Child Support If You Make $1,500 a Week in Massachusetts
At $1,500 a week the payer weekly income is $1,500, and the combined schedule income with the other-parent rows keeps the table in the mid Table A bands.
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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 Massachusetts 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 | $1,408.33 | $1,971.67 | $2,366.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $1,360.67 | $1,906.67 | $2,288.00 |
| $4,000 a month | $1,321.67 | $1,854.67 | $2,223.00 |
| $6,000 a month | $1,256.67 | $1,759.33 | $2,110.33 |
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.
The schedule income and the share together
Massachusetts runs the Table A lookup on combined weekly available income, then assigns the paying parent a proportional share of the weekly order. Two things move across the other-parent rows: the schedule income, which sets the Table A base, and the payer share of the combined income, which sets how much of the order the payer owes.
At $1,500 a week the payer brings $6,500 a month, or about $1,500 a week. The other-parent rows add $2,000 to $6,000 a month, which pushes the combined schedule income through the mid Table A bands. The payer share of that combined total falls as the other parent earns more, so the two effects work against each other in the table.
Reading two forces in the same table
Each row combines the same $1,500-a-week payer income with a different other-parent income. The combined schedule income selects the Table A band, and the payer share of that combined total selects the payer slice of the weekly order. Watching the columns across the rows shows both effects at once.
What this estimate includes
- The Table A band lookup for combined weekly income at this level
- The Table B multiplier for 1, 2, or 3 children
- The proportional share of the weekly order assigned to the paying parent
What it leaves out
- Shared, split, and approximately one-third parenting arrangements
- Child care, health coverage, and medical expense adjustments
- Social Security dependency benefits and children age 18 or older
Worth knowing
The two-force dynamic, schedule income and payer share moving together, is the same mechanic every income shares state has, but the Table A and Table B structure makes it visible in a distinct way.
At $6,500 a month the payer sits in the mid Table A bands, so this page shows the ordinary band and multiplier math with no low-income or high-income special treatment.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the number move across the other-parent rows?
The combined schedule income changes with the other-parent income, which moves the Table A base, and the payer share of that combined total also changes. Both effects shift the payer figure across the table.
Is the payer always the majority earner at this income?
In most rows, yes. The payer brings $6,500 a month, and only the $6,000-a-month other-parent scenario approaches it, so the payer share stays above half for most of the table.
What is the schedule income based on?
It is the combined weekly available gross income of both parents, which the engine computes by converting each monthly figure back to weekly before the Table A lookup.
How does the Table B multiplier fit in?
The Table A base is the one-child amount. Table B scales that base by the per-child factor, so the two- and three-child columns are the base times their multipliers.
Does the low-income payer-only rule apply here?
No. The low-income rule uses the payer income alone when the payer weekly income is below a threshold. At $1,500 a week the payer is well above it, so the combined schedule income applies.
Does the result include add-ons?
No. The table shows the base guideline amount before child care, health coverage, and medical expenses, which are separate add-ons.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Massachusetts child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts 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.