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Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Arkansas executor compensation is governed by Ark. Code Ann. § 28-48-108, which lets the court award compensation it deems just and reasonable, but caps that award at a three-tier percentage schedule: 10% of the first $1,000, 5% of the next $4,000, and 3% of everything above $5,000 in personal […]
Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Arizona sets no percentage or schedule. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 14-3719 entitles a personal representative to reasonable compensation for his services in a single short paragraph, with no enumerated factors for the court to weigh. If a will sets the personal representative’s compensation and there is no separate contract […]
Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Alaska sets no percentage, no schedule, and no statutory factors. Alaska Stat. §§ 13.16.430, 13.16.440 entitle a personal representative to reasonable compensation for services, and the personal representative sets that fee themselves in the first instance, without prior court approval. Any interested person can later petition the court under […]
Updated September 4, 2026. Quick answer: Alabama uses a reasonable-compensation standard with a hard percentage ceiling layered on top. Ala. Code § 43-2-848 entitles a personal representative to reasonable compensation as appears fair to the probate court, considering factors like the novelty and difficulty of the administration, the skill required, the customary local fee, the […]
Updated September 3, 2026. Quick answer: Wisconsin sets the lowest headline fee among the states with a written schedule: a flat 2% under Wis. Stat. §857.05(2), computed on the estate’s inventory value less mortgages and liens, plus any net principal gains realized during administration. $100,000 pays $2,000; $500,000 pays $10,000; $1,000,000 pays $20,000. Unlike most […]
Updated September 3, 2026. Quick answer: Wyoming’s §2-7-803(a) schedule opens at the highest headline rate of any state statute we have read, 10%, but only on the first $1,000 (a maximum of $100), then steps down to 5%, 3%, and 2% above $20,000. $100,000 pays $2,350; $500,000 pays $10,350; $1,000,000 pays $20,350, among the lowest […]
Updated September 3, 2026. Quick answer: Oregon entitles a personal representative to a commission under ORS 116.173(3)(a): 7% of the first $1,000, 4% of the next $9,000, 3% of the next $40,000, and 2% above $50,000 of the probate estate. On that schedule, $100,000 pays $2,630; $500,000 pays $10,630; $1,000,000 pays $20,630. A separate provision, […]
Updated September 3, 2026. Quick answer: Nevada’s NRS 150.020(1) commission (4% of the first $15,000, 3% of the next $85,000, and 2% above $100,000) applies only “if no compensation is provided by the will, or the personal representative renounces” the will’s terms. On the statutory default, $100,000 pays $3,150; $500,000 pays $11,150; $1,000,000 pays $21,150. […]
Updated September 3, 2026. Quick answer: Oklahoma entitles an executor or administrator to a statutory commission under 58 O.S. §527(A): 5% of the first $1,000, 4% of the next $5,000, and 2.5% of everything above $6,000. Because those breakpoints are so low, the fee behaves like a nearly flat 2.5% for any estate of meaningful […]
Updated September 3, 2026. Quick answer: Maryland caps personal representative compensation at Md. Code, Est. & Trusts §7-601(b)(2): 9% of the first $20,000 of property subject to administration, plus 3.6% of everything above that. A $100,000 estate pays a $4,680 ceiling; $500,000 pays $19,080; $1,000,000 pays $37,080. The commission is discretionary up to that cap; […]
Updated September 3, 2026. Quick answer: West Virginia’s personal representative commission, at W. Va. Code §44-4-12a(a), is a graduated schedule (5% of the first $100,000, 4% of the next $300,000, 3% of the next $400,000, and 2% above $800,000), not a flat rate. On a $100,000 estate that is $5,000; on $500,000 it is $20,000 […]
Updated September 3, 2026. Quick answer: South Carolina caps personal representative compensation at S.C. Code §62-3-719(a): not to exceed 5% of the appraised value of the probate estate’s personal property, plus the sale proceeds of any real property sold under a will directive or court order. A separate provision, (b), allows up to another 5% […]
