Child Support If You Make $1,000 a Week in Colorado
Colorado interpolates between schedule rows rather than jumping at brackets, and at $1,000 a week that is the difference between a smooth number and a stepped one.
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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 Colorado 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 | $822.00 | $1,240.00 | $1,494.67 |
| $2,000 a month | $745.56 | $1,123.70 | $1,345.84 |
| $4,000 a month | $644.11 | $966.33 | $1,151.11 |
| $6,000 a month | $581.37 | $860.38 | $1,010.23 |
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 linear interpolation means for a real number
HB25-1159 extended the Colorado schedule to $40,000 a month and specified linear interpolation between rows. A state that does not interpolate forces every income into the nearest listed row, so a small pay change can sit inside a bracket for a long time and then jump. Colorado instead draws a straight line between adjacent rows, so the obligation moves continuously as income moves.
At $1,000 a week, $4,333.33 a month gross, the payer figure sits between published rows, and the interpolation produces a smooth result in every cell of the table below. The other parent income also moves the number, so the grid shows the combined effect of both incomes on an interpolated schedule.
Why the numbers move smoothly here
Compare the columns on this page with a bracket-based state elsewhere in the series: Colorado will not hold a cell at one figure for a long income span and then step to the next. The interpolated schedule produces a value at every income, which is why every cell in this grid is a computed number rather than a lookup into the nearest row.
The other parent income ranges across the four rows from none to $6,000 a month, and each row is a separate interpolated lookup. The fixed overnight baseline stays at zero for the payer throughout.
What this estimate includes
- The interpolated 2026 schedule up to $40,000 a month
- A continuous result rather than a bracket jump at this income
- Results for 1, 2, or 3 children across four other-parent incomes
What it leaves out
- The parenting-time credit, held at zero by the fixed baseline
- Any bracket-jump behavior, since Colorado interpolates
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
Worth knowing
Interpolation is a real difference between Colorado and several other states in this series, including Utah, whose table jumps at each bracket boundary with no interpolation. The contrast is worth keeping in mind when comparing across states.
The smooth behavior also means there is no income level on this page where a cell would refuse for sitting between rows. Interpolated schedules cover every income in range by construction.
Frequently asked questions
What does linear interpolation do differently from a bracket table?
A bracket table assigns every income to the nearest listed row, so the result is flat inside a bracket and jumps at the boundary. Colorado draws a straight line between adjacent rows, so the obligation changes continuously with income.
Does interpolation apply at $1,000 a week?
Yes. The payer gross of $4,333.33 a month sits between published rows, and the engine applies the interpolated value rather than snapping to the nearest row.
How high does the interpolated schedule go?
HB25-1159 set the top of the schedule at $40,000 a month. Every combination on this page stays well below that, so no scenario reaches the end of the schedule.
Does the other parent income change the result at this income?
Yes. For one child the obligation runs from $819.33 down to $579.48 across the four rows as the other parent income rises, a pattern the interpolated schedule carries smoothly.
Why does this page still fix overnights at zero?
Colorado credits every overnight, so a real count would change the result. This page family holds the baseline at zero payer overnights to express sole custody, and discloses that assumption on every Colorado page.
Where can I see the schedule and interpolation myself?
The Colorado Judicial Branch electronic worksheet linked in the sources implements the HB25-1159 schedule, and the full Colorado child support calculator on this site runs the same interpolated math.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Colorado child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Colorado 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 Colorado guideline.
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