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Ohio Child Support Calculator 2026

Ohio figures child support on annual gross income, using a schedule the state updated in June 2023 and computation rules it amended again in March 2025. This page runs that math, including the automatic 10 percent cut at 90 court-ordered overnights.

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Estimate Ohio child support

Both parents' gross income
How do you want to enter income?

Ohio computes support on ANNUAL gross income (ORC 3119.01(C)). If you pick monthly, the tool multiplies each figure by 12 before running the schedule.

Gross income from all sources for the year, before taxes (ORC 3119.01(C)).

Figured the same way: that parent gross income for the year, before taxes.

Children and parenting time

The JFS 07767 schedule covers 1 to 6 children.

At 90 or more court-ordered overnights, ORC 3119.051 cuts the obligation by an automatic 10 percent. At 147 or more, ORC 3119.231 also makes the court grant a further deviation or explain refusing one. Leave blank for 0.

Children the paying parent must support outside this order. The SB 196 method (ORC 3119.05(C)) computes a credit from the schedule and deducts it from that parent income before combining.

Annual adjustments (optional)

Yearly out-of-pocket cost of the children coverage. Ohio subtracts it from that parent income before the schedule lookup (ORC 3119.30(E)); it is an income credit, not an add-on.

Same credit on the other side when that parent carries the coverage.

Yearly cost of child care needed for work or training, net of subsidies. The paying parent covers an income share of it (ORC 3119.05(P)).

Estimated monthly child support: $698.33

The paying parent pays this amount to the receiving parent each month.

How this estimate was computed
Line itemAmount
Payer annual income reduced by out-of-pocket health premium for the children (ORC 3119.30(E))ORC 3119.30 and 3119.302 (health coverage; premium income credit; cash medical) (Ohio Legislature)-$2,000.00
Combined annual guideline incomeORC 3119.021 (basic child support schedule; marginal percentages; SSR construction) (Ohio Legislature (codes.ohio.gov))$90,000.00
Combined annual basic obligation from JFS 07767 (Rev. 6/2023)JFS 07767, Ohio Basic Child Support Guideline Schedule, Rev. 6/2023 (ODJFS)$12,570.00
Payer income share of the basic obligation (66.67 percent)JFS 07767, Ohio Basic Child Support Guideline Schedule, Rev. 6/2023 (ODJFS)$8,380.00
Monthly guideline child support (annual obligation divided by 12, before the ORC 3119.27 processing charge)JFS 07767, Ohio Basic Child Support Guideline Schedule, Rev. 6/2023 (ODJFS)$698.33

Assumptions

  • Annual gross incomes are taken as given; ORC 3119.01(C) inclusions and 3119.05 averaging rules are not recomputed.
  • Between-row incomes are interpolated linearly across one 600 dollar schedule increment, one of the methods ORC 3119.05(G)(2) permits; the pack table carries the complete official schedule.
  • Cash medical support (ORC 3119.30(C)) is not included; the current per-child amount is flagged official-confirmation-required in the phase-0 pack.

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Ohio guidelines, effective 2023-06-01.

Ohio guideline facts

Guideline model
Income shares on both parents ANNUAL gross incomessource
Schedule
JFS 07767 (Rev. 6/2023): $8,400 to $336,000 combined annual, $600 stepssource
Statutes
ORC 3119.021, 3119.04, 3119.05, 3119.051, 3119.06source
Latest amendment
SB 196, effective March 20, 2025 (multiple-family credit, reserve steps)source
Parenting time
Automatic 10 percent cut at 90+ court-ordered overnights (ORC 3119.051)source
Minimum order
$80 per month (ORC 3119.06, as amended April 3, 2024)source
Official calculator
ODJFS runs its own guideline calculator onlinesource
Schedule effective
June 1, 2023 (JFS 07767 Rev. 6/2023)source
Next scheduled data review
June 1, 2027source

How the Ohio guidelines work

Ohio uses an income shares model built on ANNUAL gross income, not monthly and not net. ORC 3119.01(C) counts gross income from all sources for the year, and ORC 3119.05 sets the counting rules, like averaging overtime and bonuses over up to three years. If you think in monthly pay, multiply by 12; the calculator above can do that for you.

The two annual incomes are combined and looked up on the basic schedule, form JFS 07767. The current table, revised June 2023, runs from $8,400 to $336,000 of combined annual income in $600 steps and covers 1 to 6 children. This tool carries every row of that table, all 547 of them, extracted from the official PDF. Each parent then owes a share of the schedule amount in proportion to income; the paying parent share becomes the order.

Health insurance works differently in Ohio than in most states. The parent who pays the out-of-pocket premium for the children coverage gets that yearly cost subtracted from income BEFORE the schedule lookup (ORC 3119.30(E)). It is an income credit, not a cost split after the fact. Work-related child care is the one true add-on: the paying parent covers an income share of it under ORC 3119.05(P).

Parenting time has a bright line. When the court order gives the paying parent 90 or more overnights a year, ORC 3119.051 cuts the obligation by an automatic 10 percent. At 147 or more overnights, ORC 3119.231 goes further: the court must either grant an additional deviation or put its reasons for refusing one on the record. The 10 percent is arithmetic; the second layer is judgment.

Low-income cases run through a self-sufficiency reserve. The 2023 schedule shades incomes up to 116 percent of the federal poverty line, and a paying parent inside that shaded area owes the lesser of the combined-income share and the schedule amount at that parent income alone (ORC 3119.05(G)(3)). The floor is a minimum order of $80 a month under ORC 3119.06. Above the $336,000 schedule top, ORC 3119.04 makes the top-row amount a presumptive floor and leaves the rest to the court.

Two SB 196 changes from March 20, 2025 matter here: a new multiple-family credit method that deducts a schedule-based amount for children a parent supports outside the order, and reworked worksheet steps for the reserve. Ohio also orders cash medical support per child under ORC 3119.30(C); the current per-child dollar amount has not been officially confirmed, so this tool leaves it out and says so rather than guessing.

Worked example: $62,000 and $30,000 gross, 1 child, a $2,000 premium

  1. Take a paying parent with $62,000 in annual gross income who pays $2,000 a year out of pocket for the child health coverage, and a receiving parent with $30,000. One child, and no parenting time order at 90 overnights or more.
  2. The premium comes off first. Ohio treats it as an income credit under ORC 3119.30(E), so the paying parent income becomes $62,000 minus $2,000, which is $60,000.
  3. Combined annual income is $60,000 plus $30,000, which is $90,000. On the JFS 07767 schedule, the basic obligation for 1 child at that income is $12,570 a year.
  4. The paying parent has $60,000 of the $90,000, a 66.67 percent share. That share of $12,570 is $8,380 a year.
  5. Divide by 12 for the order figure: $8,380 over 12 months is $698.33 a month, before the state processing charge.

The steps above follow the calculation method described on our methodology page.

Ohio guideline history

  1. The prior basic support schedule was established, then carried into ORC 3119.021 unchanged for decades.source
  2. HB 366 rewrote the guidelines: a new schedule, the self-sufficiency reserve, the automatic 10 percent parenting time reduction, and a cash medical restructure.source
  3. JFS 07767 Rev. 6/2023 delivered the first quadrennial update: CPI-adjusted income brackets and a reserve reset to 116 percent of the 2023 poverty line.source
  4. HB 33 amended the ORC 3119.06 minimum order provisions ($80 per month).source
  5. SB 196 amended ORC 3119.05: a new multiple-family credit method, child care sharing rules, and reworked reserve worksheet steps.source

Ohio child support FAQs

Does Ohio use gross or net income for child support?

Gross, and annual. ORC 3119.01(C) defines income as annual gross income from all sources, before taxes. That makes Ohio different from net-income states like Pennsylvania, and it is why this calculator asks for yearly before-tax figures. Overtime and bonuses come in at the lesser of the three-year average or the most recent year (ORC 3119.05(D)).

What changed in the 2023 schedule update?

JFS 07767 Rev. 6/2023 was the first quadrennial update ORC 3119.021(C) requires. The income brackets were adjusted for inflation and the self-sufficiency reserve was reset to 116 percent of the 2023 federal poverty line. Orders from before the update do not change on their own; the new table applies when a case is calculated after it took effect.

What did SB 196 change in 2025?

SB 196, effective March 20, 2025, amended ORC 3119.05. The multiple-family credit now works from the schedule: compute the parent schedule amount for all children that parent must support, divide by the total children, multiply by the ones outside the order, and deduct that from income. The law also reworked child care sharing, the reserve worksheet steps, and the deduction for non-means-tested benefits a child receives.

How do overnights change Ohio child support?

In two layers. At 90 or more court-ordered overnights a year, ORC 3119.051 applies an automatic 10 percent reduction to the obligation; this tool computes it. At 147 or more, ORC 3119.231 requires the court to grant an additional deviation or state facts justifying refusal. That second layer has no formula, so the tool notes it instead of pricing it.

How does health insurance affect the number?

As an income credit. The parent who pays the out-of-pocket premium for the children coverage subtracts that yearly cost from gross income before the schedule lookup (ORC 3119.30(E)). Most states prorate the premium as an add-on after the basic amount; Ohio moves the income line instead, which shifts both the schedule row and the income shares.

What is cash medical support and why is it not in the estimate?

A separate per-child yearly amount for medical costs, ordered under ORC 3119.30(C) and split by income shares. The dollar figure is set administratively and updated over time, and we could not confirm the current amount against an official source. Rather than publish a stale or guessed number, the tool omits it and flags the omission.

What happens above $336,000 of combined income?

The schedule ends. ORC 3119.04 tells the court to set the amount case by case from the children needs and the standard of living, with the $336,000-row amount as a presumptive floor. The tool shows that floor and labels it as one; ordering more is squarely within the court discretion.

Is there a minimum child support order in Ohio?

Yes, $80 a month under ORC 3119.06 as amended in 2024, for all children under the order combined. Courts and agencies can go lower or to zero in listed situations, like a disabled obligor, and obligations can suspend while an obligor receives means-tested assistance and complies with seek-work orders.

How does this tool relate to the official Ohio calculator?

Ohio runs a real guideline calculator at ohiochildsupportcalculator.ohio.gov, and for a filing-ready worksheet that is the tool to use. This page runs the same published schedule and statutes but shows its work: every step appears as a line with the rule behind it, and every figure links to a source. Use ours to understand the number, the state one to file with.

Good to know in Ohio

  • Ohio adds a 2 percent processing charge to support orders under ORC 3119.27, so the collected amount runs slightly above the guideline figure shown here.
  • The obligee can ask the court to remove the 10 percent parenting time reduction if the obligor fails to exercise the ordered time without just cause (ORC 3119.051).
  • ORC 3119.05(J) bars imputing income to incarcerated parents, and 3119.05(I) bars imputation in several other listed situations, like documented disability.
  • The schedule rule, OAC 5101:12-1-17, was refiled with a 2026 effective date; we have not been able to confirm the filing changed any schedule value, and the published 6/2023 table remains the operative one in this tool.
  • The next quadrennial schedule update is due in 2027 under ORC 3119.021(C).

How to use this estimate

Enter ANNUAL gross income for both parents, because that is the number ORC 3119.01(C) defines. Use the toggle if monthly pay is what you know; the tool multiplies by 12 and says so on the label. Gross means before taxes, so do not subtract anything yourself.

Put the yearly out-of-pocket health premium for the children next to the parent who actually pays it. Ohio subtracts it from that parent income before the schedule lookup, which is a smaller effect than a dollar-for-dollar credit but a real one.

The overnight field wants the court-ordered figure, not the practiced one. The 10 percent reduction under ORC 3119.051 keys off what the order says, and an obligee can ask to strip the reduction from a parent who does not exercise the time.

Treat the result as the guideline worksheet figure. Ohio runs its own official calculator, linked below, and the county child support enforcement agency or the court produces the number that binds. This page exists to show the math and the citations behind that number, not to replace the state tool.

What this estimate includes

  • The complete JFS 07767 (Rev. 6/2023) schedule, all 547 rows, 1 to 6 children
  • The health premium income credit under ORC 3119.30(E), on either side
  • The SB 196 multiple-family credit for the paying parent other children
  • The self-sufficiency reserve lesser-of comparison and the $80 minimum order
  • The automatic 10 percent reduction at 90 or more court-ordered overnights
  • Work-related child care sharing under ORC 3119.05(P), with the reserve cap
  • The ORC 3119.04 presumptive floor above $336,000 of combined income

What it leaves out

  • Cash medical support (ORC 3119.30(C)); the current per-child amount is unconfirmed, so it is left out rather than guessed
  • The 2 percent processing charge added to orders under ORC 3119.27
  • The gross income arithmetic itself: bonus averaging, self-employment adjustments, and imputation calls
  • The extra deviation ORC 3119.231 requires the court to consider at 147+ overnights
  • Deviation factors under ORC 3119.23 and everything else a judge decides

Official sources

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Changelog: page first published with the complete JFS 07767 (Rev. 6/2023) schedule, the ORC 3119.30(E) premium credit, and the 90-overnight reduction. Material changes are dated in the update log.