Child Support If You Make $750 a Week in Massachusetts
At $750 a week the payer weekly income falls inside a specific Table A band, and the base rate that band produces is the starting point for every column below.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $750 a week
The paying parent earns $750 a week ($3,250.00 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 | $715.00 | $1,001.00 | $1,200.33 |
| $2,000 a month | $706.33 | $992.33 | $1,191.67 |
| $4,000 a month | $697.67 | $975.00 | $1,170.00 |
| $6,000 a month | $671.67 | $940.33 | $1,131.00 |
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 Table A bands set the base
Table A of the 2025 Massachusetts Guidelines divides weekly available income into bands, each with a base amount and a marginal rate applied to the income above a threshold within the band. The one-child base rate comes from the band the schedule income lands in, and that base is then scaled by the Table B child multiplier.
At $750 a week the payer weekly available income is $750. With the other parent reporting no income, the schedule income stays at $750 and the base rate comes from the band covering that level. Adding other-parent income raises the schedule income into higher bands, which is why the one-child figures step across the rows.
Reading the band stepping across the table
Each row combines the same $750-a-week payer income with a different other-parent income. The schedule income determines which Table A band applies, and the one-child column shows the base rate for that band. The two- and three-child columns are that base scaled by the Table B multiplier, so the ratio between the columns stays constant within a row.
What this estimate includes
- The Table A band lookup for weekly schedule income around $750
- The base-plus-marginal-rate structure of the band
- The Table B multiplier applied for 2 and 3 children
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 base-plus-marginal structure of Table A means the one-child rate rises in steps, not as one flat percentage of income.
At $750 a week the payer is comfortably inside the ordinary Table A bands, so the base rate and the multiplier both apply without any low-income special treatment.
Frequently asked questions
How does a Table A band work?
Each band has a base amount and a marginal rate applied to the part of weekly income above a threshold within the band. The one-child base rate is the base plus the marginal amount for the income in that band.
Why does the one-child amount step across the rows?
Each row changes the schedule income, and the base rate comes from the band that income lands in. Moving into a higher band produces a larger one-child base, which the columns reflect.
Why is the column ratio constant within a row?
The Table B multiplier scales the one-child base by a fixed factor for each child count, so two and three children are the one-child amount times their respective multipliers.
Is the schedule income combined or payer-only?
For most rows it is the combined weekly available income of both parents. Only in the low-income range does Massachusetts use the payer income alone.
What weekly income is $750 a week?
The payer brings $750 a week, or $3,250 a month. The engine converts the monthly figure back to weekly to run the Table A lookup on the schedule income.
Does the result include add-ons?
No. The table shows the base guideline amount before child care, health coverage, and medical expenses, which the guidelines handle as 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.