Clear Money Guide
What this guide covers
A quick view of the questions and evidence developed below.
Updated July 31, 2026. Quick answer: Florida’s personal-representative fee (Fla. Stat. §733.617) is presumed reasonable at 3% of the first $1,000,000 of compensable value, 2.5% from $1M–$5M, 2% from $5M–$10M, and 1.5% above — so $30,000 on a $1M estate. “Presumed” is the operative word: the will can set different terms, interested parties can challenge, and the court can adjust for the work actually done.
The base and the extras
Compensable value is the probate inventory plus income the estate earns during administration — homestead property passing to heirs and assets with beneficiary designations stay out of the base. On top of the ordinary commission, the statute allows further compensation for extraordinary services — selling real property, running the decedent’s business, litigation — which is where Florida fees actually get contested.
Worth checking before anyone invoices: Florida wills frequently strike the statutory schedule, and a fee the will fixes generally controls. If you are both PR and a major beneficiary, the waive-or-take analysis matters more than the schedule — the fee is taxable, your inheritance is not.
Compute it: executor fee calculator · the whole cost: Florida probate cost.
An executor’s fee only arises if the estate is actually administered, and the answer is on when probate is required in Florida, which gives Florida’s qualifying value for the small-estate route and what that route does not reach.
Related: whether Florida requires the executor to post a bond.