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 figures of any state with a written schedule, because nearly the whole estate is taxed at the bottom 2% band. The estate’s attorney is entitled to the identical four-tier schedule under a separate section.
The headline rate is the least of it
The 10% opening band applies only to the first $1,000 of the probate estate, so its entire dollar value is capped at $100 no matter how large the estate is. Every dollar above $20,000 is taxed at a flat 2% (the lowest top marginal rate among the schedule states we have checked), so the effective blended rate drifts from 2.35% at $100,000 down toward 2.0% as the estate grows, landing at 2.07% on $500,000 and 2.035% on $1,000,000.
The attorney gets the same four tiers, unless one person fills both roles
§2-7-804 gives the estate’s attorney an identical percentage schedule to the personal representative’s, computed on the same probate-estate basis, so a Wyoming estate can face two full statutory fee awards rather than one. If the same person serves as both personal representative and attorney, §2-7-805(c) bars the ordinary personal-representative fee entirely rather than allowing both to be collected.
The court can go above the schedule, and a waiver can go to zero
§2-7-803(a) lets the court allow an additional fee where the computed amount is not equitable given the time, effort and responsibility involved, and (b) separately compensates extraordinary services such as litigation or tax matters. The personal representative can also file a written waiver of part or all of the fee.
What the whole process costs in this state: Wyoming probate cost. Every state’s fee model side by side: probate cost by state.
Work out the number: the executor fee calculator. How the standard is applied where no schedule exists: reasonable-compensation states. Whether to take the fee at all: when the executor is also an heir, and how the fee is taxed.
Statutory text read at each state’s own legislature or official code publisher. General information, not legal advice; a court retains the final say on what compensation is allowed.
Related: whether Wyoming requires the executor to post a bond.