Child Support If You Make $1,000 a Week in Minnesota
Minnesota looks up support in $100-wide income brackets, not a smooth curve. Here is how $1,000 a week lands in that table.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $1000 a week
The paying parent earns $1000 a week ($4,333.33 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 Minnesota 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 | $682.90 | $931.10 | $1,052.10 |
| $2,000 a month | $688.11 | $963.20 | $1,098.29 |
| $4,000 a month | $584.79 | $818.53 | $933.24 |
| $6,000 a month | $523.61 | $733.01 | $835.59 |
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.
How the bracket table works
Minnesota Statute 518A.35 sets basic child support in brackets of combined parental income for determining child support, each $100 wide, starting at $1,400 and running up to a "$20,000 and over" row at the top. A combined income of $8,050, for example, falls in the $8,000 to $8,099 bracket and uses the $8,000 row, with no interpolation built into the statute itself between brackets.
At $1,000 a week, the paying parent contributes about $4,333 a month toward the combined figure the table below looks up. Add the other parent income scenario for a given row, and that combined total lands in one specific $100 bracket, which the 518A.35 table converts into a basic support figure for 1, 2, or 3 children.
Reading combined income into a bracket
Add the paying parent monthly income to the other parent scenario in each row of the table below to get the combined figure that bracket lookup runs on. That combined total lands in a $100 bracket, which the table converts to a basic support figure, split afterward between the parents by their share of the combined income. The result column reflects the paying parent share of that basic figure, after the self-support reserve check.
What this estimate includes
- The 518A.35 bracket table lookup for combined income
- Each parent share of the combined obligation
- A self-support reserve check before the final figure is set
What it leaves out
- The overnights-cubed parenting expense adjustment (this table assumes zero overnights)
- Child care and medical support add-ons
- Court deviations for unusual circumstances
Worth knowing
The bracket structure means two combined incomes only $1 apart can occasionally land in different brackets, producing a small step change rather than a smooth increase. That is a real feature of the statute, not a rounding artifact.
Minnesota reviews and republishes its basic support table periodically. The 2023 version used here reflects the most recent update at the time this page was written; a parent checking these figures years later should confirm the table has not since changed.
Frequently asked questions
How wide are the Minnesota income brackets?
$100 of combined parental income for determining child support per bracket, starting at $1,400 a month. Below $1,400 there is a single flat bottom row covering $0 to $1,399, and above $20,000 there is a single flat top row as well.
Does Minnesota interpolate between brackets?
The statute itself does not call for interpolation; a combined income of $8,050 simply uses the $8,000 to $8,099 bracket row. Where this site data pack has not yet transcribed every single bracket, the engine estimates the missing rows by interpolating between the ones it has, which is flagged as an approximation rather than an official figure.
How is the basic support figure split between the parents?
By each parent share of the combined parental income for determining child support. A parent earning 55 percent of the combined total generally owes 55 percent of the basic support figure from the bracket table, before the overnights adjustment and any add-ons are applied.
What happens above $20,000 in combined income?
Combined income at or above $20,000 a month uses a single flat top row rather than continuing to climb bracket by bracket. A court may order more on findings of disability or substantial demonstrated need, but the guideline table itself stops increasing at that point.
Is $1,000 a week close to the self-support reserve?
No, at about $4,333 a month gross this income sits well above the reserve, so the full formula in the table applies rather than the reduced minimum basic support amounts used for lower incomes.
Where can I see the exact bracket my income falls in?
The full Minnesota child support calculator on this site runs the same 518A.35 bracket table and shows the specific row your combined income lands on, along with the parenting expense adjustment this page sets aside.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Minnesota child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Minnesota 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 Minnesota guideline.
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Changelog: page first published as part of the child support by income series. Material changes are dated in the update log.