Child Support If You Make $750 a Week in Texas
Texas runs on the paying parent income and the number of children, nothing else in the formula itself. Here is what $750 a week actually turns into once the tax chart runs.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $750 a week
The paying parent earns $750 a week ($3,250.00 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 | $558.61 | $698.26 | $837.91 |
| $2,000 a month | $558.61 | $698.26 | $837.91 |
| $4,000 a month | $558.61 | $698.26 | $837.91 |
| $6,000 a month | $558.61 | $698.26 | $837.91 |
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.
From gross pay to a guideline number
Texas does not tax the guideline percentage against your paycheck directly. Sec. 154.061 requires converting gross income to net resources first, using an annual tax chart the Office of the Attorney General publishes. The 2026 chart applies Social Security tax at 6.2 percent, Medicare tax at 1.45 percent, and federal income tax for a single filer claiming the standard deduction.
On $750 a week, gross pay is about $3,250 a month. After the three deductions above, net resources come out lower, and that smaller figure is what the guideline percentage in Sec. 154.125 actually multiplies. The table below shows the resulting support amount for 1, 2, or 3 children.
Why the rows below repeat
The table varies the other parent monthly income across four scenarios and the number of children across three columns. Watch what happens across a row: nothing changes as the other parent income goes up. That is not a display bug. Texas Family Code § 154.125 sets support from the paying parent net resources alone, so an accurate table for this state has to show that flat pattern rather than hide it.
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
- Medical and dental support orders, which sit outside the percentage math
- Union dues or insurance premium deductions, which lower net resources further if entered
- Judge-ordered deviations from the guideline amount
Worth knowing
The tax chart is not a fixed rate you can memorize. The Office of the Attorney General republishes it every year, and the 2026 version used on this page was filed with the Texas Register on December 10, 2025. A parent checking this math in 2027 should expect slightly different withholding numbers even at the same gross pay.
Texas also subtracts the children health and dental insurance premiums from net resources, but only the amount the paying parent actually covers. That deduction is not applied in the table above, which uses gross pay alone; the full calculator on this site lets you add it in.
Frequently asked questions
How does $750 a week become a monthly figure for Texas child support?
Weekly pay is multiplied by 52 weeks and divided by 12 months, giving $3,250.00 a month in gross pay. Texas then runs that gross figure through the 2026 tax chart to reach net resources, and the guideline percentage applies to net resources, not to the $3,250 gross figure.
What three deductions come out before the percentage applies?
Social Security tax at 6.2 percent, Medicare tax at 1.45 percent, and federal income tax computed for a single filer with the standard deduction. Texas also allows a few optional deductions, such as union dues and health insurance premiums for the children, if the paying parent actually pays them.
Why does the number stay the same across every other-parent income scenario?
Because the Texas guideline formula in Sec. 154.125 is built entirely around the paying parent net resources. Unlike income-shares states, Texas never adds the other parent income into the math, so varying it in the table has no effect on the result.
Does the guideline percentage change with more children?
Yes. It steps up from 20 percent for 1 child to 25 percent for 2 and 30 percent for 3, continuing to 40 percent at 5 or more children. Each percentage is applied to the same net resources figure.
Is self-employment income handled the same way?
Not on this page. The 2026 tax chart used here covers employee withholding only. Self-employed parents pay a different Social Security structure, so this tool does not convert self-employment gross pay; net resources would need to be entered directly on the full calculator.
Is there a cap on how much of my income counts?
Yes. Guideline percentages apply only to the first $11,700 of monthly net resources, a figure the Office of the Attorney General adjusts for inflation every 6 years. At $750 a week that ceiling is far out of reach, so it does not affect this scenario.
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.