Compensation screening

Executor compensation calculator

Apply a reviewed statutory schedule when one exists. States using a reasonable-compensation standard return that rule instead of a fabricated percentage.

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The calculation runs entirely in your browser, which is why nothing you enter is sent anywhere — and why it cannot run with scripting disabled. Every figure it would produce is also published as static text: the state comparison lists limits, waiting periods and court charges for all reviewed states, and each state’s cost page itemises the statutory fee schedule.

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1. Where and when

State

2. Compensation base

Ownership determines whether an asset usually enters probate. Choose “Not sure” when title or beneficiary status has not been confirmed.

Asset 1

DescriptionValue$Not entered. A blank amount is not counted as zero.Enforceable liens or mortgage$Not entered. Enter 0 if there is no lien.OwnershipThis is real property

Asset 2

DescriptionValue$Not entered. A blank amount is not counted as zero.Enforceable liens or mortgage$Not entered. Enter 0 if there is no lien.OwnershipThis is real propertyWill it be sold during administration?Some court charges are assessed on sale proceeds and exclude real property that is kept, so this changes the amount.

Your working estimate

Florida estate snapshot

Gross probate propertyNot yet counted

Court chargeMore information neededSummary administrationAt least one asset has no amount entered. A blank amount is not treated as zero, so the charge cannot be computed.More information neededFormal administrationAt least one asset has no amount entered. A blank amount is not treated as zero, so the charge cannot be computed.Court charges only, for the proceeding named beside each figure. That proceeding is not always the route screened above.

Scheduled executor compensationMore information neededAt least one asset has no amount entered.Florida presumes a percentage schedule is reasonable. The base is the compensable value of the estate, meaning the inventory value of the probate assets plus income the estate earned during administration, so it is not the same as the gross probate estate. A court may adjust compensation, and extraordinary services are paid separately.

This route check is general information, not legal advice. It does not test every eligibility condition, creditor issue, will provision, local fee, or asset-title fact.

How executor compensation is calculated

Compensation rules fall into three groups, and only one of them produces a number. 4 of the 9 published states set a percentage schedule, 1 sets a ceiling that a court fills in, and 4 apply a reasonable-compensation standard with no percentage at all.

Percentage-schedule states, worked at $400,000

Each schedule is marginal: the rate for a band applies only to the part of the value inside that band, not to the whole estate. The figures below apply each state’s published bands to the same $400,000 compensation base.

Executor compensation at a $400,000 base, by state
State	Bands	At $400,000	Statute
Florida	3% to $1,000,000 · 2.50% to $5,000,000 · 2% to $10,000,000 · 1.50% above	$12,000	Fla. Stat. § 733.617
Ohio	4% to $100,000 · 3% to $400,000 · 2% above	$13,000	Ohio Rev. Code § 2113.35
Missouri	5% to $5,000 · 4% to $25,000 · 3% to $100,000 · 2.75% to $400,000 · 2.50% to $1,000,000 · 2% above	$11,550	Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.153.1
Nevada	4% to $15,000 · 3% to $100,000 · 2% above	$9,150	NRS 150.020(1)

What the schedule does not settle

A schedule is a presumption or a statutory minimum, not an entitlement. Courts adjust compensation, and a will that states its own compensation terms can displace the schedule entirely.
The compensation base differs by state. Some states compute on the inventory value plus income earned during administration, some on the amount actually accounted for after liens, and some on personal property plus the proceeds of real property that was sold. Real property that is never sold is treated differently again.
Extraordinary services — selling property, running a business, litigation, tax work — are compensated separately in several states and are not included in any figure here.
Compensation is taxable income to the person who takes it, and a beneficiary who is also the executor sometimes takes nothing for that reason. That is a tax question this tool does not answer.

Reasonable-compensation states

Virginia, Washington, Arizona, Nebraska apply a reasonable-compensation standard. The calculator returns that rule rather than inventing a percentage, because there is no published percentage to return. What counts as reasonable is decided on the record of the particular estate: time spent, complexity, the size and character of the property, and whether professional help was already paid for out of the estate.

What this tool deliberately does not do

It does not decide who inherits. Intestate succession shares and will construction are outside its scope.
It does not price attorney fees, bond premiums, publication, appraisals, or property sale costs.
It does not calculate estate, inheritance, income, or capital-gains tax.
It does not transfer real property, and it does not advise on deeds or title.
It does not resolve creditor claims, family allowances, elective shares, or contested proceedings.
It does not send your entries anywhere. Everything you type stays in this browser.

Use this as a starting point.

This is general information, not legal, tax, or financial advice, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Probate law varies by state and county and changes over time. Verify the current rule with the court or a licensed attorney in the relevant state.