Child Support If You Make $2,000 a Week in Maine
At $2,000 a week the child-count spread is the most useful read: the weekly obligation climbs from one child to three in a way the table below makes visible.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $2000 a week
The paying parent earns $2000 a week ($8,666.67 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 Maine 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 | $1,148.33 | $1,716.00 | $2,041.00 |
| $2,000 a month | $1,045.69 | $1,549.17 | $1,816.75 |
| $4,000 a month | $987.32 | $1,464.67 | $1,725.58 |
| $6,000 a month | $937.18 | $1,377.61 | $1,613.18 |
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 weekly amounts scale by child count
Maine 2023 table returns a weekly per-child amount, so the total obligation is that amount multiplied by the number of children, with the income-shares split applied across both parents. At $2,000 a week the payer income is high enough that the child-count spread is wide and clear.
For the no-other-income row, one child shows $1,148.33 weekly, two children $1,716, and three children $2,041. The spread reflects both the per-child table amounts and the shared-obligation math, and it is the most direct answer to the question this page poses.
Reading the spread across the grid
Every row uses the same $2,000-a-week payer income, so the vertical movement down each column comes from the other parent income, while the horizontal movement across the columns comes from the number of children. Both axes are worth reading together.
The weekly unit applies throughout, so a reader comparing to monthly states should convert before comparing figures directly.
What this estimate includes
- Weekly per-child amounts scaled across 1, 2, and 3 children
- The income-shares response across four other-parent incomes
- A fully computed table with no ceiling issue at this income
What it leaves out
- The substantially-equal-care offset, not used at the primary baseline
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
- Any monthly conversion, since the figures are already weekly
Worth knowing
The child-count spread is the most actionable number on this page, because it answers the exact question in the title: what changes as the number of children changes at a fixed income.
Keeping the weekly unit consistent across the series makes Maine comparable to itself across income levels, even though it differs from monthly-presenting states.
Frequently asked questions
How do the weekly amounts scale with children at this income?
At the no-other-income row, one child is $1,148.33 weekly, two children $1,716, and three children $2,041. The per-child amounts combine with the shared-obligation split to produce that spread.
Does the other parent income still matter at $2,000 a week?
Yes. For one child the weekly figure falls from $1,148.33 to $937.18 as the other parent income rises from none to $6,000 a month, and the two and three-child columns move similarly.
Are these weekly amounts or monthly?
Weekly. Maine expresses support as a weekly per-child amount, so the table below is in weekly dollars, and the total for a month would be roughly four times the weekly figure.
Why is there no cap at this income?
The Maine table runs to $400,000 in combined annual income, and this page stays far below that, so every cell is a standard lookup with no ceiling handling.
Is the primary-care baseline still fixed?
Yes. This page runs the primary-care path, so the substantially-equal-care offset is not applied and the numbers reflect the primary arrangement.
Where can I get a precise monthly total?
The full Maine child support calculator on this site applies the weekly table and the income-shares split, and the 2023 table linked in the sources shows the per-child amounts directly.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Maine child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Maine 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 Maine 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.