Child Support If You Make $1,500 a Week in Texas
At $1,500 a week the base guideline figure is only part of the picture. Insurance premiums and other deductions can move net resources before the percentage ever applies.
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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. 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 | $1,061.72 | $1,327.15 | $1,592.57 |
| $2,000 a month | $1,061.72 | $1,327.15 | $1,592.57 |
| $4,000 a month | $1,061.72 | $1,327.15 | $1,592.57 |
| $6,000 a month | $1,061.72 | $1,327.15 | $1,592.57 |
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 guideline number and what can still move it
Texas support is a percentage of the paying parent net resources, set by Tex. Fam. Code § 154.125 according to how many children are in the case. At $1,500 a week, gross pay is about $6,500 a month, and the resulting net resources after the 2026 tax chart sit at a level where optional deductions start to matter more in dollar terms.
Union dues, and health or dental insurance premiums the paying parent covers for the children, all reduce net resources under Sec. 154.062(d) before the percentage applies. None of those are included in the table below, which uses gross pay with no add-ons, so an actual order could land somewhat lower than the figures shown.
What the table shows, and what it leaves out
Each row below holds the other parent income steady at a different level and each column holds the child count steady. Because Texas support formula only reads the paying parent net resources, the number never changes across a row, only down a column as the child count rises. What the table cannot show is anything about deductions: no union dues, no insurance premiums, no state income tax entry, since those depend on facts specific to one family rather than the income and child count this page is built around.
What this estimate includes
- The 2026 tax chart conversion from gross pay to net resources
- Guideline percentages for 1, 2, or 3 children
- A check against the $11,700 net resources cap
What it leaves out
- Union dues and children health or dental insurance premiums, which would lower net resources if the paying parent covers them
- Medical and dental support orders, which sit outside the percentage math entirely
- Judge-ordered deviations from the guideline amount
Worth knowing
Texas treats the insurance deduction narrowly. Only a premium the paying parent actually pays for the children counts, and only the amount attributable to covering the children, not the parent own coverage. If the receiving parent carries the insurance instead, no deduction applies on the paying parent side.
State income tax is on the deduction list too, mostly as a formality since Texas has no state income tax of its own. It matters for a parent who works remotely and is taxed by another state, a less common but real situation the guideline still accounts for.
Frequently asked questions
Will paying for the children health insurance lower this amount?
It can. Sec. 154.062(d) allows the health and dental insurance premiums the paying parent actually covers for the children to be deducted from gross pay before net resources are set, which in turn lowers the base the guideline percentage applies to. That deduction is not included in the table above.
What are union dues doing in the Texas formula?
They are one of a short list of optional deductions Sec. 154.062(d) allows on the way to net resources, alongside insurance premiums and state income tax paid to another state. Most parents will not have union dues, but for those who do, it is a real reduction, not a rounding error.
At $1,500 a week, is the net resources cap getting close?
Not yet. The cap is $11,700 a month in net resources, and $1,500 a week nets out to noticeably less than that after taxes. A higher earner would need substantially more gross pay before the cap started limiting the guideline percentage.
Does the other parent income change anything at this income level?
No, and that stays true at every income level under this formula. Texas Family Code § 154.125 computes support from the paying parent net resources alone, so the four other-parent scenarios in the table above return the same number in every row.
How much more is owed for a third child compared to one?
The percentage steps from 20 percent for 1 child up to 30 percent for 3, a 10 percentage point difference applied to the same net resources figure. That is a meaningfully larger jump than moving from 1 to 2 children, which is a 5 point step.
Where do I enter my actual deductions to get a closer number?
The full Texas child support calculator on this site has fields for union dues, insurance premiums, and state income tax, and it runs the same 2026 tax chart and percentages used here.
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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Changelog: page first published as part of the child support by income series. Material changes are dated in the update log.