Florida personal representative compensation

Florida executor fee calculator

Florida presumes a percentage schedule is reasonable.

Sources reviewed August 7, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.

1. Where and when

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2. Compensation base

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.

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

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.

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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 Florida sets executor compensation

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.

The calculator applies the Florida schedule to the value you enter, measured against the figures shown in the estate's court accounting. Extraordinary services such as litigation, tax work or managing real property are approved separately on top, and a fee the will fixes controls unless the court is asked to change it.

Florida’s presumed commission, and the base it is computed on

Fla. Stat. § 733.617(1) entitles a personal representative to a commission "payable from the estate assets without court order as compensation for ordinary services." The base is defined rather than assumed: the compensable value of the estate is "the inventory value of the probate estate assets and the income earned by the estate during administration."

Subsection (2) sets the schedule that is "presumed to be reasonable" in formal administration: 3 percent of the first $1 million; 2.5 percent above $1 million up to $5 million; 2 percent above $5 million up to $10 million; and 1.5 percent above $10 million.

Extraordinary services are compensated separately under subsection (3), which lists the sale of real or personal property, conducting litigation for or against the estate, involvement in proceedings to adjust or pay taxes, carrying on the decedent’s business, dealing with protected homestead, and "any other special services which may be necessary."

Where a will fixes compensation by specific criteria, subsection (4) makes that provision govern — but if there is no written contract with the decedent about compensation, the personal representative "may renounce the provisions contained in the will and be entitled to compensation under this section," and may also renounce all or part of the compensation outright.

Source: Fla. Stat. § 733.617, read from the enacting state’s own published code on 2026-09-17. Quoted wording is the statute’s; the surrounding explanation is this site’s reading of it and is not legal advice.

The figure the Florida schedule is applied to

The rate is only half of the answer; the other half is the number the rate is applied to, and in Florida that number is specific. The reviewed rule measures compensation against the 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.

How the Florida schedule composes, worked through

Each band's rate applies only to its own slice; worked at two amounts:

$300,000 Compensable value of the estate
Band of the base	Rate	Compensation
on the first $1,000,000	3%	$9,000
Total on this base		$9,000

$800,000 Compensable value of the estate
Band of the base	Rate	Compensation
on the first $1,000,000	3%	$24,000
Total on this base		$24,000

Illustrations at round numbers, not a quote for a real estate.

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Statute

Fla. Stat. § 733.617 (F.S. 733.617)

Reviewed source note: (2) A commission computed on the compensable value of the estate is presumed to be reasonable compensation for a personal representative in formal administration as follows: (a) At the rate of 3 percent for the first $1 million. (b) At the rate of 2.5 percent for all above $1 million and not exceeding $5 million. (c) At the rate of 2 percent for all above $5 million and not exceeding $10 million. (d) At the rate of 1.5 percent for all above $10 million.

Florida Legislature · Edition/currentness: The 2026 Florida Statutes · Verified October 3, 2026

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