Estate Planning Attorney Fees by State

Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, probate, and estate administration. Fee ranges below are based on Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024 wage data for lawyers (SOC 23-1011), adjusted by practice area market data.

$500-$1,500
Simple package
$8,000
Complex ceiling
16.0x package span
No published retainer · flats only until hourly exit

Estate Planning package ladder (simple → complex)

Flat fees standard for wills and basic trusts; hourly for complex estates. ABA surveys publish a 16.0x package ladder with no retainer deposit in this set: entry packages open near $500, and the top package ceiling reaches $8,000. Complex administration that exits the flat schedule shifts to hourly near $67/hr (multiplier 0.95x).

  1. Step 1
    Simple
    $500-$1,500
    National package band
  2. Step 2
    Complex
    $2,000-$8,000
    National package band
  • Package scope: Wills
  • Package scope: trusts
  • Package scope: powers of attorney
  • Package scope: probate
  • Package scope: and estate administration

Simple will package; complex trusts and estate plans vary widely

Estate Planning package scale note

National package ladder stays fixed above (Simple $500 to Complex $8,000, 16.0x). Across 51 jurisdictions the BLS lawyer-wage index spans 2.0x from $48/hr to $97/hr; each state chip below applies that index to the package steps. No duplicate high/low list here; open a chip for the local scale.

Estate Planning state package chips

Chip index for every jurisdiction. National package ladder stays above; each chip opens the state page that scales simple → complex flats by that state's BLS lawyer wage index.

DC $97/hr NY $85/hr CA $81/hr NJ $76/hr MA $74/hr MD $72/hr WA $71/hr CT $70/hr VA $70/hr DE $68/hr IL $68/hr CO $67/hr HI $67/hr AK $65/hr OR $65/hr PA $65/hr TX $65/hr MN $64/hr NH $64/hr RI $64/hr NV $62/hr AZ $61/hr GA $60/hr UT $60/hr MI $59/hr NC $58/hr OH $58/hr FL $57/hr ME $57/hr MO $57/hr VT $57/hr WI $57/hr NE $56/hr ID $55/hr IN $55/hr KS $55/hr LA $55/hr ND $55/hr TN $55/hr IA $54/hr MT $54/hr NM $54/hr OK $54/hr SC $54/hr AL $53/hr WY $53/hr KY $52/hr SD $52/hr AR $49/hr WV $49/hr MS $48/hr

Adjacent package-fee hubs

Estate Planning fee figures use BLS OES 2024 (SOC 23-1011) plus ABA fee-survey matter norms. Estimates only, not quotes or legal advice. Source: BLS OES Lawyers (SOC 23-1011) Matter norms: ABA Law Practice Division publications; see methodology.