Missouri personal representative compensation

Missouri executor fee calculator

Missouri publishes a minimum percentage schedule and allows additional reasonable compensation.

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.

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Missouri estate snapshot

Gross probate propertyNot yet counted

Court chargeMore information neededApplication for letters in a probate proceeding2 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 compensationMore information needed2 asset entries have no value entered.Missouri publishes a minimum percentage schedule and allows additional reasonable compensation.

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 Missouri sets executor compensation

The calculator applies the Missouri 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.

The Missouri commission schedule, band by band

Each rate applies only to its own band of the compensable figure:

Missouri executor commission rate by band of the compensable figure
Band of the compensable figure	Rate
on the first $5,000	5%
on the next $20,000	4%
on the next $75,000	3%
on the next $300,000	2.75%
on the next $600,000	2.5%
on the balance above $1,000,000	2%

The bands are read against the figure the estate’s court accounting establishes, which is not the same as the gross value on an opening statement.

Compensation source

Statute

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.153.1 (RSMo 473.153.1)

Reviewed source note: On the first $ 5,000, 5 percent; On the next 20,000, 4 percent; On the next 75,000, 3 percent; On the next 300,000, 2 3/4 percent; On the next 600,000, 2 1/2 percent; On all over 1,000,000, 2 percent.

Missouri Revisor of Statutes · Edition/currentness: Effective 28 Aug 1989 · Verified October 3, 2026

Missouri record: 5/5 verified, 23 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction

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