Child Support If You Make $1,500 a Week in Virginia
The schedule figure is a starting point, not the final bill. At $1,500 a week, add-on costs and any spousal support already owed both sit outside these numbers.
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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. 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 | $1,037.50 | $1,544.50 | $1,942.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $885.91 | $1,300.76 | $1,654.06 |
| $4,000 a month | $800.58 | $1,165.51 | $1,475.35 |
| $6,000 a month | Not available: Combined monthly gross income between $12000 and $16000 depends on a schedule row that could not be verified against the official statute text (official confirmation required); this band is disabled until the row is confirmed | Not available: Combined monthly gross income between $12000 and $16000 depends on a schedule row that could not be verified against the official statute text (official confirmation required); this band is disabled until the row is confirmed | Not available: Combined monthly gross income between $12000 and $16000 depends on a schedule row that could not be verified against the official statute text (official confirmation required); this band is disabled until the row is confirmed |
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.
What sits on top of the schedule figure
Virginia law adds two categories on top of the basic combined-income schedule obligation: work-related child care costs under § 20-108.2(F), and the cost of the children health coverage under § 20-108.2(E). Both are split between the parents by income share and added to the basic obligation before the final order is set.
A parent who already pays spousal support under a separate court order or written agreement gets that amount deducted from gross income before the schedule even runs, under § 20-108.2(C). At $1,500 a week, gross pay is about $6,500 a month, and any of these adjustments could move the real order meaningfully away from the base figures shown in the table.
Reading the table as a starting point
The figures below use gross income only, no add-ons and no spousal support deduction, so every family on this page can be compared on the same basis. A parent with real child care costs or an existing spousal support order should expect their actual number to differ from this table, sometimes higher because of add-ons, sometimes lower because of the spousal support deduction reducing the income base the schedule runs on.
What this estimate includes
- The § 20-108.2(B) combined-income schedule for 1, 2, or 3 children
- The sole custody income-share split
- A minimum order check for low combined incomes
What it leaves out
- Work-related child care costs
- The children's health insurance premium cost
- Spousal support paid under a separate court order or written agreement
Worth knowing
The order these adjustments happen in matters. Spousal support paid comes off gross income before the schedule lookup, changing the income share split itself. Child care and health insurance add-ons come after the schedule lookup, added to the basic obligation and then split by that same income share.
None of these adjustments change which worksheet applies. A parent adding child care costs to a sole custody case still uses Form DC-637; the add-ons are a line item on that form, not a different form entirely.
Frequently asked questions
How does spousal support already being paid affect this number?
Virginia deducts spousal support actually paid under a court order or written agreement from that parent gross income before the schedule runs under § 20-108.2(C). That lowers the income figure the schedule uses, which can lower the resulting child support obligation compared to a parent with the same gross pay but no spousal support order.
What child care costs get added to the basic obligation?
Work-related child care costs under § 20-108.2(F), meaning care needed so a parent can work or look for work. That cost is split between the parents by income share and added on top of the basic schedule figure, which the table on this page does not include.
Is health insurance for the children included in these numbers?
No. The cost of coverage for the children under § 20-108.2(E) is a separate add-on split by income share, similar to child care. A parent who carries that coverage would see it factored into a real order but not into the base figures shown here.
At $1,500 a week, is the number close to the schedule ceiling?
No. Even combined with a higher-earning other parent, totals at this weekly income stay well under the $42,500 monthly ceiling SB 805 set in 2025, so the percentage add-on rule above the ceiling does not apply here.
Why does one of the rows below show no result?
A gap remains in the Virginia schedule around the $14,000 combined income mark, where three separate attempts to read the official published row returned three different sets of numbers. Rather than pick one unverified version, this tool declines to compute a figure for combinations that land in that specific band.
What is the fastest way to get closer to a real number?
Use the full Virginia child support calculator on this site, which has fields for child care costs, health insurance premiums, and spousal support paid, all missing from the base figures on this page.
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.