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2026 cost estimates for personal injury in Idaho, including attorney fees, court costs, and other expenses.
As of June 29, 2026, a personal injury in Idaho costs on average $4,400, typically $1,750-$8,800 for a moderate-complexity case, based on sourced attorney-fee and court-cost data. A moderate-complexity case typically takes 6-12 months to resolve. Common related costs include court filing fee ($200-$500) and medical records and bills ($100-$500).
Data verified: June 29, 2026
| Complexity | Low | Median | High | Typical Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple | $450 | $1,300 | $2,600 | 3-6 months |
| Moderate | $1,750 | $4,400 | $8,800 | 6-12 months |
| Complex | $4,250 | $12,750 | $25,500 | 12-36 months |
Last verified: June 2026
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</script>Personal injury cost formation works differently from most other legal matters because the attorney fee is usually contingent — a percentage of any settlement or verdict rather than an hourly bill. That percentage typically rises if the case proceeds to litigation or trial rather than settling early, since more attorney hours and case costs are involved. If there is no recovery, the client generally owes no attorney fee, though case costs (filing fees, expert reports) may still apply depending on the retainer agreement.
Separate from the attorney's percentage, a personal injury case accumulates its own case costs: expert witness fees (medical experts, accident reconstructionists), records requests, deposition transcription, and court filing fees if a lawsuit is filed. Simple claims that settle directly with an insurer before litigation avoid most of these costs; complex cases involving disputed liability, multiple parties, or serious injury typically require the full expert and litigation cost stack.
Take a moderate-complexity personal injury matter in Idaho. The recorded median total is $4,400, with reported quotes clustering between $1,750 and $8,800. Each statutory line below is sized against that median.
Added together the itemised lines come to $1,800–$6,000, which leaves roughly $0–$2,600 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 $4,400, the median personal injury cost in Idaho runs 11% below the $4,928 national average across all 50 states and DC.
Idaho carries 3 rows — simple, $450–$2,600 at $0–$0/hr over 3-6 months; moderate, $1,750–$8,800 at $0–$0/hr over 6-12 months; complex, $4,250–$25,500 at $0–$0/hr over 12-36 months — on 4 shared citations. Those figures place it in the lower quarter of the table.
$4,400 is a median, not the middle of the band — $2,650 above the $1,750 floor, $4,400 under the $8,800 ceiling. Every rank below is out of 28.
Sorted by median cost, Idaho is 22nd of 28 for a personal injury, placing it in the lowest-cost quarter of the table: $800 and 15% below the $5,200 midpoint, with 6 states recording a lower median still.
Kansas is the nearest state below at $4,250 — $150 away — while the next state up, Texas, is a wider $350 step at $4,750. Idaho therefore sits at the top edge of a band rather than in the middle of one.
Within three percent of Idaho's $4,400 there is no other tracked state at all, so the figure is not part of a cluster and small changes to it would move the state several rows.
| Rank | State | Median | Against Idaho |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Michigan | $5,100 | +$700 |
| 17 | Pennsylvania | $5,000 | +$600 |
| 18 | Utah | $4,950 | +$550 |
| 19 | Wyoming | $4,850 | +$450 |
| 20 | Iowa | $4,800 | +$400 |
| 21 | Texas | $4,750 | +$350 |
| 22 | Idaho | $4,400 | — |
| 23 | Kansas | $4,250 | −$150 |
| 24 | North Dakota | $4,050 | −$350 |
| 25 | Tennessee | $4,050 | −$350 |
| 26 | Nebraska | $3,900 | −$500 |
| 27 | Alabama | $3,600 | −$800 |
| 28 | Arkansas | $3,500 | −$900 |
$350 up or $150 down moves Idaho a row, and only 5 tracked states sit within ten percent of the Idaho figure: 2 above it and 3 below. The position is comparatively well separated from its neighbours.
Climbing five places would mean passing Pennsylvania, Utah, Wyoming, Iowa, Texas and adding $600 to the $4,400 recorded here.
Five places down means passing under Kansas, North Dakota, Tennessee, Nebraska, Alabama: $800.
$2,250 short of Hawaii ($6,650), $900 clear of Arkansas ($3,500).
The Idaho moderate band spans $1,750 to $8,800 — $7,050 — which is $1,275 narrower than the peer-median band of $8,325, so quoted personal injury figures cluster more tightly here than in most tracked states.
Per month of elapsed time the two tiers are close: about $489 a month across the 6-12 months recorded for a moderate matter, and $531 a month across the 12-36 months recorded for a complex one.
| Measure | Idaho | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate median | $4,400 | 22nd |
| Hourly median | — | — |
| Implied hours | — | — |
| Simple median | $1,300 | 22nd |
| Complex median | $12,750 | 21st |
The ranking barely moves across tiers — 22nd at the simple tier, 22nd at moderate, 21st at complex of 28 — so Idaho keeps roughly the same relative position whether the personal injury is straightforward or contested.
$1,300 is 22nd of 28 on a straightforward personal injury, under North Dakota ($1,350) and over Iowa ($1,250), $300 under the $1,600 tier midpoint.
$12,750 is 21st of 28 once contested, between Georgia ($14,000) and Tennessee ($12,500), $3,150 off the $15,900 tier midpoint.
The three bands are continuous in Idaho: the simple tier reaches $2,600 where the moderate tier starts at $1,750, and the moderate tier reaches $8,800 where the complex tier starts at $4,250. 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 | $1,300 | 22nd | $1,600 | — |
| moderate | $4,400 | 22nd | $5,200 | — |
| complex | $12,750 | 21st | $15,900 | — |
$1,300 keeps Idaho at 22nd on straightforward matters, the same place it holds on the headline figure, $300 (19%) under the $1,600 tier midpoint.
North Dakota ($1,350) and Iowa ($1,250) bracket it — a $100 window.
Nothing else sits within three percent of the $1,300 here, against 0 at the moderate tier.
$12,750 puts Idaho 21st of 28 on contested matters, 1 up on its moderate position, and $3,150 (20%) under the $15,900 tier midpoint.
Georgia ($14,000) and Tennessee ($12,500) bracket it — a $1,500 window.
1 states record a complex-tier median within three percent of $12,750, denser than the 0 around the moderate row.
| Rank | State | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Wyoming | $1,500 |
| 21 | North Dakota | $1,350 |
| 22 | Idaho | $1,300 |
| 23 | Iowa | $1,250 |
| 24 | Arkansas | $1,200 |
| Rank | State | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Wyoming | $14,150 |
| 20 | Georgia | $14,000 |
| 21 | Idaho | $12,750 |
| 22 | Tennessee | $12,500 |
| 23 | North Dakota | $12,100 |
In Idaho a personal injury is 5th of 8 at $4,400, between Immigration and Bankruptcy. At 54% of Criminal Defense ($8,200).
The state does not rank uniformly. Idaho is 22nd of 28 for Personal Injury but 43rd for Criminal Defense, a 21-place spread across the matter types tracked here, so its 22nd on personal injury 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; personal injury is 22nd.
In percentile terms it sits at the 22th percentile of the 28 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 |
Borrowing the wrong row. Budgeting from Kansas ($4,250) lands $150 under Idaho; from Texas ($4,750), $350 over; from the $5,200 table midpoint, $800 out.
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.