Child Support If You Make $1,500 a Week in Louisiana
The base schedule figure is not the whole story once real costs enter the picture. At $1,500 a week, four separate add-on categories can still change the final order.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $1500 a week
The paying parent earns $1500 a week ($6,500.00 a month) in every cell below. The other parent's monthly income changes across rows, and the number of children changes across columns; both genuinely change the result.Every figure is computed with the real Louisiana guideline engine, the same one behind the full calculator, not a lookup table built for this page.
| Other parent's income | 1 child | 2 children | 3 children |
|---|---|---|---|
| No reported income | $1,090.00 | $1,663.00 | $2,014.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $950.53 | $1,446.06 | $1,747.35 |
| $4,000 a month | $877.81 | $1,322.29 | $1,581.67 |
| $6,000 a month | $817.44 | $1,234.48 | $1,480.44 |
Every dollar figure is a monthly amount, the presumptive guideline result before add-ons like child care or health insurance and before any court deviation. "Not available" means the engine behind this site declined to compute that specific combination rather than guess; the reason is shown next to it.
Four add-on categories the base figure leaves out
Louisiana adds four categories on top of the basic schedule obligation when they exist: net child care cost under R.S. 9:315.3, calculated after the federal Form 2441 child care tax credit; the children health insurance premium under R.S. 9:315.4; extraordinary medical expenses under R.S. 9:315.5; and other extraordinary expenses ordered or agreed under R.S. 9:315.6. Each is split between the parents by income share, with credit for whatever a parent pays directly.
At $1,500 a week, gross pay is about $6,500 a month. None of these four categories are included in the table below, which uses combined gross income and the schedule lookup alone, so a parent with real child care or medical costs should expect the actual order to run higher than the base figures shown here.
- Weekly gross income
- $1,500 a weeksource
- Monthly gross equivalent
- $6,500.00 a month (weekly income x 52 / 12)source
- Add-on categories not shown below
- Net child care, health insurance, extraordinary medical, other extraordinary expensessource
- Child care credit
- Net of the federal Form 2441 child care tax creditsource
What the base figure represents
The table below shows the basic schedule obligation split by income share, with no add-ons applied, so incomes across the whole state-by-income series on this site stay comparable on the same footing. A family with real child care, uninsured medical, or other extraordinary costs will see those added on top of the basic obligation in an actual worksheet, each split by the same income shares used for the base figure.
What this estimate includes
- The full 2025 R.S. 9:315.19 schedule for combined income
- Worksheet A's income-share allocation for 1, 2, or 3 children
- Statutory extrapolation between adjacent schedule rows
What it leaves out
- Net child care cost, calculated after the federal child care tax credit
- Children's health insurance premium
- Extraordinary medical and other extraordinary expenses
Worth knowing
The "other extraordinary expenses" category under R.S. 9:315.6 requires either a court order or an agreement between the parents, unlike the other three categories, which apply whenever the cost genuinely exists. It functions as a catch-all for costs the specific statutory categories do not cover.
Louisiana treats these add-ons as real obligations, not optional extras, once they exist and are properly documented. A parent leaving them off a worksheet when real costs exist risks an inaccurate order, in either direction.
Frequently asked questions
What are the four Louisiana add-on categories?
Net child care cost under R.S. 9:315.3, the children health insurance premium under R.S. 9:315.4, extraordinary medical expenses under R.S. 9:315.5, and other extraordinary expenses ordered or agreed under R.S. 9:315.6. Each is added to the basic schedule obligation and split between the parents by income share.
What makes child care cost "net" in Louisiana?
The amount used is net of the federal Form 2441 child and dependent care tax credit, meaning the credit the paying parent could claim reduces the child care figure before it is added to the basic obligation, rather than the full sticker cost of care being used.
Who gets credit for add-ons paid directly?
Worksheet A gives a direct-payment credit on line 8: a parent who pays an add-on cost straight to a provider deducts their own income share of it from what they would otherwise owe, avoiding double payment through both the direct cost and the support order.
What counts as an extraordinary medical expense?
Costs beyond routine health insurance coverage, such as uninsured procedures or ongoing treatment, fall under R.S. 9:315.5 and are added separately from the health insurance premium itself, which is its own line item under R.S. 9:315.4.
Does the base figure below already include any of these?
No. The table uses combined gross income and the schedule lookup only, with none of the four add-on categories applied. An actual Louisiana order with real child care or medical costs would come out higher than the figures shown here.
Where can I add my own child care and medical figures?
The full Louisiana child support calculator on this site has fields for each of the four add-on categories and applies the same income-share split used for the basic obligation shown here.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Louisiana child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Louisiana child support calculator. Nothing on this page is a separate estimate or a reimplementation of the math. See the sources below for the statutes and official worksheets behind the Louisiana guideline.
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