Quick answer: No, Pennsylvania co-executors don't each automatically collect a full Johnson Estate benchmark. 20 Pa.C.S. § 3537 contains no separate provision for multiple personal representatives — the same "reasonable and just" standard governs, and the Orphans' Court divides compensation based on the value of what each co-executor actually did, not a fixed formula that multiplies or splits a single number. Estimate the underlying benchmark first with the Pennsylvania executor fee calculator.
No statutory split, because there's no statutory schedule to split
Each co-executor's work is assessed on its own
The Johnson Estate benchmark still applies, per person's work
Because the Johnson Estate schedule is itself just an unofficial benchmark for what a single administration is worth, practitioners typically treat the combined co-executor compensation as bounded by roughly what the estate's total administration would reasonably cost — then divide that pool according to who actually did the work, rather than granting each co-executor their own separate full benchmark.
Real coordination costs, same as anywhere
Co-executors in Pennsylvania share fiduciary duties, and disagreements about pace, priorities, or how to divide tasks can slow administration or invite disputes — a practical consideration independent of how compensation eventually gets divided.
Worked example
Two siblings serve as co-executors of a Pennsylvania estate worth $500,000, where a sole executor's Johnson Estate benchmark would be $18,000.
| Scenario | Sibling A | Sibling B | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Even split (roughly equal work) | $9,000 | $9,000 | $18,000 |
| Uneven split (A did most of the work) | $13,500 | $4,500 | $18,000 |
These figures illustrate the reasonable-and-just principle applied to a shared benchmark; a court could still find that genuinely extraordinary combined effort justifies a higher total, or that mismanagement justifies a lower one.
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