Child Support If You Make $500 a Week in Mississippi
Mississippi applies a flat percentage to the paying parent adjusted gross income, so the other parent row does not move the result, and $500 a week makes that visible.
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Guideline child support scenarios at $500 a week
The paying parent earns $500 a week ($2,166.67 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 Mississippi 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 | $303.33 | $433.33 | $476.67 |
| $2,000 a month | $303.33 | $433.33 | $476.67 |
| $4,000 a month | $303.33 | $433.33 | $476.67 |
| $6,000 a month | $303.33 | $433.33 | $476.67 |
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.
A flat percentage of the payer income
Mississippi support is a flat percentage of the paying parent adjusted gross income set by the child count, under Miss. Code § 43-19-101. The schedule runs 14 percent for one child, 20 percent for two, and 22 percent for three, rising to 24 and 26 percent for more.
At $500 a week, $2,166.67 a month, one child comes to exactly $303.33, which is 14 percent of that monthly figure. Because the formula never reads the other parent income, every row in the table below shows the same amount for a given number of children.
Reading a table with flat rows
Every row in the table below uses the same $500-a-week payer income, and the amount does not change as the other parent income rises, because Mississippi support depends only on the payer adjusted gross income and the number of children.
The column for one child shows $303.33, two children $433.33, and three children $476.67 in every row, which is the flat percentage applied to the same monthly figure throughout.
What this estimate includes
- The flat percentage for 1, 2, or 3 children under § 43-19-101
- The payer-only formula, which ignores the other parent income
- Results across four other-parent income rows for comparison
What it leaves out
- The equal-time offset under 2026 H.B. 1662, not used at the primary baseline
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
- Any effect from the other parent income, since the formula does not use it
Worth knowing
Mississippi is one of the few states left that uses a flat percentage of the paying parent income, which is why its tables look flat where income-shares states show movement across rows.
The 14 percent one-child figure at this income is exact: $303.33 is precisely 14 percent of the $2,166.67 monthly equivalent, a clean illustration of the formula.
Frequently asked questions
Why is every other-parent row the same at $500 a week?
Mississippi computes support as a flat percentage of the paying parent adjusted gross income only. The other parent income is never part of the formula, so raising it does not change the amount.
How is the $303.33 figure for one child calculated?
One child is 14 percent of adjusted gross income. At $2,166.67 a month, 14 percent is $303.33, and the table shows exactly that figure in every row.
What are the Mississippi percentages?
Fourteen percent for one child, 20 percent for two, 22 percent for three, and 24 and 26 percent for four and five or more children under Miss. Code § 43-19-101.
What does the 2026 equal-time change do?
H.B. 1662 covers equal-time cases by offsetting both parents awards against each other. That offset applies only when the parents share time equally, and it does not apply at the primary-arrangement baseline this page uses.
Is adjusted gross income the same as gross pay?
On this page, with no adjustments in play, the figure used is the gross monthly equivalent of the weekly pay. Mississippi deducts specific items when a case calls for them, which would change the base the percentage is applied to.
Where can I check the percentage math officially?
The full Mississippi child support calculator on this site applies § 43-19-101, and the statute linked in the sources lists the percentages by child count.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real Mississippi child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full Mississippi 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 Mississippi guideline.
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