Child Support If You Make $1,000 a Week in Texas
A thousand dollars a week does not translate into one child support number. It depends on how many children are in the case, and this page shows the real math instead of guessing.
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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. Texas support depends only on that income and the number of children, so the number does not change as the other parent income changes across rows.Every figure is computed with the real Texas 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 | $732.70 | $915.88 | $1,099.05 |
| $2,000 a month | $732.70 | $915.88 | $1,099.05 |
| $4,000 a month | $732.70 | $915.88 | $1,099.05 |
| $6,000 a month | $732.70 | $915.88 | $1,099.05 |
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.
The one-sided Texas formula
Most states that use an income-shares model add both parents incomes together before finding a support figure. Texas does not. Tex. Fam. Code § 154.125 builds the entire guideline around the paying parent net resources, so the receiving parent income never enters the calculation, no matter how high or low it is.
At $1,000 a week, gross pay works out to about $4,333 a month. After the 2026 tax chart runs, the resulting net resources are taxed at 20, 25, or 30 percent depending on whether there are 1, 2, or 3 children in the case, shown in the table below.
Reading a table where one variable does nothing
The other parent income row is included on this page for the same reason every state page in this family includes it: to make the honest point visible rather than assumed. Scan across any row and the number will not move. That flat pattern is the actual, verified output of the Texas guideline formula, not a placeholder. Scan down a column instead, and the number changes with the child count, which is the variable that genuinely drives Texas support.
What this estimate includes
- The 2026 tax chart conversion from gross pay to net resources
- Guideline percentages for 1, 2, or 3 children
- The net resources cap check at $11,700 a month
What it leaves out
- Any effect from the other parent income
- Medical and dental support, ordered separately from the percentage
- The multiple-family table, which applies only if the paying parent supports other children elsewhere
Worth knowing
It is worth naming the tradeoff plainly. A one-sided formula like Texas is simple to apply and hard to game by underreporting the other parent income, but it also means two families with very different total resources can see the same support order if the paying parent net resources and child count match. Income-shares states such as Virginia or Maryland would produce a different number in each of those cases.
A judge is not locked into the guideline percentage. Sec. 154.123 lists deviation factors including the needs of the child, each parent ability to pay, and parenting time, and either parent income situation can be argued as part of that discretionary decision even though it is not part of the percentage formula itself.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Texas ignore the other parent income?
The statute simply does not include it. Tex. Fam. Code § 154.125 defines support as a percentage of the paying parent net resources, a design choice that predates the income-shares model several other states use. A judge can still consider the household situation when deciding whether to deviate from the guideline, but the base percentage math never touches the other parent paycheck.
What is the guideline amount for 2 children at $1,000 a week?
Run the 2026 tax chart on $4,333.33 gross, then apply the 25 percent rate for 2 children to the resulting net resources. The exact figure is in the table above for every other-parent scenario, and it will be identical across all four because Texas does not use that income.
Is $1,000 a week close to the Texas net resources cap?
No. The cap sits at $11,700 a month in net resources, effective September 1, 2025. Net resources at $1,000 a week land well under half of that, so the cap has no effect on this income level.
Does the table account for health insurance the paying parent covers?
No, this page uses gross pay alone with no optional deductions. Texas does subtract health and dental premiums the paying parent pays for the children before applying the percentage, which would lower the figures shown here slightly. The full calculator on this site lets you add that in.
What if the paying parent has children in a different household too?
Texas swaps to a different table under Sec. 154.129 rather than a simple deduction. With 1 child in this case and 1 other child elsewhere, the rate drops to 17.50 percent instead of the standard 20 percent, with further adjustments as the other-children count rises.
Does this figure include the receiving parent household expenses?
No, and it never will under this formula. Texas support is not calculated by comparing household needs or the other parent budget. It is a direct percentage of one parent net resources, set by statute rather than by a needs-based worksheet.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Texas child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Texas 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 Texas guideline.
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