Quick answer: Florida's commission is presumed reasonable at 3% of the first $1 million, 2.5% of the next amount up to $5 million, 2% of the next amount up to $10 million, and 1.5% above $10 million, under Fla. Stat. § 733.617(2), applied to the estate's compensable value — inventory value plus income earned during administration. On a $500,000 estate, that's $15,000, payable from estate assets without a court order. Get your own estimate with the Florida executor fee calculator.
The tiered schedule
Fla. Stat. § 733.617(2): 3% of the first $1 million; 2.5% of the next amount up to $5 million; 2% of the next amount up to $10 million; 1.5% above $10 million — computed on the "compensable value," defined in subsection (1) as the inventory value of probate estate assets plus income the estate earned during administration.
A presumption, not a guarantee
§ 733.617(7): any interested person can petition the court to increase or decrease the ordinary compensation. The court weighs nine factors: the promptness, efficiency, and skill of the administration; the responsibilities and potential liabilities assumed; the nature and value of the affected assets; benefits or detriments to the estate; the complexity and novelty of the issues; the PR's tax-planning and return-preparation role; the nature of probate, nonprobate, and exempt assets plus expenses, liabilities, and other professionals' pay; any delay in paying the compensation; and any other relevant factors.
Extraordinary services, spelled out
§ 733.617(3): additional reasonable compensation is allowed for extraordinary services, explicitly including selling real or personal property, litigation for or against the estate, tax-adjustment proceedings, carrying on the decedent's business, dealing with protected homestead, or other necessary special services.
Attorney-PRs get both fees, automatically
§ 733.617(6): a personal representative who's a Florida Bar member and has actually rendered legal services for the estate gets both the PR commission and a separate legal fee — no special advance court approval needed, unlike states such as California that restrict this combination by default.
Protection against attorney self-dealing
§ 733.617(8): for wills executed or republished by Florida residents on or after October 1, 2020, an attorney (or a related person) who drafted or supervised the will naming them as PR is not entitled to PR compensation unless they're related to the testator, or made the required disclosures beforehand and got the testator's written, statutorily-formatted acknowledgment.
Worked examples
| Compensable value | Presumed-reasonable commission |
|---|---|
| $500,000 | $15,000 |
| $2,000,000 | $55,000 |
| $12,000,000 | $260,000 |
Each figure computed tier by tier from § 733.617(2) and independently verified. Model your own estate in the calculator.
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