Child Support If You Make $1,000 a Week in Hawaii
At $1,000 a week the Hawaii Melson formula adds a standard-of-living adjustment on top of primary support, and the net-income cap still sets a ceiling in some cells.
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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 Hawaii 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 | $713.00 | $1,334.00 | $1,425.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $782.00 | $1,425.00 | $1,425.00 |
| $4,000 a month | $530.00 | $1,012.00 | $1,425.00 |
| $6,000 a month | $437.00 | $841.00 | $1,211.00 |
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 SOLA layer works
The Melson formula funds primary support for each child first, then adds a standard-of-living adjustment when the parents combined income exceeds the primary need. The SOLA rate rises with the number of children, up to a maximum, and is applied to the combined income left over after primary support. This second layer is what makes Melson different from a single-table income shares lookup.
At $1,000 a week the payer brings $4,333.33 a month. After the worksheet conversion and self support, the available net income is still limited, so the higher child-count cells in the table show the same ceiling figure: the obligation for those combinations would exceed the payer available income, and the cap holds it at that level.
Reading the SOLA and the cap together
The lower child-count cells in the table show the full Melson result: primary support plus SOLA, allocated by the payer income share. The higher child-count cells show the same ceiling figure because the allocation would exceed the payer available net income, and the cap holds. Watching which cells step and which repeat shows where the SOLA fits and where the cap binds.
What this estimate includes
- Primary support for 1, 2, or 3 children
- The standard-of-living adjustment at the applicable rate
- The net-income maximum that caps the higher cells
What it leaves out
- Extensive time-sharing, which uses a separate Hawaii worksheet
- Non-taxable or self-employment income, which have their own worksheets
- Add-ons such as child care and health insurance
Worth knowing
The SOLA layer is the part of Melson that most resembles an income shares adjustment, but it sits on top of a protected self-support floor, which income shares states do not have.
The repeated ceiling figure at the higher child counts is the net-income cap, the same mechanism shown on the $750 page but binding at a higher available income.
Frequently asked questions
What is the standard-of-living adjustment in Hawaii?
It is the second layer of the Melson formula, added after primary support is funded. It applies a rate to the combined income left over, with the rate capped as the number of children grows.
Why do the higher child-count cells show the same figure?
The Melson allocation for those combinations would exceed the payer available net income after the worksheet conversion and self support, so the net-income cap holds the obligation at the available amount.
Why do the one-child cells still step with the other-parent income?
For one child the allocation fits within the payer available income, so the full Melson result, including SOLA, is what appears. The other-parent income changes the combined figures, which moves those cells.
How is the SOLA rate set?
It grows with the number of children, up to a statutory maximum percentage. The rate applies to the combined income remaining after primary support, not to the full gross income.
Does Hawaii use income shares like most states?
No. Hawaii uses the Melson formula, which protects self support first, funds primary support per child, and then adds the standard-of-living adjustment. It is structurally different from income shares.
What is the $4,333.33 monthly figure?
$1,000 a week times 52 weeks divided by 12 months equals $4,333.33 a month. This page feeds that gross figure to the Hawaii engine, which runs the worksheet conversion on it.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Hawaii child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Hawaii 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 Hawaii 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.