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2026 cost estimates for bankruptcy in Idaho, including attorney fees, court costs, and other expenses.
As of June 29, 2026, a bankruptcy in Idaho costs on average $3,200, typically $2,300-$4,600 for a moderate-complexity case, based on sourced attorney-fee and court-cost data. Typical attorney rates run $155 to $290 per hour. A moderate-complexity case typically takes 3-5 years to resolve. Common related costs include chapter 13 filing fee ($313) and credit counseling course ($25-$50).
Data verified: June 29, 2026
| Complexity | Low | Median | High | Typical Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple | $950 | $1,450 | $2,400 | 3-4 months |
| Moderate | $2,300 | $3,200 | $4,600 | 3-5 years |
| Complex | $2,450 | $4,050 | $6,500 | 3-5 years |
Last verified: June 2026
$155 – $290/ hour
Median: $220/hr
3-5 years
For moderate complexity cases
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</script>Bankruptcy cost formation splits along the two most common filing types. Chapter 7 (liquidation) is a shorter federal process, so attorney fees are usually charged as a flat fee covering the whole case. Chapter 13 (repayment plan) requires the attorney to stay involved for the full 3-5 year repayment period, so the fee is higher and is often split into an upfront portion plus ongoing amounts paid through the repayment plan itself.
On top of the attorney fee, every filer pays a federal court filing fee (set by statute, the same nationwide regardless of state) plus mandatory credit counseling and debtor education course fees. Case complexity within either chapter — multiple creditors, contested exemptions, business assets, or a means-test dispute — adds attorney hours beyond the base flat fee, which is why complex-case costs run well above the simple-case median shown on this page.
Take a moderate-complexity bankruptcy matter in Idaho. The recorded median total is $3,200, with reported quotes clustering between $2,300 and $4,600. Each statutory line below is sized against that median.
Added together the itemised lines come to $363–$413, which leaves roughly $2,787–$2,837 of the Idaho median as professional time — the part that differs between quotes. One further recorded fee is not itemised above and is not in that total.
At $3,200, the median bankruptcy cost in Idaho runs 8% below the $3,479 national average across all 50 states and DC.
Idaho carries 3 rows — simple, $950–$2,400 at $135–$245/hr over 3-4 months; moderate, $2,300–$4,600 at $155–$290/hr over 3-5 years; complex, $2,450–$6,500 at $180–$355/hr over 3-5 years — on 5 shared citations. They put it below the midpoint of the table without reaching the bottom quarter.
$3,200 is a median, not the middle of the band — $900 above the $2,300 floor, $1,400 under the $4,600 ceiling. Every rank below is out of 47.
Idaho occupies the 30th row of 47 for a bankruptcy. Its $3,200 median trails the $3,600 table midpoint by $400, which is 11% — close enough that a single firm's quote can straddle both figures.
In the bankruptcy table Idaho falls between Florida at $3,150 and Missouri at $3,300, $50 above the first and $100 below the second.
Florida, North Carolina record medians within three percent of Idaho's $3,200. A bankruptcy quote anywhere in that group is describing effectively the same market.
Rate and total sit 2 places apart — 32nd of 47 at $220 an hour against 30th on the bankruptcy total — which is close enough to read as the same signal.
| Rank | State | Median | Against Idaho |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Michigan | $3,600 | +$400 |
| 25 | Oregon | $3,550 | +$350 |
| 26 | Ohio | $3,500 | +$300 |
| 27 | Maine | $3,350 | +$150 |
| 28 | Utah | $3,350 | +$150 |
| 29 | Missouri | $3,300 | +$100 |
| 30 | Idaho | $3,200 | — |
| 31 | Florida | $3,150 | −$50 |
| 32 | North Carolina | $3,150 | −$50 |
| 33 | Georgia | $3,100 | −$100 |
| 34 | Indiana | $3,100 | −$100 |
| 35 | North Dakota | $3,100 | −$100 |
| 36 | South Carolina | $3,050 | −$150 |
The rows within ten percent are lopsided: 10 below Idaho against 4 above. $100 up or $50 down moves Idaho a row, so a downward revision would cost the state far more places than an equivalent upward one would gain — the 30th position is propped up by a thin bankruptcy field above it and a crowded one beneath.
Climbing five places would mean passing Oregon, Ohio, Maine, Utah, Missouri and adding $350 to the $3,200 recorded here.
Five places down means passing under Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Indiana, North Dakota: $100.
$1,200 short of Hawaii ($4,400), $850 clear of Kentucky ($2,350).
At $220 an hour, the $3,200 median represents about 15 hours of attorney time — a matter measured in days of work, not weeks. The peer median is 14 hours, so 1 more hours of work sit behind the Idaho figure than behind the typical state's.
The escalation is comparatively shallow on hours. A complex bankruptcy costs 2.8x a simple one in Idaho, but the implied workload only rises 1.9x — 8 hours at $180 becomes 15 hours at $265 — meaning the senior-rate premium of 1.47x carries an unusually large share of the increase.
From $2,300 to $4,600 the moderate band is $2,300 wide, close to the $2,550 peer median. End to end that is 10 hours at $220.
A third ordering: by implied hours Idaho is 17th of 47 at 15 hours, 13 places above its cost rank of 30th on cost — more work behind the same bankruptcy money.
57% up the $2,300–$4,600 band sits the $3,600 table midpoint, buying 16 hours at $220 against the 15 the local bankruptcy median implies — 1 hour apart.
| Measure | Idaho | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate median | $3,200 | 30th |
| Hourly median | $220 | 32nd |
| Implied hours | 15 | 17th |
| Simple median | $1,450 | 28th |
| Complex median | $4,050 | 40th |
$220 an hour puts Idaho between Wyoming ($230) and Indiana ($220) — not the bankruptcy cost pairing.
Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee record the same $220: rate cannot separate them, totals do.
$3,200 buys 18 hours at $180, 15 at $220, 12 at $265.
| Rank | State | Median rate |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | Ohio | $230 |
| 31 | Wyoming | $230 |
| 32 | Idaho | $220 |
| 33 | Indiana | $220 |
| 34 | Missouri | $220 |
The tiers rank Idaho very differently. It is 28th at the simple tier, 30th at moderate, 40th at complex of 47 — a fall of 12 places as the matter becomes harder. The state is expensive to start a bankruptcy in and comparatively ordinary to finish one in.
$1,450 is 28th of 47 on a straightforward bankruptcy, under Wisconsin ($1,500) and over Michigan ($1,450), $50 under the $1,500 tier midpoint.
$4,050 is 40th of 47 once contested, between Tennessee ($4,100) and Mississippi ($4,000), $1,050 off the $5,100 tier midpoint.
The three bands are continuous in Idaho: the simple tier reaches $2,400 where the moderate tier starts at $2,300, and the moderate tier reaches $4,600 where the complex tier starts at $2,450. A single quoted figure can therefore belong to two different tiers, and the tier label — not the number — is what identifies which.
| Tier | Idaho | Rank | Tier midpoint | Implied hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simple | $1,450 | 28th | $1,500 | 8 |
| moderate | $3,200 | 30th | $3,600 | 15 |
| complex | $4,050 | 40th | $5,100 | 15 |
$1,450 puts Idaho 28th of 47 on straightforward matters, 2 up on its moderate position, and $50 (3%) under the $1,500 tier midpoint.
8 implied hours at $180: 53% of the moderate tier's 15, over 3-4 months.
Wisconsin ($1,500) and Michigan ($1,450) bracket it — a $50 window.
1 states sit within three percent of the $1,450 here, against 2 at the moderate row.
$4,050 drops Idaho to 40th of 47 on contested matters, 10 below its moderate position and $1,050 (21%) under the $5,100 tier midpoint.
15 implied hours at $265: 100% of the moderate tier's 15, over 3-5 years.
Tennessee ($4,100) and Mississippi ($4,000) bracket it — a $100 window.
4 states record a complex-tier median within three percent of $4,050, denser than the 2 around the moderate row.
| Rank | State | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Texas | $1,500 |
| 27 | Wisconsin | $1,500 |
| 28 | Idaho | $1,450 |
| 29 | Michigan | $1,450 |
| 30 | Florida | $1,400 |
| Rank | State | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | Indiana | $4,100 |
| 39 | Tennessee | $4,100 |
| 40 | Idaho | $4,050 |
| 41 | Mississippi | $4,000 |
| 42 | Louisiana | $3,950 |
In Idaho a bankruptcy is 6th of 8 at $3,200, between Personal Injury and Real Estate Closing. At 39% of Criminal Defense ($8,200).
The state does not rank uniformly. Idaho is 22nd of 47 for Personal Injury but 43rd for Criminal Defense, a 21-place spread across the matter types tracked here, so its 30th on bankruptcy says little about what the other lines cost.
Idaho is not equally priced in every practice area. Measured against each matter's own midpoint, Immigration runs 6% below its own midpoint while Estate Planning / Probate runs 23% below its own midpoint — a 17-point spread between the extremes.
The largest tracked median in Idaho is 5.1x the smallest, effectively the 5.1x that the typical state records: the internal spread is ordinary even where the levels are not.
0 of 7 matter types rank Idaho in the upper third, 3 in the lower, 4 between; bankruptcy is 30th.
In percentile terms it sits at the 37th percentile of the 47 tracked states.
| Matter | Simple | Moderate | Complex | Hours | Rank | vs mid | Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Defense | $3,300 | $8,200 | $24,550 | 31 | 43rd | −20% | Nebraska |
| Divorce | $2,650 | $7,550 | $20,900 | 28 | 38th | −12% | West Virginia |
| DUI / DWI | $3,150 | $6,850 | $14,400 | 28 | 32nd | −8% | Pennsylvania |
| Immigration | $1,600 | $4,450 | $9,850 | 18 | 28th | −6% | Montana |
| Personal Injury | $1,300 | $4,400 | $12,750 | — | 22nd | −15% | Texas |
| Bankruptcy | $1,450 | $3,200 | $4,050 | 15 | 30th | −11% | Missouri |
| Real Estate Closing | $900 | $1,900 | $4,200 | 9 | — | −15% | — |
| Estate Planning / Probate | $500 | $1,600 | $5,500 | 7 | 37th | −23% | Nebraska |
Simple tier. $1,450 ÷ $180 = about 8 hours, spread over 3-4 months at roughly $414 a month. The $1,750 step to the moderate tier is 7 more hours at that rate.
Work against price. $3,200 to $4,050 is a $850 step weighted toward price: 0 more hours at $220 is $0, but $265 across 15 hours adds $675 — 100% of it.
Borrowing the wrong row. Budgeting from Florida ($3,150) lands $50 under Idaho; from Missouri ($3,300), $100 over; from the $3,600 table midpoint, $400 out.
Contested against simple. At Idaho's own recorded figures, $4,050 buys 2.8 matters at the $1,450 simple median — or, counted in time, 15 implied hours against 8, a factor of 1.9 — the two ratios differing because the rate rises with the tier.
Verified June 2026. Filing fees change on the Idahocourt's own schedule; billing models are covered in the legal fees guide.
This tool provides general cost estimates for informational purposes only. It is NOT legal advice. Costs vary significantly based on individual circumstances. Consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for specific guidance.