Child Support If You Make $1,000 a Week in North Carolina
North Carolina answer starts with the AOC schedule of basic support obligations, and at $1,000 a week the combined income lands inside it.
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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 North Carolina 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 | $798.00 | $1,198.00 | $1,441.67 |
| $2,000 a month | $706.79 | $1,065.54 | $1,274.68 |
| $4,000 a month | $610.65 | $915.20 | $1,088.53 |
| $6,000 a month | $556.62 | $822.91 | $965.07 |
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.
Reading the AOC schedule
The North Carolina guidelines publish a Schedule of Basic Support Obligations as part of AOC-A-162. The schedule is indexed by combined monthly gross income and number of children, and it lists the basic obligation that the parents then apportion by income share on Worksheet A.
At $1,000 a week, $4,333.33 a month, the payer sits comfortably inside the schedule. With the other-parent scenarios up to $6,000 a month, the combined income stays covered in every row, so each cell is a straight schedule lookup followed by the Worksheet A split.
Combining the lookup with the apportionment
Every cell below follows the same two-step path: look up the basic obligation on the AOC schedule for the combined income and child count, then split it on Worksheet A by each parent share of that income.
The other parent income changes both the schedule amount and the payer share, which is why the four rows differ in a way that is not a simple straight line.
What this estimate includes
- The AOC schedule lookup for every combination shown
- The Worksheet A apportionment by income share
- Results for 1, 2, or 3 children across four other-parent incomes
What it leaves out
- Worksheet B and C calculations for shared or split custody
- Child care and health insurance add-ons
- Court-ordered deviations from the guideline amount
Worth knowing
The two-step structure, schedule lookup then apportionment, is the income-shares core. Understanding it makes the movement across the other-parent rows predictable.
Because the schedule is indexed by combined income, the payer own $1,000 a week is only half the story. The other parent side of the table carries real weight here.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Schedule of Basic Support Obligations?
It is the AOC published table, part of AOC-A-162, that lists the basic support obligation by combined monthly gross income and number of children. Worksheet A then apportions that obligation.
How is the obligation apportioned?
On Worksheet A, each parent pays a share of the basic obligation equal to their share of the combined gross income. That is why the payer amount falls as the other parent income rises.
Does the other parent income change the result at $1,000 a week?
Yes. For one child the obligation falls from $798 to $553.97 as the other parent income rises from none to $6,000 a month, with the two and three-child columns moving similarly.
Is $1,000 a week inside the schedule?
Yes. The combined income on this page stays within the published AOC schedule, so every cell is a normal lookup with no extrapolation or refusal.
Does the schedule top out?
The AOC schedule has a defined top row, and this page stays below it. For combined income above the schedule, the guidelines provide a separate high-income approach.
Where can I see the full schedule?
The AOC-A-162 schedule is linked in the sources for this page, and the full North Carolina child support calculator on this site applies it with both parents incomes.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real North Carolina child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full North Carolina 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 North Carolina 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.