Child Support If You Make $1,000 a Week in Virginia
Virginia math starts by adding two incomes together, not one. Here is exactly how $1,000 a week feeds into that combined figure.
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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 Virginia 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 | $771.33 | $1,160.00 | $1,452.33 |
| $2,000 a month | $701.09 | $1,044.10 | $1,312.77 |
| $4,000 a month | $595.92 | $874.29 | $1,111.93 |
| $6,000 a month | $536.42 | $781.33 | $988.91 |
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.
How the combined figure turns into a support order
Virginia first adds the paying parent gross income to the other parent gross income to reach a combined monthly total. That combined figure is checked against the § 20-108.2(B) schedule to find a basic support obligation for the number of children involved. Each parent then owes a share of that obligation proportional to their share of the combined income.
At $1,000 a week, the paying parent contributes about $4,333 a month to that combined total. Add the other parent income scenario from a given row, and the schedule lookup runs on the sum, not on $4,333 alone, which is why both numbers matter to the outcome.
Following one row through the math
Take the row where the other parent reports $4,000 a month. Combined income is $4,333.33 plus $4,000, or $8,333.33. That figure looks up a basic obligation on the § 20-108.2(B) schedule for the chosen number of children. The paying parent share of the combined income, roughly 52 percent here, is then applied to that basic obligation to reach the final number in the table. Every other row repeats the same two steps with a different combined total and a different income share.
What this estimate includes
- The combined-income schedule lookup under § 20-108.2(B)
- Each parent proportional share of the combined income
- Guideline amounts for 1, 2, or 3 children, sole custody worksheet
What it leaves out
- Child care and health insurance add-ons, which are added on top of the basic obligation
- Split and shared custody worksheets
- Court deviations for a child extraordinary needs or a parent unusual expenses
Worth knowing
The income-share step is what makes Virginia fundamentally different from Texas on this site. In Texas the other parent income never enters the math. In Virginia it changes both the total obligation looked up on the schedule and the fraction of that obligation the paying parent owes, so it can move the final number in either direction depending on the combination.
Virginia rounds its schedule lookups by interpolating between the published rows the pack has transcribed, following the same approach the statute itself does not explicitly forbid or require between exact dollar amounts.
Frequently asked questions
What are the two steps in the Virginia formula?
First, combined gross income from both parents is checked against the § 20-108.2(B) schedule to find a basic obligation for the number of children. Second, that obligation is split between the parents in proportion to each parent share of the combined income, and the paying parent share becomes the support order.
Why does a higher other-parent income sometimes lower the payment?
Because it changes the paying parent share of the combined income downward, even as the total obligation from the schedule may rise. A parent contributing a smaller slice of a larger combined pie can end up owing a smaller dollar amount than contributing a larger slice of a smaller pie.
Is $1,000 a week enough to clear the schedule minimum?
On its own, $4,333.33 a month already clears the $4,000 point where Virigina published schedule rows begin, so every other-parent scenario in the table computes a real number rather than the refusal seen at lower weekly incomes on this site.
Does this account for the schedule ceiling?
Not at this income level, since combined totals here stay well under the $42,500 monthly ceiling SB 805 set in 2025. Higher weekly incomes on this site get closer to that ceiling and its percentage add-on rule.
What is the DC-637 form used for?
It is the official Virginia worksheet for the sole custody calculation this page follows, filed with the court handling the case. The numbers on this page are meant to mirror that worksheet math, not replace it.
Does either parent add-ons for child care change the total?
Work-related child care and the cost of the children health coverage are added to the basic obligation and then split by income share too, but this page does not include either, so a real order with those costs would land higher than the figures shown here.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Virginia child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Virginia 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 Virginia 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.