Compensation screening

Executor fee calculator by state

Choose the state first, then apply the reviewed schedule when one exists. States using a reasonable-compensation standard return that legal 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.

1. Where and when

State

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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.

Compensable value of the estate$Fla. Stat. s 733.617(1) applies the whole schedule to this one figure: the inventory value of the probate assets plus income the estate earned during administration. It is not the gross probate estate, and it comes from the estate accounting rather than from the asset list above. Leaving it blank keeps the compensation undecided rather than assuming a number.

Your working estimate

Florida estate snapshot

Gross probate propertyNot yet counted

Court chargeMore information neededSummary administration2 asset entries have no value entered. A blank amount is not treated as zero, so the charge cannot be computed.More information neededFormal administration2 asset entries have no value 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 compensationCase accounting neededEnter the compensable value above and this schedule is applied to it, band by band.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. 15 of the 50 published states set a percentage schedule, 6 sets a ceiling that a court fills in, and 25 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)
California	4% to $100,000 · 3% to $200,000 · 2% to $1,000,000 · 1% to $10,000,000 · 0.50% to $25,000,000	$11,000	Cal. Prob. Code § 10800
Georgia		$0	Ga. L. 1996, Act No. 754; O.C.G.A. § 53-6-60(b)
Iowa	6% to $1,000 · 4% to $5,000 · 2% above	$8,120	Iowa Code 633.197 (2026)
Louisiana	2.50% above	$10,000	La. C.C.P. art. 3351
New Jersey	5% to $200,000 · 3.50% to $1,000,000 · 2% above	$17,000	P.L.2000, c.29; N.J.S.A. 3B:18-14
New York	5% to $100,000 · 4% to $300,000 · 3% to $1,000,000 · 2.50% to $5,000,000 · 2% above	$16,000	N.Y. Surr. Ct. Proc. Act § 2307
Oklahoma	5% to $1,000 · 4% to $6,000 · 2.50% above	$10,100	58 O.S. § 527
Oregon	7.00% to $1,000 · 4% to $10,000 · 3% to $50,000 · 2% above	$8,630	ORS 116.173
Wisconsin	2% above	$8,000	Wis. Stat. § 857.05
West Virginia	5% to $100,000 · 4% to $400,000 · 3% to $800,000 · 2% above	$17,000	W. Va. Code § 44-4-12a
Wyoming	10% to $1,000 · 5% to $5,000 · 3% to $20,000 · 2% above	$8,350	Wyo. Stat. § 2-7-803

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, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont 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 set the compensation base. States differ on whether income earned during administration, liens, or the proceeds of real property that was sold belong in it, and that choice moves the result more than the rate does.
It does not price extraordinary services — sales, litigation, business operation or tax work — which several states compensate separately.
It does not read the will. A will stating its own compensation terms can displace a statutory schedule entirely.
It does not answer the tax question, and compensation is taxable income to whoever takes it.
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.

Jump straight to a state's executor fee rule

These reviewed state pages pair the compensation rule with the controlling source record, the filing-cost lane, and the broader probate route for the same jurisdiction.

Compare all 50 reviewed states

Executor compensation, not trustee compensation

This page estimates compensation for an executor — the personal representative a court appoints to administer a probate estate. It does not estimatetrustee compensation. The two roles are constantly confused because both are fiduciaries paid for managing someone else’s property, but they answer to different instruments and, in most states, to different compensation rules. If you searched for a trustee fee, the distinction below is the thing that was missing.

An executor (also called a personal representative or administrator) administers a probate estate: the assets that pass under a will, or under the intestacy statute, through the probate court. A trustee administers a trust: assets a grantor placed into a trust, which pass under the trust document and usually outside probate. One person can hold both roles for the same family, but the authority, the paperwork, and the fee standard are separate.

Executor and trustee compensation are set differently. Many states publish a statutory measure for executor compensation — a percentage schedule, a reasonableness standard, or a cap — and this calculator applies that reviewed rule where one exists. Most states instead apply a “reasonable compensation” standard to a trustee, with no statutory percentage at all, and a trust document can set its own fee terms on top of that. This site has not yet verified the state-by-state trustee compensation sources that would be required to publish a trustee figure under its editorial policy and methodology, so it publishes no trustee percentage, dollar amount, or schedule. Putting one here would be a guess dressed up as law, and on a compensation question that is the one thing this site refuses to do.

So this page computes an executor fee, and deliberately leaves the trustee figure blank until those sources are verified. If you need what a trustee may charge, the governing question is what is reasonable for the work actually done under that specific trust — assessed against factors such as the time required, the size and complexity of the trust, the skill involved, and the outcome, and always subject to whatever fee provision the trust document itself contains. Thetrustee compensation guide walks through that document-first review in full. Ask the trustee for that provision, and confirm the current standard with the probate or trust court, or a licensed attorney in the relevant state, before relying on any amount.

Verification snapshot

The calculator stays tied to a verifiable compensation source

From this page you can move directly to the reviewed state rule, the source ledger, the verification method, the editorial standard, and the correction log instead of stopping at a generic percentage.

This is an inspectable evidence trail, not a credentials badge: 254primary records from 61 source publishers, with every quotation and matched check available in the downloadable catalog.

Reviewed states: 50
Primary records: 254
Matched checks: 952
Source publishers: 61
Last full re-fetch: September 15, 2026

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.