Child Support If You Make $1,000 a Week in New York
At $1,000 a week the payer is well above the Self-Support Reserve, so the ordinary CSSA percentage runs, and the income cap is worth naming even though nothing here reaches 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 New York 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 | $680.31 | $1,000.46 | $1,160.53 |
| $2,000 a month | $680.31 | $1,000.46 | $1,160.53 |
| $4,000 a month | $680.31 | $1,000.46 | $1,160.53 |
| $6,000 a month | $680.31 | $1,000.46 | $1,160.53 |
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 percentage in full effect, with the cap in view
The New York CSSA applies a flat percentage of combined parental income, allocated pro rata, and the percentage applies automatically only up to a biennially indexed cap on combined income. Above the cap the formula stops applying automatically, and a court can award more based on the child needs. The cap is indexed every two years, with the current figure effective March 1, 2026.
At $1,000 a week the payer brings $4,333.33 a month, or $52,000 a year. After the FICA deduction, the CSSA income is comfortably above the Self-Support Reserve, so the percentage applies in full. Combined with the other-parent scenarios tested here, the total stays far below the cap, so every cell is an ordinary percentage result.
Reading the percentage across the columns
Every row uses the same $1,000-a-week payer income, and the figure is identical across the four other-parent scenarios because the pro-rata allocation makes the payer result their own percentage of their own CSSA income. The columns step with the child-count percentage. The cap does not intervene anywhere in this table.
What this estimate includes
- The CSSA percentage applied to the paying parent CSSA income
- The pro-rata allocation of the combined obligation
- A check against the biennially indexed income cap
What it leaves out
- The above-cap discretionary award a court could make
- The Self-Support Reserve minimum order, which does not bind at this income
- Add-ons such as child care and health insurance
Worth knowing
The cap is the second distinctive feature of the New York formula, after the Self-Support Reserve, and it is worth naming even on a page where it does not bind.
Because the payer clears the reserve and stays below the cap, this page is a clean demonstration of the ordinary percentage formula.
Frequently asked questions
Does the New York income cap apply at $1,000 a week?
No. The cap stops the percentage from applying automatically above a combined income, and the combined totals on this page stay far below it. The percentage applies in full in every cell.
Why is the figure the same across the other-parent rows?
The CSSA allocates the percentage of combined income pro rata, so the paying parent result equals the percentage of their own CSSA income. The other-parent income therefore does not change the payer figure.
What are the child-count percentages?
The statute sets 17 percent for one child, 25 percent for two, and 29 percent for three, rising to 31 percent for four and at least 35 percent for five or more.
How often does the income cap change?
The cap is indexed biennially. The current figure took effect March 1, 2026, and the formula applies automatically only up to that amount.
Does the Self-Support Reserve matter at this income?
No. The payer is well above the reserve, so the ordinary percentage applies rather than the flat minimum order that controlled the $500 page.
How is the CSSA income derived?
The engine deducts FICA from the annual gross income to reach the CSSA income. The percentage applies to that figure, not the gross paycheck.
About the numbers on this page
Every figure in the table above comes from running the real New York child support engine on this site, the same engine and data pack behind the full New York 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 New York 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.