 — and the figures are global and before expenses.

Data year
2022 (global)
Entry-title annualized average
About $190
Reported as
Gross, global, before expenses

Important limits to keep with this figure

  • The disclosure does not show net income after expenses.
  • It is global rather than U.S.-only, so it may not describe U.S. participants by itself.

Official source for this entry

What is not clear from the disclosure alone

A headline figure usually does not show personal expenses, taxes, unpaid time, inventory risk, or how many people stopped before the reporting period ended. Each linked guide explains the limits visible in that company's disclosure.

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Sources

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